What is the festival for releasing lanterns

The release of lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar is called the Festival of Lanterns or Lantern Festival. On this day, people have the habit of watching lanterns and eating Lanterns. Lanterns, also known as "colored lanterns" and "lanterns", are a cultural product of the traditional agricultural era in China, combining the functions of life and artistic characteristics.

The Lantern Festival has been characterized by the warm and festive custom of viewing lanterns since ancient times. The formation of the Lantern Festival has a long process, rooted in the ancient folk custom of opening lanterns to pray for blessings. According to general information and folklore legend, the 15th day of the first month in the Western Han Dynasty has been emphasized, but the 15th day of the first month of the Lantern Festival is really as a national folk festival is in the Han Wei after. The rise of the custom of lighting on the 15th day of the first month is also related to the spread of Buddhism to the east, the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism flourished, civil servants and people generally in the 15th day of the first month of the "light for the Buddha", the Buddha's lights were spread throughout the folk, from the Tang Dynasty, the Lantern Festival that has become a legal thing.