Customs of Lantern Festival in Fuzhou's Three Sides and Seven Alleys

15 is the Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival. Fuzhou Lantern Festival began in Han Dynasty, and Song Dynasty was listed as the top grade of Kyoto Lantern Festival. "Old Wulin Stories" describes that Fuzhou Yuanxiao, which entered Beijing, is "as white as jade, dazzling, like a jade pot with ice, refreshing." Orange lanterns, vegetable lanterns and lotus lanterns in Fuzhou. Unique in shape and bright in color, it is unique to Fuzhou's local life and attracts attention. According to Wang Yingshan's Fujian da ji, Fuzhou "hangs lanterns along the door and enjoys them all night, which is called the lantern market." This custom also began in the Song Dynasty. At that time, every household was decorated with lanterns and decorated with doors, and red light was everywhere in Shili Deng Jie. Every year during the Lantern Festival, state and county officials advocate big lanterns and order ten lanterns to be donated door to door. Chen Lie, a poet in Langguan Lane, angrily hung a poem lamp on the Drum Tower: "The rich man has a lamp, but Taicang is just a drop in the bucket;" The poor family is a lamp, and the father and son cry each other. Do you know romantic satrap? I still hate not having wonderful songs. " Since then, the government has stopped forcing people to donate lanterns. The time of Lantern Festival has also changed in the past dynasties: during the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was mostly from the 14th to 18th of the first month; The court in the Yuan Dynasty did not advocate large-scale lantern festivals; Thirteen to twenty-two in Ming Dynasty; The Qing Dynasty lasted from 13 to 17. There have been no rules since the Republic of China.

Fuzhou Lantern Festival is not only a wonderful lantern festival, but also an activity to show Aoshan Mountain for people to enjoy. "Spring Lantern is absolutely superior to Baihuafang, and Yuan is full of flowers and blessings;" The silver candle is empty, the scenery is beautiful, and the auspicious light is now on Aoshan. This poem depicts the magnificent scenery of Fujian Lantern Market and Aoshan in the past. The gate of the Lantern Festival is opened, and Aoshan faces outward. People from the suburbs go to the city to see it. It's very lively.