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Origin of the Lantern Festival
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The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, and the formation of the Lantern Festival custom has a long process, which is rooted in the folk custom of turning on the lantern and praying for blessings. Turning on the lantern to pray for blessing usually begins on the fourteenth night of the first lunar month, and the fifteenth day and night are the "main lantern", and the folk point the lantern, also known as "sending the lantern", to carry out the worship and blessing activities.
The introduction of Buddhist culture in the Eastern Han Dynasty also has an important significance for the formation of the Lantern Festival customs, during the Yongping period of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty ordered the fifteenth night of the first lunar month to "burn the lamp to show the Buddha" in the palace and the temple.
Therefore, the custom of lighting lamps on the fifteenth night of the first lunar month gradually expanded in China with the expansion of the influence of Buddhist culture and the later addition of Taoist culture. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, lantern festivals gradually became a trend.
The legend of the Lantern Festival
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After the death of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ying, the son of Empress Lü, ascended the throne as Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty. After Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty died of illness, Empress Lü monopolized the government and turned the Liu family into the Lu family's world.
In order to protect Liu's country, Liu Nang decided to raise troops to crusade against Zhulu, and then got in touch with the founding ministers Zhou Bo and Chen Ping, and designed to relieve Lu Lu, and the "Zhulu Rebellion" was finally completely quelled.
After the rebellion, the ministers supported Liu Bang's fourth son, Liu Heng, to ascend the throne and was called Emperor Wen of Han. Emperor Wen deeply felt that the peaceful and prosperous era was not easy to come by, so he set the fifteenth day of the first month to quell the "Zhulu Rebellion" as a day of joy with the people, and every family in the capital put up lanterns to celebrate.
Lantern Festival customs
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The festival period and festival activities of the Lantern Festival are extended and expanded with the development of history. As far as the length of the festival is concerned, the Han Dynasty is only one day, to the Tang Dynasty has been three days, the Song Dynasty is as long as five days, the Ming Dynasty is from the eighth point of the first month, until the night of the seventeenth day of the first month, it is the longest lantern festival in Chinese history, it is connected with the Spring Festival, the day is the city, it is lively and extraordinary, the night is lit, it is magnificent.
In particular, the delicate and colorful lights make it the climax of entertainment activities during the Spring Festival. In the Qing Dynasty, dragon dances, lion dances, dry boats, stilts, Yangge twisting and other "hundred opera" content were added, but the festival was shortened to four to five days. New. Year.
Fast. Happy. There are many customs of the Lantern Festival, the most common of which are eating rice balls, guessing lantern riddles, and appreciating lanterns. These customs are all about celebrating the arrival of the New Year, which means reunion, happiness, and good luck. On the day of the Lantern Festival, people will put down their work and go home to reunite with their families to spend this wonderful festival together. Family members will taste delicious rice balls together, which means family harmony and happiness.
These traditional customs have been passed down for thousands of years and are an important part of Chinese culture and the unique cultural memory of our nation. On this festive day, let us pray together for happiness, peace and joy for our family in the new year.