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The origin of the Lantern Festival rabbit lamp Why pull the rabbit lamp?

The rabbit represents the Jade Rabbit to express people's yearning for reunion.

Because the Lantern Festival is the first full moon of the new year, and the Lantern Festival rabbit lamps, the rabbit in the rabbit lamps, on behalf of the Jade Rabbit in the moon, the 15th day of the first month of the first month of the festival is a good festival and the moon is full, the rabbit lamps to express people's hope for the reunion of the good.

The activities of the Lantern Festival are also released sky lanterns, also known as the Kongming Lanterns, the earliest sky lanterns were used to signal each other peace, so also known as the sky lanterns for the "blessing lamp" or "peace lamp". Now put the sky lanterns is a folk activity, used to pray for blessings, in the sky lanterns written on the good wishes, hope that the sky lanterns up to heaven, to bring people unlimited light and hope.