The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, also known as the Shangyuan Festival, is one of the traditional festivals in our country.
The Lantern Festival has a long history and has become an important folk festival as early as the Han Dynasty. In the Lantern Festival, there are traditional customs such as eating Lantern Festival, appreciating lanterns, and guessing lantern riddles. Among them, eating lanterns and viewing lanterns are the most common customs. Lantern Festival is a round food made of glutinous rice flour with a variety of fillings, representing reunion. On the day of the Lantern Festival, families gather together to enjoy the delicious Lantern Festival while enjoying the colorful lanterns and feeling the strong festive atmosphere. In addition, guessing lantern riddles is also a fun activity of the Lantern Festival. People will write their own lantern riddles on the lanterns and then guess the riddles to interact with each other.
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is also the earliest Valentine's Day in our country, on this day, people will go out of the house, enjoy the lanterns on the night of the full moon, guess the lantern riddles, people can not only feel the joy of the festival, but also expand their knowledge and wisdom, young men and women can also take this opportunity to exchange feelings.
As a traditional Chinese festival, the Lantern Festival carries rich cultural connotations and historical traditions. In today's era, it is even more important for us to inherit and promote these precious cultural heritages.