Beijing
The most lively festival in old Beijing is not the Spring Festival, but the Lantern Festival. From the thirteenth day of the first month to the seventeenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the people of Beijing had to entertain themselves for five whole days and nights. The most important activity of the Lantern Festival in old Beijing is to enjoy the lanterns. Beijing's lantern market in the Ming Dynasty in the East City Lantern Market, Lantern Festival night, the streets on both sides of the city, on the jewelry and jade, down to the daily necessities, a full range of stores are hanging silk yarn, burned beads, Mingjiao, straw, straw made of various types of lanterns for people to enjoy. By the Qing Dynasty, the lamp market throughout the city of Beijing.
Hebei Province
Yongping Province Lantern Festival, sick women gathered under the kiln, called "Tao Moxibustion". Children staggered to the bridge, called "Duo Bai'er". Some people also cut paper for nine paper rope, hand knotted to divine the blame, called "knot sheep's intestines". And twelve face calendars to store oil into the pot to steam, to face the calendars of the amount of water to foretell the month's rain or shine. Jinghai County on the Yuan Festival to large steamed bread for the festival. Qingyun County Lantern Festival men ask the five ancestors to teach boxing stick, women ask Zigu divination.
Anhui Province
Nearing the Lantern Festival in the past few days, a variety of folklore and cultural performances are held one after another in the streets and communities of Shangyao Township, Datong District, Huainan City, and in the countryside fields. Twisting flower drum lanterns, playing dragon lanterns, lions rolling embroidered balls, stilts, lifting the cabinet, flower stick, lanterns, umbrella lanterns, dry boat, one-pole bridge and other colorful performances, not only the New Year's atmosphere to a climax, but also let the young and old people in the townships of ten miles and eight townships to appreciate the unique culture of the Huaihe River style. On both sides of the Huai River, there is a saying that "the 15th day of the first month of the lunar year is like a new year". The first three days of the New Year, people are busy with the old and the new, visiting friends and relatives, can not take care of food can not play, the Lantern Festival is the strongest flavor of the New Year moment.
Fuyang people are hardworking and smart, in the long-term production and life practice, continue to develop and create, forming a unique mass culture. There are lively form, rich in content of the music and art, there are unique regional characteristics of folk dance and drama. Every year on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, these colorful mass cultures converge into the unique Fuyang Lantern Festival. Fuyang Lantern Festival began in the Sui and Tang dynasties and flourished in the Ming dynasty. When Ouyang Xiu was the governor of Yingzhou in the Song Dynasty, he once wrote, "On the night of the New Year's Eve last year, the lights in the flower market were as bright as day. Last year, on the night of the New Year's Eve, the lanterns in the flower market were like daytime. This year, on the night of the New Year's Eve, the moon and the lanterns are still the same, but I don't see last year's people, and my tears are all over my sleeves." This poem shows that the lantern festival in Fuyang was very popular in the Song Dynasty. Every year on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar is the traditional Lantern Festival, every day, the masses will voluntarily put their own tie-made flowers, birds, insects, fish and beasts lamps, twelve zodiac lights and so on a variety of different shapes of colorful lamps hanging in front of their homes. Lantern Festival Lantern Festival also sing some big opera, there is a play or more than two plays sing, also known as the "theater play". At the same time, the family also set off a variety of fireworks to help.
Shanxi Province
The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, also known as the Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival is the oldest night festival in China. According to legend, after the Western Han Dynasty pacified "Zhu Lu", Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty set the foundation on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, which was designated as the Lantern Festival. The whole country was decorated with lanterns and colors to celebrate the festival. The palace royal family, the ladies can also go to the street to see the lanterns to play.
Lunar New Year's Lantern Festival, every family makes its own Lantern (today there are professionals specializing in selling). Lantern ancient name "floating Yuanzi", is a kind of elegant and vulgar **** taste, sweet but not greasy, popular folk snacks, popular throughout the country. "Stars in the dark clouds, beads floating in murky water". "Light round absolutely better than chicken head meat, surging greasy prefer crab eye soup". Ancient poets so describe the Lantern Festival round, no wonder this thing through the millennium, the popularity is not declining.
