How to say Lantern Festival in Japanese?

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The Lantern Festival, one of the traditional Chinese festivals, is also known as the Shangyuan Festival, Xiaozhengmu, Yuanxi, or the Festival of Lanterns, and is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar every year.

The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, the ancient people called "night" for "night", the first month of the fifteenth day of the first month of the year is the first night of the full moon, so the first month of the fifteenth day of the first month of the "Lantern Festival". According to Taoism's "Three Elements", the 15th day of the first month is also known as the "Festival of the Upper Elements". Since ancient times, the Lantern Festival has been dominated by the festive custom of viewing lanterns.

Historical value

The formation of the Lantern Festival custom has a long process. The introduction of Buddhist culture in the Eastern Han Dynasty was an important impetus to the formation of the Lantern Festival custom. During the Yongping years of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty (58--75 A.D.), when Emperor Ming advocated Buddhism, Cai Chuan, who had returned from India with the Buddhist teachings, said that on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the country of Moghul, monks gathered to venerate the Buddha's relics, which was an auspicious time to attend the Buddha's service. In order to promote Buddhism, Emperor Mingdi of Han Dynasty ordered that on the night of the 15th day of the first month, "the lamps are lit to show the Buddha" in the palace and monasteries.

So the custom of burning lanterns on the night of the 15th day of the first month with the expansion of the influence of Buddhist culture and Taoist culture gradually expanded in China today, with the development of the times, today's Lantern Festival is from the family to the community. Regardless of how the Lantern Festival, colored lanterns, and fireworks change, these ancient traditional customs of the Lantern Festival remain unchanged. These traditional cultural elements, it is always people's hearts and minds to cut off the sentiment.