Collect stories about lanterns

The story of the origin of lanterns:

1. The custom of playing lanterns on the Lantern Festival began in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Zhuang, Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty, advocated Buddhism, and heard that the Buddhist monks on the 15th day of the first month to see the Buddha's relics, lighting lamps to honor the Buddha's practice, so they ordered the night in the palace and temples to light lamps to honor the Buddha, and made the scholarly commoners are hanging lamps. Later, this Buddhist ceremonial festival gradually formed a grand folk festival. The festival has experienced from the court to the folk, from the Central Plains to the national development process. Tang Kaiyuan years, in order to celebrate the country's prosperity, people tied lanterns, through the flickering light, symbolizing the "colorful dragons auspicious, the people of the country strong," lanterns since then widely popular.

2. Lanterns on the Lantern Festival began in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty Emperor Liu Zhuang advocated Buddhism, heard that the Buddhist monks on the 15th of the first month to see the Buddha's relics, lighted lamps to honor the Buddha's practice, the night of the order in the palace and temples lighted lamps to honor the Buddha, so that the scholarly people are hanging lights. Later, this Buddhist ceremonial festival gradually formed a grand folk festival. The festival has experienced from the court to the folk, from the Central Plains to the national development process. Tang Kaiyuan years, in order to celebrate the country's prosperity, people tied lanterns, through the flickering light, symbolizing the "colorful dragon omen auspicious, the people of the country strong," lanterns from the popularity of the trend.

3. Legend has it that a long time ago, a lot of fierce birds and beasts, around the harm to people and livestock, people will organize to fight them, there is a bird of God because of the lost and landed on earth, but was unknowingly hunters to the death. The emperor was furious and ordered the heavenly soldiers to set fire to the earth on the fifteenth day of the first month to burn all the human and animal properties on the earth. The emperor's daughter is kind-hearted, can't bear to see the people suffer innocently, so she secretly came to the earth, told the news to the people. A clever man came up with a method, he let everyone in the first month of the fifteenth, sixteen, seventeen days of the three days in the house to open lanterns, lighting firecrackers, fireworks, so that the emperor of heaven will think that the heavenly soldiers have already let go of the fire. By the night of the 15th day of the first month, the emperor of heaven looked down and found a red light on earth, ringing in the sky for 3 consecutive nights, thinking that it was a big fire burning flames and stop. To commemorate this success, from then on, every first month of the fifteenth, every family hangs lanterns to commemorate this day.

4. Qing Dynasty Yongzheng years in Hebei Province, there is an old man, this person is dexterous, love of folk crafts, there is a set of lantern crafts, every New Year's Day, he has to do a few pairs of colorful lanterns hanging in front of their own homes, for the Chinese New Year Festival added a peaceful and festive atmosphere, every year attracted the neighbors to watch and appreciate. One year the old man made a few pairs of lanterns to Gao Cheng set to sell, coincidentally, was traveling to the set of distraction of the county governor saw, then all the lanterns are bought, hanging in the mansion all day to see. Lantern chic workmanship, opulent, the county master as a treasure, love. This year and to the emperor tribute date, the county master is thinking hard to send what items to please the emperor, someone pointed out that he sent a few pairs of lanterns to try. Although a little bit reluctant, but in order to please the emperor had to bear the pain. Sure enough, the emperor at a glance, the face of the dragon is very happy, reward Ligustrum County, and the lanterns as tribute. Later, inside and outside the palace hung everywhere this big red Tuntou lanterns. Hebei lanterns were designated as tribute to take the name of the tribute lamps, become the palace specialties, and later the people of the "tribute" word for "Palace" word, it became "Palace Lights".