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Traditionally, in China, after the Lantern Festival, the Spring Festival will be over, and everything will return to normal, so the last celebration will be held on this day. In ancient times, people attached great importance to the Lantern Festival.
Why is this festival called "Lantern Festival" on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month? It turns out that the ancients called night "night" and "yuan" meant "beginning" and "first". The fifteenth day of the first month is the first full moon night in a year, so it is called Lantern Festival.
Lantern Festival originated in Han Dynasty, and was paid attention to in Tang Dynasty, especially in Song Dynasty. The folk tradition in China is that on the Lantern Festival night when the moon is high, people will watch lanterns, solve riddles on the lanterns, eat Yuanxiao and have a family reunion.
Flower viewing lantern is the central activity of the Lantern Festival, and it is also called "Lantern Festival" among the people. The custom of watching lanterns on the Lantern Festival also originated in the Han Dynasty, and it flourished in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, lanterns were hung everywhere in palaces, streets and alleys, which developed into a grand lantern market and built tall lantern trees, lantern wheels and even lantern buildings. In the Song Dynasty, the lantern viewing activities were more lively, lasting for five days, and the styles of lanterns were more abundant. Ouyang xiu, a great writer in the northern song dynasty, wrote in "born faults?" Yuan wrote: "Last year's Lantern Festival, the flower market was brightly lit", which fully reflected this magnificent scene. In the Ming Dynasty, the custom of appreciating lanterns reached its peak. It is stipulated that the lights will be turned off on the first day of the first month and on the fifteenth day of the first month. This is the longest Lantern Festival in China. In the Ming Dynasty, opera performances were added, and the Lantern Festival gradually evolved into a rich festival custom. Although the lantern viewing in Qing Dynasty lasted only three days, its scale was unprecedented. At this time, besides burning lanterns, firecrackers and fireworks are also set off to add fun.
Lantern Festival lanterns naturally have riddles. Lantern riddles began in the Southern Song Dynasty. After the development and creation of past dynasties, there are more than 100 kinds of lantern riddles still in use, such as foundation lattice, swing lattice, louver lattice, baitou lattice and Xu. Solve riddles on the lanterns, until today, is still the Lantern Festival.
Yuanxiao is always eaten on the Lantern Festival. Eating Lantern Festival began in the Song Dynasty, but it was called "floating Zi Yuan" at that time, and it was not called "Yuanxiao" until the Ming Dynasty. Yuanxiao is also called Tangyuan. It is said that after Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor, he thought "Yuanxiao" was "Yuanxiao", so he ordered that "Yuanxiao" be changed to "Tangyuan". In the past, every household made Yuanxiao and ate glutinous rice balls, wishing the whole family reunion, harmony and happiness in the new year. For thousands of years, with the passage of time, the production of Yuanxiao has become more and more exquisite, delicious and diverse.
Since the Han Dynasty, with the passage of time, there have been more and more activities of the Lantern Festival. Playing dragon lanterns, playing lions, walking on stilts, rowing dry boats, dancing yangko, playing Taiping drums and other activities. , gradually increasing, coupled with opera performances. Lantern Festival became the last folk art performance during the Spring Festival, and its excitement was called "Carnival" in ancient China, so it was called "Lantern Festival" in many places.
Now, although the festive atmosphere of the Lantern Festival is much lighter than that in ancient times, it still maintains the unique charm of China's traditional culture, which has been paid more and more attention by China people in recent years, so many people now call for the Lantern Festival holiday in order to better carry forward our national cultural traditions.