What is the emphasis on the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month?

On the fifteenth day of the first month, the Lantern Festival is riddled with diseases, respecting the old traditions and living a long life, which means welcoming a new day with health.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival, Lantern Festival and Lantern Festival. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called the night "Xiao", so they called the fifteenth day of the first month the Lantern Festival. The fifteenth day of the first month is the night of the first full moon in a year and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. On the night of Spring Festival, people celebrate this festival and the continuation of the Spring Festival. Sima Qian founded the taichu calendar, which listed the Lantern Festival as a major festival.

Since the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, it has been in full swing. "Sui Shu Music Record" Day: "Every first month, all nations come to the DPRK and live outside the Duanmen Gate, which lasts for eight miles until the 15th." Tens of thousands of people participated in singing and dancing, from faint to dark. With the changes of society and times, the custom of Lantern Festival has changed greatly, but it is still a traditional folk festival in China.

The custom of the lantern festival

"Yuanxiao" is the name of northerners, and southerners call it "Tangyuan" and "Tangtuan". According to our traditional folk custom, on the fifteenth day of the first month of every year, every household eats glutinous rice balls. Because these names are similar to the pronunciation of "reunion", the meaning of reunion has been removed. I hope that on the full moon night in May, the whole family will be round, harmonious and happy.

"Lantern riddle", also known as "playing riddles", is a unique form of entertainment with rich national style in China, and it is a characteristic activity of Lantern Festival that has been circulated since ancient times. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, every household hangs lanterns and sets off fireworks. Later, some busybodies wrote riddles on paper and pasted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because solve riddles on the lanterns can enlighten wisdom and cater to the festive atmosphere, many people responded. Later, solve riddles on the lanterns gradually became an indispensable program for the Lantern Festival.