What is the tradition of Lantern Festival Foshan

The 15th day of the first month is the Shangyuan Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival and Lantern Festival. Shangyuan Festival is to worship the birthday of Tianguan (God of Fortune). In the old days, Foshan Lantern Festival was very lively.

"Foshan Zhongyi Township," which reads: "on the yuan open lights feast, Pujun Wei for the lights market, the name of the lights of the shape of the most said tea lights, to the extreme white paper for the, ticking exquisite, light leaks in the outside, the birth of a child to pay the temples and the community, and dedication of the tea fruit, due to the name of the tea lights. said tree lights, cut tree branches thick and limit flat for the lights, good offices decorated with lotus in the branches, up to more than a hundred, burned as Jiangzhu Qionghua. Said octagonal lamp, in the big lotus, under the flower basket eight sides, ringed with tasseled celluloid. Said fish lamps, said shrimp lamps, said toad lamps, said melon lamps, then the elephant for the. Said folding lamp, can be folded and hidden. Said umbrella lamp, sentence hold and line. Since the beginning of new year's day, the other country are to buy lamps, take lamps in the road. Tongji Bridge, Shengmen Creek, look forward to rate light guests carry on."

Foshan and the South China Sea, Xiqiao is an important light color production of the Pearl River Delta polder, the production of light color, excellent skills, especially horse lanterns, autumn color lamps and bamboo weaving lanterns and famous. Before the founding of the State, where the birth of a boy's family, the necessary tea lights in the Lantern Festival (more in the first month on the twelfth day) will be hung in the tea lights in the family temple or ancestral hall, dedicated to the God of Fortune and ancestors, commonly known as the open lamp. In ancient times, the birth of a boy was said to be Ding, the birth of a girl for the mouth, Ding and the lamp resonates, so in the Shangyuan Festival when the birth of a child must be paid with lamps to the temples and shrines, and also offer tea and fruit, to celebrate the joy of the addition of Ding. Not have children, but also to buy lotus lamp (this lamp has a lotus for the lamp, there are lotus flowers and lotus root branches combined for the lamp) offered to the God of fortune and ancestors, praying for more children, Foshan people this day, every family must hang lights to celebrate the Lantern Festival.

After the founding of the country, there were many times in the Lantern Festival to show a variety of lanterns for people to see.

After the founding of China, various lanterns were displayed for people to enjoy.