The Origin of Jiuqu Yellow River Lantern Festival

Jiuqu Yellow River Lantern Festival, commonly known as Lantern Festival, is an ancient Han folk activity in Hebei Province. There are different explanations about the origin of Shanxi Jiuqu Yellow River Lantern Festival.

In the fourth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 137 1), Shanxi immigrants brought lanterns to Gezhuang Village, Dong Tian, Miyun County, with a history of more than 600 years. The formation of Jiuqu Yellow River Array is based on the orientation of Jiugong and Bagua in Zhouyi, which is composed of nine traditional rich and magnificent patterns.

Many interpretations of the Jiuqu Yellow River Lantern Festival are the accumulation of social life and people's psychology in different historical periods. * * * endows this long-standing Han folk activity with richer cultural connotations, showing the intelligence and life aspirations of the ancient Han working people.

Lantern Festival activities

There are dry, look, root, truth, Xun, Li, Kun, Duibagong and Zhong Jiugong, which symbolize Kyushu in China. People enter from the entrance, pass through the serial array smoothly, and then return from the exit, which means a smooth and safe year. The Loess Plateau is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation, which is vast and rugged. The Jiuqu Yellow River Lantern Festival is a unique folk flower born on the thick soil of the plateau.

On the fifteenth day of the first month, Lantern Festival is the happiest day in the traditional Spring Festival of the Han nationality. There are Lantern Festival in all parts of Shanxi, and the most interesting thing about the Lantern Festival is to turn to the "Nine Yellow River Arrays". In the villages southwest of Lu Xian County, Beiping, Shanxi Province, the activity of turning to Jiuqu is more prosperous. Every year, on the 15th, 20th, 25th and 2nd of the first lunar month, a nine-song Yellow River Lantern Festival is held, which lasts for five days or three days, singing during the day and turning to nine songs at night.