In the magnificent picture scroll of Chinese traditional culture, the Lantern Festival has become a bright pearl with its unique charm and profound historical heritage.
This festival, also known as the Shangyuan Festival, the Little New Year's Month, the New Year's Eve or the Festival of Lights, is celebrated every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, where people gather together to share the joy and peace.
The first month of the first month of the lunar calendar is the first month of the lunar calendar, and the ancients called the "night" "night", therefore, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the first full moon night of the year, is respectfully called the "Lantern Festival".
In the Taoist theory of "three yuan", the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is given the name of "Shangyuan Festival".
The custom of the Lantern Festival has been dominated by the warm and festive lantern viewing custom since ancient times.
The origin of the custom of lighting lamps can be traced back to the period of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which is closely related to the eastward spread of Buddhism.
Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty had a great reverence for Buddhism, and he ordered that on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of each year, that is, the day of the Buddha's transformation, lamps should be lit to express his admiration for the Ming Dynasty of Buddhism.
This event was recorded in history as "lighting the lamp to show the Buddha", and since then, the custom of putting lanterns on the Lantern Festival has spread from the court to the people.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year, both the scholars and the common people will hang up the lanterns, and the lights between the urban and rural areas will be brilliant all night, and the excitement is extraordinary.
The Lantern Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, and its main activities include a series of traditional folk activities such as the Lantern Festival, viewing lanterns, eating glutinous rice balls, eating Lantern Festival, guessing lantern riddles, and setting off fireworks.
In addition, the Lantern Festival in many places also adds traditional folk performances such as dragon lantern swimming, lion dance, stilt walking, rowing boats, twisting Yangge, and playing Taiping drums.
These activities not only enrich the content of the festival, but also allow people to have a deeper understanding and feel the charm of traditional Chinese culture.
The Lantern Festival is a festival full of joy and blessings, which carries people's yearning and expectation for a better life.
In this festival, we can see the profound heritage of traditional Chinese culture, and we can also feel the spiritual outlook of the Chinese nation of unity and harmonious coexistence.
Together, let us feel the charm of this traditional culture with our hearts and inherit this beautiful cultural heritage with our actions. Lantern Festival