Lantern Festival Animation

The Lantern Festival I do not know how to spend it? If there is no good idea, you may want to go out of the house to see lanterns oh. Lantern Festival to see lanterns has a long history, and now there are many cities in the country on the day of the Lantern Festival will also organize lantern activities. So what is the main purpose of watching lanterns? Festive knowledge.

Lanterns come from life, in addition to the original function of simple lighting, more is a symbol of life, people synthesize the painting, calligraphy, paper-cutting and other crafts, the use of all the available things, due to the time and place on the material, while the formation of different functions and symbols of lanterns: Palace Lantern luxury and opulence, that is, on behalf of the wedding festivities; gabion light plain and elegant, that is, on behalf of the funeral Yu Sorrow; the word surnames lamp carved House, that is, on behalf of the lintel prosperous. That is, on behalf of the lintel prosperous ......

Chinese lanterns is a variety of techniques, a variety of crafts, a variety of decorative techniques, a variety of materials produced by the comprehensive art, its variety, there are dragon lanterns, palace lanterns, gauze lanterns, flower blue lanterns, dragon and phoenix lanterns, prismatic lamps, tree ground lamps, lanterns, mushroom lamps, etc., the shape of the round, square, cylindrical, Polygonal and so on.

Dragon lantern, also known as "dragon dance", is one of the Chinese folk lanterns and dance forms, popular in many parts of China. Dragon lamp before the dragon head, the body in the middle of the number of sections varies, but generally for the singular, there is a stick under each section in order to hold up. Each section is called a "dragon lantern" if candles are lit inside, and "cloth dragon" if candles are not lit. Dance, by a person holding a colorful bead play dragon, dragon head with the bead rotation, many other people each held a section of the follow, up and down to lift, left and right dance, and to match the gongs and drums, very spectacular.

Palace lanterns, is China's world-famous special handicrafts. Palace lanterns for the palace and government production and use, so this name. The earliest existing lantern is the Palace Museum collection of the Ming Dynasty lanterns. Palace lamp production is very complex, mainly with carved wood, carved bamboo, openwork copper for the skeleton, and then inlaid with gauze, glass or horn piece, above the painted landscapes, flowers and birds, fish and insects, people and other auspicious and festive themes. Top quality lanterns are also embedded with jade or white jade. Palace lantern shape is very rich, there are four sides, hexagonal, octagonal, round beads, baskets, square victory, double fish, gourd, disk long, aiye, glasses, rings and many other varieties, especially the hexagonal lantern as a representative. 1915, the Beijing lanterns for the first time was sent to the Panama Universal Exposition exhibition, won the Gold Medal, by the international acclaim. Afterwards, the palace lanterns gradually developed towards the practical direction, and various kinds of chandeliers, wall lamps, table lamps and poke lamps appeared. China's palace lamp production in Beijing is the most famous.

The gallop lamp is a unique ornamental lamps in the art of lanterns, its reputation spread all over the world, to the Guangdong gallop lamp for the best. Walking horse lantern is usually placed in the light of a rotating wheel, on which paste good with colored paper cut into various characters, flowers and birds, etc., the wheel under the candle, hot air rising, causing air convection, so that the wheel rotates, the paper image also rotates, the picture is continuous, strong sense of movement, fascinating.

Yarn lamps are made of hemp yarn or kudzu fabric for the lamp surface, mostly round or oval. Red gauze lanterns, also known as red celebratory lamps, the whole body of the red, in the upper and lower part of the lamp were pasted with gold cloud decoration, the bottom with gold spikes and tassels, beautiful and generous, festive and auspicious, more in the festivals hanging. Shadow gauze lamps are made of various colors of linen, above more painted flowers, birds, insects and fish, landscapes and pavilions, etc., and with gold cloud decorations and tassels of various colors, it is a colorful, colorful, for the festivals and happy days to add light and color.

Lanterns are usually divided into chandeliers, lamps, wall lamps, lanterns, several categories, it is with bamboo, silk, silk, bright ball, jade, silk, feathers, shells and other materials, by the color tie, laminating, knotting, embroidery, carving, and then with paper cuts, paintings, poems and other decorative production of a comprehensive crafts, but also China's traditional folk handicrafts.

