What are the customs of Sichuan Lantern Festival

Sichuan Lantern Festival customs are four steal, hanging lanterns, eating Lanterns and so on.

1, four stealing: a stolen dumplings, two steal green, three steal eaves light four steal red. In addition to stealing the green is to strengthen the body, the rest of the custom of seeking children. Kaifeng County has the custom of scolding, Lantern Festival when people carry benches to the outdoors, the usual grievances, all scolded out, scolded people shall not be scolded back.

2, hanging lanterns: hanging lanterns this custom originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the North and South Dynasties has become a trend. On the 15th day of the first month, there are many lanterns around the country, such as Beijing Beihai Park Lantern Festival, Sichuan Zigong Lantern Festival, Harbin Ice Lantern Festival.

3, eating Lantern Festival: folk Lantern Festival has the custom of eating Lantern Festival, Sichuan is no exception. Lanterns made of glutinous rice, or solid, or with filling. Filling with bean paste, sugar, hawthorn, all kinds of fruit, etc., eat boiled, fried, steamed, fried can be.

The origin of the Lantern Festival

The Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China, and the formation of the Lantern Festival custom has a long process, which is rooted in the folk custom of turning on the lanterns to pray for blessings. Open lamps to pray for blessings usually in the first month of the fourteenth night will begin to test lamps, the fifteenth night for the main lamp, the folk want to point lamps, also known as sending lamps to the gods to pray for blessings activities.

The introduction of Buddhist culture in the Eastern Han Dynasty, for the formation of the Lantern Festival custom also has an important significance to promote the Han Mingdi Yongping years, the Han Mingdi in order to promote Buddhism, ordered on the 15th night of the first month in the palace and the temple burning lamps table Buddha. Therefore, the custom of burning lanterns on the 15th night of the first lunar month was gradually expanded in China with the expansion of the influence of Buddhist culture and the later addition of Taoist culture.