What is the custom of the fifteenth day of the first month?

The custom of the 15th day of the first month is to eat glutinous rice balls, watch lanterns and dance dragons, and solve riddles on the lanterns.

Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival, Xiaoyuanyuan Festival, Yuanxi Festival or Lantern Festival, is the 15th day of the first lunar month every year and one of the traditional festivals in China. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, and the ancients called the night Xiao. The fifteenth day of the first month is the first full moon night in a year, so it is called the Lantern Festival.

China has a vast territory and a long history, so the customs of celebrating the Lantern Festival are different all over the country, among which eating Yuanxiao, watching lanterns and dancing dragons and lions are several important folk customs. Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China, so it is celebrated all over the country. The customs in most areas are similar, but each area still has its own characteristics.

Customs of Lantern Festival in different regions:

Shandong province 1

People in Zichuan District, Zibo City, Shandong Province often set off river lanterns at the water's edge during the Lantern Festival, while Ningyang County, Tai 'an City sends lanterns to ancestral graves during the Lantern Festival. Boxing County, Binzhou City, has the custom of having some lights. Boys carry lanterns, walk around the jujube tree six times, talk about the old man and the old man, and blossom and bear dates six times, which will make the jujube tree harvest.

2. Henan

In Xiangcheng county, Henan province, Yuanxiao eats wonton, which is called reunion tea. The bride's family took her married daughter home for the holidays, and when the Lantern Festival in the county town was celebrated, all the old, the weak and the sick used fire to moxibustion stone turtles. If there is a river bridge in the area, cross it at the same speed. If there is no bridge, build an overpass with boards several feet high to keep away from all diseases.

3.jiangsu province

In Wujin County, Jiangsu Province, reed was tied into a torch of Zhang Xu on the first day of last week and planted in the ground, called Zhao Tiancai, to predict morning and evening. White fire is water, and Rise of the Legend is drought. On January in Yixing, children wear ghost masks and jump with their feet bent and shoulders trembling, which is called jumping ghosts.