What are the allusions to the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival origin and legend story

1, the Lantern Festival in ancient times called "on the Yuan Festival", the ancients called "night" for "night", and the first month is also known as the first month, the night of the first month of the fifteenth day of the first month is the first full moon of the year, so "on the Yuan Festival" is also known as the "Lantern Festival". The night of the fifteenth day of the first month was the first full moon night of the year, so the "Shangyuan Festival" was also called the "Lantern Festival". After the death of Liu Bang, Empress Lu came to power, and Liu's little emperor was just a showpiece. Except for the fact that she did not become the emperor as Wu Zetian did in later times, the power she held was no different from that of the emperor. Moreover, she promoted the power of the Lü family and massacred and relegated the power of the Liu family, causing great conflicts in the court. After the death of Empress Lu, all the Lüs assembled in the upper general Lu Lu and plotted to usurp Liu's kingdom. King Liu Xiang of Qi, together with Zhou Bo and Chen Ping, the founding ministers, crushed the conspiracy on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the reigning Emperor Wen of Han, in order to celebrate this victory, decided that every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, every house would be decorated with lanterns and colors, to celebrate the Lantern Festival of the Ping "Rebellion of the Lüs".

2, Lantern Festival has a long history, is now generally believed to have originated in the Han Dynasty. The emperor of the Han Dynasty believed in Buddhism, Buddhism has in the first month of the fifteenth lighted lamps to view the Shariputra to pray for blessings, change the ground to promote Buddhism, ordered from the court to the people in this day are lighted lamps. This gradually formed the prototype of the Lantern Festival. Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty will be sacrificed to the "Taichi" activities are also scheduled for this day, with the activities of the gods, the Lantern Festival began to be valued.

3, Lantern Festival as a festival with the development of history continues to grow and expand. Formed in the Han Dynasty, in the Tang Dynasty because of the strength of the country, whether the capital or towns are popular to hang lights, full of fire trees and silver flowers is the Tang Dynasty people's favorite blooming scene. The Lantern Festival has been greatly developed as a festival of lights. In the Song Dynasty the Lantern Festival has developed into the most lively carnival, countless colored lanterns, fireworks like a shower of stars.

4, Lantern Festival as a continuation of the New Year, is the last culmination of the New Year celebrations, viewing lanterns, eating Lantern Festival, fireworks, lion dance, etc., everyone celebrates the return of spring to the earth, but also pre-celebration of a year of wind and rain.