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Traditional Festival: Lantern Festival is not a holiday.

Since ancient times, people have described many festivals, and the Lantern Festival is a special festival in China. For many office workers, it is a special headache for us not to have a holiday on the Lantern Festival, and there are many sayings that there is no holiday on the Lantern Festival. Then, do you know why there is no holiday for the Lantern Festival?

Next, let's take a look!

Lantern Festival is not a legal holiday.

Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China. Yuanxiao viewing began in the period of Emperor Hanming in the East, and it is still a traditional folk festival in China, but it is not a legal festival in China.

There is no holiday on 20 15 Lantern Festival.

There is no holiday on 20 15 Lantern Festival. Although there is no holiday on the 20 15 Lantern Festival, we can spend the day with our families and beautiful women. So what if you don't have a holiday? We must have a happy holiday.

Introduction of Lantern Festival:

Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, also known as "Shangyuan Festival", is one of the traditional festivals of Han nationality and some brotherly nationalities in China, and it is also one of the traditional festivals of Chinese character culture circle and overseas Chinese. The traditional Lantern Festival of the Han nationality began in the Qin Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty ordered the fifteenth day of the first month to be designated as the Lantern Festival. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities of "Taiyi God" were scheduled for the 15th day of the first month. Taiyi: the God who rules the universe. When Sima Qian created the taichu calendar Law, he had already identified the Lantern Festival as a major festival. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called the night "dawn" and the fifteenth day is the first full moon night in a year, so the fifteenth day of the first month is called the Lantern Festival. Also known as the first lunar month, Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival, it is the first important festival after the Spring Festival.

In the ancient customs of the Han nationality, Shangyuan Festival (Lantern Festival), Zhongyuan Festival (Orchid Festival) and Xiayuan Festival (Water Festival) are all very traditional and important festivals.

Eating Yuanxiao, enjoying lanterns and solve riddles on the lanterns are several important folk customs.