Lantern Festival source

Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, as early as 2000 years ago in the 'Western Han Dynasty, Lantern Festival Lantern Appreciation began in the Eastern Han Dynasty Ming Di period, the Ming Emperor advocated Buddhism, heard that Buddhism has the 15th day of the first month of the monks to see the Buddha's relics, lamps and honor the Buddha's practice, the night of the day on the order of the palace and temples lamps and honor the Buddha, make the Scholarly people are hanging lamps. Later, this Buddhist ceremonial festival gradually formed a grand folk festival. The festival went through the process of development from the palace to the folk, from the Central Plains to the whole country.

At the time of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, the 15th day of the first month was designated as the Lantern Festival. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the festival of "Taiyi" was held on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar. (Taiyi: the god who dominates everything in the universe). When Sima Qian created the "Taichu", the Lantern Festival was already recognized as a major festival.

Another theory is that the Lantern Festival custom originated in Taoism's "three elements"; the first month of the 15th for the first element of the festival, the 15th of July for the middle element of the festival, the 15th of October for the lower element of the festival. In charge of the upper, middle and lower Sanyuan were heaven, earth, people three officials, the heavenly officials happy, so the Lantern Festival to light.

The Lantern Festival festival period and festival activities, is with the development of history and extend, expand. In terms of the length of the festival, the Han Dynasty only one day, to the Tang Dynasty has been three days, the Song Dynasty is as long as five days, the Ming Dynasty is since the eight lights, until the night of the first month of the tenth before the lights, the whole ten days. With the Spring Festival, the day for the city, bustling, night lights, spectacular. Especially the delicate, colorful lights, making it the climax of the entertainment during the Spring Festival. To the Qing Dynasty, and increase the dragon dance, lion dance, running boats, stilt walkers, twisting rice-planting songs and other "hundreds of theater" content, just shorten the festival period for four to five days.

On the origin of the Lantern Festival, there are several interesting folk legends:

The legend of the lamp

Legend has it that a long time ago, there are a lot of ferocious birds and beasts, all around the harm to people and livestock, the people organized to fight them, there is a bird of prey trapped in a lost and landed on the earth, but accidentally was unknowingly hunters to shoot dead. The emperor was furious and immediately ordered the heavenly soldiers to set fire to the earth on the 15th day of the first month to burn all the human and animal properties on the earth. The daughter of the Heavenly Emperor was kind-hearted and could not bear to see the innocent people suffer, so she risked her life and came to the earth secretly with auspicious clouds to tell the news to the people. When the people heard the news, it was like a thunderclap on their heads. They were so scared that they didn't know what to do. It was only after a long time that an old man came up with an idea, saying, "On the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth day of the first month, every family should set up lanterns, light firecrackers, and set off fireworks at home. In this way, the Emperor of Heaven will think that people are burnt to death".

Everyone listened and nodded in agreement, so they went their separate ways to get ready. To the first month of the fifteenth night, the emperor of the sky to look down, found between a red light, ringing the sky, for three consecutive nights are so, thought it was a fire burning flames to the middle of the big fast. People thus save their lives and property in honor of this success, and since then every first month of the fifteenth, every family hangs lanterns, fireworks to commemorate this day.

Another legend says that the Lantern Festival was established by Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty to commemorate the "Ping Lu"

Another legend says that the Lantern Festival was established by Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty to commemorate the "Ping Lu". After the death of Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ying, the son of Empress Lu, ascended the throne as Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Hui was weak and indecisive, and the power gradually fell into the hands of Empress Lu. After the death of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, after the death of the Emperor Lv, she took control of the dynasty and turned Liu's world into Lv's world, the court officials, Liu's clansmen were y indignant, but they were afraid of Lv's brutality and did not dare to speak out.

After the death of Empress Lu, all of them were afraid of being hurt and marginalized. So, they secretly gathered at the home of General Lu Lu and ****planned for a rebellion in order to completely seize Liu's kingdom.

