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The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, the formation of Lantern Festival customs have a long process, rooted in the folk lamps to pray for blessings ancient custom. Open lamps to pray for blessings usually in the first month of the fourteenth night began to "test lamps", the fifteenth night for '"lights'", the folk want to point lamps, also known as "send lamps", in order to sacrifice to the gods and pray for blessings. to the gods to pray for blessings activities.

The introduction of Buddhist culture in the Eastern Han Dynasty has also been an important impetus to the formation of the Lantern Festival customs. During the Yongping years of Emperor Mingdi of the Han Dynasty, in order to promote Buddhism, Emperor Mingdi of the Han Dynasty ordered that on the fifteenth night of the first month of the first night of the palace and the temple "lighted lamps to show Buddha". Therefore, the custom of burning lanterns on the 15th night of the first month of the lunar calendar has gradually expanded in China with the expansion of the influence of Buddhist culture and the later addition of Taoist culture.

North and South Dynasties, the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month became a trend. Emperor Wu of Liang was a strong believer in Buddhism, and his palace was decorated with lanterns on the 15th day of the first month. Tang Dynasty, closer cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, Buddhism flourished, the civil servants and the people generally in the first month of the fifteenth day of the "light for Buddha", the Buddhist lamps and lanterns were spread throughout the people. From the Tang Dynasty, the Lantern Festival has become a legal thing.

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The formation of the Lantern Festival custom has a long process, the introduction of Buddhist culture in the Eastern Han Dynasty has an important impetus to the formation of the custom of celebrating the Lantern Festival. During the Yongping years of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty (58 - 75 A.D.), as Emperor Ming advocated Buddhism, it coincided with the return of Cai Chuan, who had sought Buddhism from India and claimed that on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the country of Moghul, monks gathered to venerate the Buddha's relics and that it was an auspicious time to visit the Buddha.

The Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, in order to promote Buddhism, ordered the night of the fifteenth day of the first month in the palace and the temple, "burning lamps to show Buddha". Therefore, the custom of burning lanterns on the 15th night of the first month of the lunar calendar gradually expanded in China with the expansion of the influence of Buddhist culture and the addition of Taoist culture.

Today, with the development of the times, today's Lantern Festival is moving from the family to society. Regardless of how the Lantern Festival, colored lanterns and fireworks have changed, the ancient traditional customs of the Lantern Festival remain unchanged. These traditional cultural elements, it is always people's hearts and minds to cut off the sentiment.