The three most common origins of the Lantern Festival?

The three most common origins are the origin of Buddhist festivals, the origin of Taoist festivals, the origin of the Taiyi God rituals, the following three origins are described in detail.

1, the origin of Buddhist festivals said

According to the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" records: "The world rumor that Emperor Mingdi night sleep South Palace, dreaming of the Golden Man grew up, the top of the light, to ask the ministers. Or that there is a god in the west, named Buddha, whose form is six feet long, and the color of gold."

The Ming Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty advocated Buddhism, I heard that India's Moghul country, there is every first month of the fifteenth, the monks gathered to look at the Buddha's relics, burning lamps for the Buddha's practice, and then ordered the first month of the fifteenth, the Lantern Festival day in the palace and temples burned lamps for the Buddha, so that the clan populace have hung lamps, and thereafter extended into a custom that continues to this day.

According to the "monks history - Han Fa Ben biography" records: "Western December 30, is the first month of China's hope, called the great Shennong change month. Emperor Ming of Han ordered the lamps to be burned as a sign of the great brightness of the Buddha's teachings."

2, the origins of Taoist festivals said

The fifteenth day of the first month of the first yuan festival in Taoist culture. The reason why it is called the Festival, the origin of the Taoist "three elements". The Taoist scripture "Yunshi Qiqi" in the cloud: "After the division of chaos, there are heaven, earth, water three yuan of gas, and then become a human being, long nourishment of all things."

3, Taiyi God sacrifice origin said

The Lantern Festival originated in the Han Dynasty to worship Taiyi God's custom. Taiyi, also known as "Taiyi", is an ancient god of the heavens, ranked in the immortal class, who is in charge of the nine dragons, with the ability to grasp the earth's blessings and disasters, including droughts, waterlogging, famine and pestilence. Ancient China, as a large agricultural country, naturally believed in the god Taiyi for the sake of national prosperity and peace. Legend has it that starting from Emperor Qin Shi Huang, grand ceremonies were organized every year to pray to Taiyi God for good weather conditions and a long and healthy life. Especially during the period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, the seventh year of Yuan Feng, it designated the Lantern Festival as one of the most important festivals.