This matter spread to Liu's royal family, Qi Wang Liu Sang in the ear, Liu Sang for the protection of Liu's kingdom, decided to start a military crusade Zhu Lü and then with the founding of the veteran Zhou Bo, Chen Ping contact, designed to lift Lu Lu, "Zhu Lü's chaos" has finally been completely pacified.

After the rebellion, Liu Heng, the second son of Liu Bang, was crowned Emperor Wendi of Han Dynasty, who was y impressed by the hard-won peace and prosperity, and set the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the day when the Lü Rebellion was quelled, as a day of joy for the people, which was celebrated by putting up lanterns and colorful decorations in the capital city. Since then, the 15th day of the first month of the year has become a folk festival celebrated by all the people in the world - the "Lantern Festival".

Dongfang Shuo and the Lantern Girl

This legend is related to the custom of eating Lantern Festival: According to legend, Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty had a favorite minister named Dongfang Shuo, who was kind and funny. One day in winter, when it snowed heavily for a few days, Dongfang Shuo went to the imperial garden to fold plum blossoms for Emperor Wu. When he entered the garden, he found a courtesan in tears, ready to throw herself into a well. Dongfang Shuo rushed to her rescue and asked her why she wanted to commit suicide. It turned out that the courtesan's name was Yuan Xiao (元宵), and she had two parents and a younger sister at home. Since she entered the palace, she never had the chance to meet her family. Every year to the end of the spring season, more than usual miss their families. She felt that it would be better to die than to fulfill her filial piety in front of her parents. The first time I heard this, I was y sympathetic to her, and I promised her that I would try to reunite her with her family.

One day, Dongfang Shuo went out of the palace to set up a divination booth on Chang'an Street. A lot of people are scrambling to ask him for divination. Unexpectedly, everyone accounted for the request, are "the sixteenth day of the first month of the fire burning body" of the sign language. For a while, Chang'an was in a great panic. People asked for a solution to the disaster. Dongfang Shuo said: "the evening of the thirteenth day of the first month, the fire god will send a red-clothed goddess down to visit the earth, she is ordered to burn Chang'an messenger, I will copy the verse to you, can let the current son of heaven think of a way." After saying this, he threw down a red post and went away. The people picked up the red post, and rushed to the palace to report to the emperor

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took a look at it, and saw that it was written: "Chang'an is in the robberies, the fire burns the emperor's queue, fifteen days of fire, the flame is red curfew night", he was greatly alarmed, and hastened to invite the resourceful Dongfang Shuo. Dongfang Shuo pretended to think for a moment, then said: "I heard that the fire god gentleman favorite eat dumplings, the palace of Yuan is not often for you to make dumplings? On the fifteenth night, you can let Yuan make soup dumplings. Banzai burned incense and made offerings, and ordered every family in Kyoto to make dumplings and honor the Fire God. And then, you will summon your subjects to hang lanterns together on the fifteenth night, and light firecrackers and fireworks all over the city, as if the city is on fire, so that you can hide it from the Jade Emperor. In addition, notify the people outside the city, the fifteenth night into the city to watch the lanterns, mingled in the crowd to eliminate disasters and solve problems. After hearing this, Emperor Wu was very happy, so he sent a decree to do according to the way of Dongfang Shuo.

To the first month of the fifteenth Chang'an city of lights, colorful, tourists come and go, very lively. The parents of the courtesan Yuan Xiao also took her sister into the city to watch the lanterns. When they saw written "Lantern" big lantern, surprise shouted: "Lantern! Yuanxiao!" The Lanterns are the first to be used in the world, and the first to be used in the United States, and the first to be used in the United States.

Such a lively night, the city of Chang'an really safe and sound. Emperor Wu was delighted, then under the future every first month of the fifteenth do dumplings for the fire god king, the first month of the fifteenth as usual, the whole city hanging lights and fireworks. Because the Lantern made the best dumplings, people called the dumplings Lantern, this day is called the Lantern Festival