Influenced by traditional culture, the Lantern Festival has been considered an important festival full of joy and celebration since ancient times. Even some of the folk culture of the Lantern Festival has continued to this day, but do you know what the Lantern Festival is called in ancient times? What are the customs and activities of the Lantern Festival? Let's take a look.
What is the Lantern Festival called in ancient times?
There is a folk saying: "Thirty children's fire, fifteen lights", "Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month". Therefore, the Lantern Festival is also known as the Lantern Festival. In addition, the Lantern Festival was also known as the Shangyuan Festival, the Little New Year's Month, and the Yuan Xi Festival in ancient times. The ancients generally called the "first month" as the "first month", and the "night" is also called the "night", so the fifteenth day of the first month is often called the "Lantern Festival".
The origin and origin of the Lantern Festival
It can be traced back to the Western Han Dynasty, and it has been more than 2,000 years, but the Lantern Festival lantern appreciation began in the Eastern Han Dynasty during the Ming Emperor period, when Buddhism was promoted, I heard that Buddhism would generally be lit on the fifteenth day of the first month to worship the Buddha, and the emperor ordered the palace and the temple to light up the Buddha on this day, and the Lantern Festival lantern appreciation activities also began here. In the Tang Dynasty, the lantern viewing event became more grand, not only with lanterns, but also lantern wheels, lantern towers, and lantern trees, and the lantern viewing activity lasted for three days. When it came to the Song Dynasty, more attention was paid to the Lantern Festival, the lantern appreciation activities would be held for five consecutive days, and the form of lanterns was more and more, and the Ming Dynasty had to enjoy the lanterns for 10 consecutive days, which was the longest lantern festival in China.
The Lantern Festival has been held in all dynastiesHolidaysDifferences
Originally in the Han Dynasty, the celebration of the Lantern Festival was only one day, the Tang Dynasty became three days, the Song Dynasty was lengthened to five days, and the Ming Dynasty had to celebrate a full ten days, from the eighth day of the first month to the night of the seventeenth day of the first month, and finally returned to the Qing Dynasty for three days.