What is the symbolic meaning of Lantern Festival?

1. Eating "Yuanxiao" on the Lantern Festival symbolizes family reunion like a full moon, and places people's good wishes for future life. ?

2. Lantern Festival "Send lanterns", referred to as "Send lanterns", its essential meaning is to send lanterns to children. That is, before the Lantern Festival, the bride's family sends lanterns to the newly-married daughter's family, or ordinary relatives and friends send them to the newly-married infertile family. In order to increase good luck, because "lamp" is homophonic with "Ding". Expressing the hope that her daughter will be lucky after marriage and have a son as soon as possible; If the daughter is pregnant, in addition to the big palace lantern, she should also send one or two small lanterns to wish her a safe pregnancy.

3. The lion dance in Lantern Festival symbolizes auspiciousness, thus placing people's good wishes for eliminating disasters and seeking good luck in the lion dance.

During the Lantern Festival, people usually set off fireworks, which symbolizes the prosperity of people and the rolling financial resources.

Inserting poplar branches on the door during the Lantern Festival symbolizes the birth of yang. There is also a custom in ancient times, that is, on the day of Shangyuan Festival, poplar branches are inserted on the doors of every household, which means that trees sprout in spring. "Yang" and "Yang" are homophonic and have the same meaning. In this way, people greet this pure, selfless and innocent yang energy like babies, expecting that the yang energy between heaven and earth can continue to grow. With its pure energy, everything grows, grains and vegetables grow, trees and flowers grow for people to use, so as to better safeguard and preserve our lives.