What are the customs and traditions of Lantern Festival?

The customs and traditions of Lantern Festival are as follows:

1, Beijing: The annual Lantern Festival, dragon and lion dances, old Beijing hawking and other traditional Lantern Festival programs are one of the main reasons why old Beijing residents look forward to this festival. The traditional Lantern Festival activities in old Beijing are mainly composed of three parts: flower party, lantern festival and eating Lantern Festival. ?

2. Hebei: The unique Lantern Festival custom is the flower pulling in Jingxing, which is an ancient artistic wonder. The Lantern Festival custom in Zanhuang County-"Laluchen" is a dance that shows the working life, with the Lantern Festival as the main part and percussion music. There are drums, gongs, cymbals and water cymbals.

3. Hubei Filial Piety: Yangdian Town, Xiaonan District, Shi Gan is a famous "hometown of dragon lanterns". Every Lantern Festival, almost every village and bay has the custom of dancing dragons. Local people think that Lantern Festival is more lively and grand than Spring Festival. ?

4. Anhui: Fengyang County, an ancient city, has become the three major customs of the Lantern Festival, swinging, picking lanterns and throwing torches. There is a folk saying in Fengyang that "swinging on the Lantern Festival won't hurt your waist for a year". Lantern Festival, the most exciting thing for children is "picking lanterns". As early as a few days ago, all kinds of lanterns went on the market early, and lanterns with different shapes decorated the town at night.

5. Qinshui County, Shanxi Province: From 14 to 16 when the Lantern Festival is coming, every household hangs various lights every night. Setting off fireworks is the most gratifying activity of Shanxi Lantern Festival. Fireworks will be set off in the square on the night of the Lantern Festival, and the whole family will go to the street to see the beautiful fireworks.

6. Shandong: Entertainment is an important part of the Lantern Festival. There are various forms of vaudeville, such as lion dance, dragon dance, walking on stilts, dry boat, Hua Gun, yangko and donkey driving. And the content is mainly opera. Every village around Qufu City plays with dragon lanterns, and the dragon lanterns of every village will be performed in Confucius House. The place where Confucius plays dragon lanterns is in front of the lobby of the second gate, and it is not allowed to enter at ordinary times. At this time, outsiders are also allowed to enter to watch the dragon lantern. When playing with dragon lanterns, Confucius' servants and "fireworks households" set off fireworks.

7. Henan: The most unique custom is that on the night of Lantern Festival, every household must tie lanterns with bamboo and red paper in front of their ancestral graves, light the candles in the middle and burn them out. The general customs of the Lantern Festival are watching lanterns, solve riddles on the lanterns, eating glutinous rice balls and dancing lions.

8. Jiangsu: There are five customs in Taizhou, such as eating Yuanxiao, celebrating Yuanxiao and solve riddles on the lanterns, setting off fireworks and sending good luck. Sending good luck is a unique custom in some towns and villages in Taizhou. On the Lantern Festival, relatives and friends will send bridge stakes and Guanyin to the newly-married bride to wish your son an early birth. In some places, the bride will be dragged to Baiziqiao, which is also a child-seeking game.

9. Zhejiang: It is said in Hangzhou that the 15th day of the first month is the day when God bless the people in Shangyuan. People often recite scriptures and worship Buddha in Wu Shan. The most famous Lantern Festival in Haining is the exquisite chrysanthemum lantern. Shangyu County will compete in martial arts on the platform before the Lantern Festival. In Jiande County, if someone has a new wife, a wine sacrifice bed will be set on the Lantern Festival.

10, Sichuan: There is a custom of "four steals" during the Lantern Festival: "one steals jiaozi, the other steals green, the third steals eaves lamp and the fourth steals red." Except for stealing youth and strengthening the body, the rest are customs of seeking children. There is a custom of "cursing" in Kaixian County. On the Lantern Festival, people move the benches outdoors and scold all the grievances at ordinary times. Those who are scolded are not allowed to scold them back.