Which areas have the custom of lighting lanterns for the New Year?

This custom exists in Lingnan areas such as Henan, Huizhou, Hakka and Chaoshan.

Light a lamp under the stove. Since 13, the Lantern Festival has been put on in advance, and bamboo lanterns have been arranged in every alley and bridge. The custom of lighting lanterns on the Lantern Festival originated from the ternary theory of Taoism. The fifteenth day of the first month is Shangyuan Festival, the fifteenth day of July is Zhongyuan Festival, and the fifteenth day of October is Xiayuan Festival.

In Chaoshan and other Lingnan areas, every household should light a lamp from the 11th to 18th of the first month, especially the Lantern Festival. If there was a boy at home after the Lantern Festival last year, lanterns would be hung on the lampstand of the ancestral hall of the clan in the township to announce the aggravation in the township and accept the congratulations of the villagers.

Guangzhou is used to turning on the lights for bedside women on the twelfth day of the first month, praying for the healthy and safe growth of children. On the thirteenth day of the first month, light a kitchen lamp until midnight snack. ?

Because China has been in an agricultural society for a long time, the male labor force of the family is very important to the prosperity of the family, and having a boy is a happy event for the whole family. In ancient times, there was a saying that the boy Jia Ding, Ding and Deng were homophonic in many dialects. Therefore, the custom of midnight snack lighting and chandelier also has good wishes.

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Traditional customs of the Spring Festival:

1, paste Spring Festival couplets: Spring Festival couplets are posted every Spring Festival to increase the festive atmosphere of the festival, also called Spring Festival couplets. Traditional spring stickers are handwritten with a brush, but there are also spring stickers printed by machines. There are many kinds of Spring Festival couplets, including street couplets and door couplets, but not every Spring Festival couplets has a horizontal batch.

2, cut window grilles, paste door couplets: Before the Chinese New Year holiday, some festive and auspicious window grilles will be cut.

3. Hanging New Year's pictures: New Year's pictures are a kind of Chinese paintings, which began with the ancient door god paintings. One of the Han folk arts, is also one of the common folk handicrafts. During the Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, it was officially called New Year Pictures, which was a unique painting school of Han nationality in China and an art form loved by rural people in China. Mostly used for posting in the New Year, decorating the environment, with the meaning of wishing the New Year auspicious and festive, hence the name.

4. Dragon dance: Dragon dance is a traditional dance that originated in China. In ancient times, dragon and lion dances were one of the programs of large festivals in a year. With Chinese emigrating to other parts of the world, dragon dance culture has spread all over China, Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong, Southeast Asia, Europe, America, Australia and New Zealand, and has become a symbol of China culture.

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