Historical allusions to the Lantern Festival

Historical allusions to the Lantern Festival are as follows:

1. The Lantern Girl?　

Dongfang Shuo, a favorite minister of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, was funny and kind. One day in winter, he went to the imperial garden to enjoy the plum, met a courtesan want to throw a well. After Shuo rescued her, he asked what happened, and it turned out that the girl's name was Yuanxiao, and because she had been in the palace for a long time without being able to see her relatives and miss them, she started to think about her life. Dongfang Shuo sympathizes with her and agrees to help. Dongfang Shuo set up a divination stall, and all the results were "the 16th day of the first month, the fire burned his body", and the city of Chang'an was in a great panic.

Han Wu Di asked Dongfang Shuo for advice, Shuo said: "Chang'an in the robbery, the fire burned the Imperial Palace, fifteen days of fire, flame red night." Explained: the first month of the fifteenth night families hanging lights to eat Lantern, people outside the city into the city to see the lights, as if the city was full of fire to hide from the Jade Emperor. It is the night, the Lantern parents into the city to watch the lights. With the help of Dongfang Shuo family finally reunited.

2, shadow shadow acacia?　

Legend has it that after the death of Han Wu Di's beloved consort, Mrs. Li, Han Wu Di missed her so much that a courtesan put on the consort's clothes and danced in the moonlight. The emperor saw the shadow of this courtesan to relieve his longing.

The later made a poem: "The lamp for the play tuning renovation, Gu shadow wandering but realistic, ring Pei Shan Shan lotus step steady, in front of the tent live to see Mrs. Li." This is the story of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty who misses his beloved concubine, which is also the original source of shadow play.

3, broken mirror reunion?　

When the Sui Dynasty army destroyed Southern Chen, Princess Changle of Southern Chen and her husband Xu Deyan broke a bronze mirror, each half, as a voucher to see each other later. And agreed to sell the mirror in the market on the 15th day of the first month of the Lantern Festival, in order to explore each other's news.

Sui-destroyed Southern Chen, Changle Princess into Yang Su House as a concubine, the following year Lantern Festival Xu Deyin really see an old man in the market to sell half of a copper mirror, the price is expensive, no one asked. Xu Deyin in the broken mirror on the poem: "mirror and people are gone, mirror return people do not return. There is no more Chang'e's shadow, leaving the bright moon shining in the air." Yang Su learned that the Chang'e couple was finally reunited.

Introduction of Lantern Festival:

Lantern Festival, one of China's traditional festivals, also known as the Shangyuan Festival, the first month of the small, the first night, or the Festival of Lanterns, the time for the first month of the first month of the lunar calendar for the fifteenth day of the year. The Lantern Festival mainly includes a series of traditional folk activities such as viewing lanterns, eating dumplings, guessing lantern riddles and setting off fireworks. In addition, many places have added traditional folk performances such as dragon lanterns, lion dances, stilt walkers, rowing dry boats, rice-planting songs, and playing peace drums to the Lantern Festival.

The Lantern Festival first originated from the ancient times of China's lanterns to pray for blessings. It is also said to have been set up by Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty to commemorate the "Pinglv", which was rumored to be a rebellion launched by Empress Lu's family, and after the rebellion was quelled, the 15th day of the first month of the Han Dynasty was designated as a day of fun and happiness with the people.

According to Taoism, the fifteenth day of the first month is the Shangyuan Festival, which is under the jurisdiction of the heavenly officials, so lanterns should be lit on this day. It is also said to be the evolution of the Han Dynasty people to drive away insects and animals "torch festival".