In the colorful traditional festivals of the land of China, the Lantern Festival is like a brilliant pearl set at the end of the New Year, with its unique charm and profound cultural connotation, it affects the feelings of every Chinese.
The Lantern Festival, also known as the Shangyuan Festival or the Lantern Festival, is celebrated in their own ways on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. It originated in the Han Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,000 years, and the yearning for light, reunion and harmony has always run through people's daily life.
After the Lantern Festival, enjoy the lanterns", this is the most popular scene of the Lantern Festival. The streets and alleys are filled with all kinds of lanterns, including red lanterns hanging high and delicate and delicate small lanterns, which are like stars in the night, illuminating people's lives, implying that life is prosperous and prosperous. Eating glutinous rice balls is the highlight of the Lantern Festival table, the soft and glutinous taste, sweet filling of the rice balls, is not only the enjoyment of food, but also the concrete embodiment of people's simple desire for family harmony and sweet life.
In modern society, the Lantern Festival not only retains traditional customs, but also constantly innovates and keeps pace with the times. The large-scale lantern festival exhibition is dazzling, and all kinds of colorful lanterns of different shapes are dazzling; The lantern riddle guessing activity was very lively, and everyone racked their brains to solve the riddle, which added to the fun of the festival; Folk performances such as dragon and lion dances are staged in various places, adding a strong festive atmosphere to the festival. Not only that, the addition of scientific and technological elements makes the Lantern Festival more cool and colorful, and innovative means such as light and shadow art and virtual reality technology make the ancient festival rejuvenated.
On this night when the bright moon is in the sky, we taste not only the sweetness of the rice balls, but also the charm of traditional culture, and the fusion of deep homesickness and national emotions. Whether it is the elegance of watching lanterns and praying for blessings and writing poems in the past, or the grand occasion of today's participation and joy shared by the whole people, the Lantern Festival is an important carrier of the cohesion and spiritual home of the Chinese nation.
Therefore, on this brightly lit Lantern Festival night, let us look up at the bright moon, bow our heads and taste the steaming rice balls, feel the charm of traditional customs, share the joy of modern life, and pass on this reunion and cultural memory through time and space, so that the Lantern Festival will become a beautiful moment to connect the past and the present, and recount family and friendship.