Hanging lanterns is a necessary form of celebrating the Lantern Festival in Shanxi. Whenever the Lantern Festival comes, families are hanging up all kinds of lights, from fourteen to sixteen, open every night, as far as the eye can see, the buildings are colorful, the whole city dressed up rich and brilliant, the units also scramble to make a variety of lanterns, hanging up on the street for people to enjoy, lanterns in many styles, countless, there are animals, there are Chinese zodiac signs, there are riddles, there is a lantern, there are modern There are many styles of lanterns, including animals, Chinese zodiac signs, riddles, palace lanterns, modern electrical appliances, airplanes, rockets, spaceships, drum lanterns, cake lanterns, fish, shrimp, chicken, duck and goose lanterns, orange, banana and pineapple lanterns, palace lanterns, Ruyi lanterns, silk lanterns, glass lanterns, horse lanterns, and so on. The company's products and services have been widely recognized by the public and the public.
Fireworks, for the people of Shanxi Lantern Festival the most delightful activities. Lantern Festival night in the square are going to fireworks activities, when the whole family went to the street, to see the beautiful fireworks, fireworks more and more beautiful, more and more big, more and more high technology, more and more beautiful color more and more colorful.
Literary Street Stomping, known as the folk culture makeup parade. "Dress up the story, full of jewelry, bells and drums, a country as crazy." (Ming Qiao Yuan "Min book"). From fourteen to sixteen, three consecutive days in various counties and districts are organized in various cultural performances to the city, there are folk art, there are modern art show, there are traditional arts and crafts, there are ancient music, there are the eight sound will be, there are costume drama, the pattern of the many, countless. Run a large-scale light show. Units want to sound, light, color all the large-scale light show on the street. There are on behalf of auspicious, there are on behalf of happiness, there are on behalf of the ancient legends, there are with the meaning of enlightenment.
Shandong Province
Zibo City, Zichuan District of the Lantern Festival in the waterfront home more river lanterns. Ningyang County, Tai'an City, the Lantern Festival to send lamps to the ancestral tomb. Binzhou City, Boxing County, the Lantern Festival has the custom of lighting. Boys carrying lamps, around the jujube tree six times, reciting "Duoluo Duoluo, blossoms and jujube" six times, can make the jujube tree harvest. Rizhao City, Ju (jǔ) County, men, women and children on the sixteenth day of the first month to the field, known as the "go old look", it is said that once a year to go can always be young.
Henan Province
Xiangcheng County, the Lantern Festival to eat wonton soup, known as the "reunion tea", the mother's family to take the daughter has been married to go home for the holidays, the county Lantern Festival lights, young and old people who are sick, all with fire moxibustion stone turtle. Local river bridge, the rate of crossing the bridge. If there is no bridge, the planks built a few feet high "sky bridge", known as "walk a hundred diseases".
Shanxi Province
Fengxiang County in the Lantern Festival feast daughters, son-in-laws, known as "eat fifteen". It is also called "adding oil" to send lamps and oil.
Jiangsu Province
Wujin District on the first day of the yuan tied reed into a ten feet of the torch, inserted in the field, said the "light Tian Cai", used to predict the early scribble. Fire color white for water, red for drought. Yixing on the first day of the Yuan, children wearing ghost masks, flexing their feet and vibrating their shoulders and jumping, known as "jumping ghosts".
Zhejiang Province
Hangzhou folk on the fifteenth day of the first month for the first yuan of heavenly officials to give the blessing of the hour, more than vegetarian chanting, prostrate to the Wushan worship. Haining County Lantern Festival is best known for its delicate chrysanthemum lanterns. In Shangyu County, few people compete in martial arts on the moon stage of the Lantern Festival. Jiande County people have a new wife, the Lantern Festival set up wine to the bed.
Jiangxi Province
Newly built county people in the Lantern Festival tomb sweeping bamboo for lights. Wanan County townships in the Lantern Festival rituals on the Yuan Shenzhou.
Hubei Province
Yunmeng County (today's Jianghan), the old farmers in the Lantern Festival night with a torch in favor of the field, called "shine Jedi silkworms". Children to field drums to welcome the gods, in order to divine the year. In Wuchang, the Dragon Festival lasts for three days. The men, women and children of the village follow the dragon lanterns to neighboring villages for banquets, known as "dragon for wine".
Hunan Province
Changde Shangyuan families to pepper soup, adding leeks and fruits to treat guests, known as the "soup". Xintian County, after the dragon lanterns, the dragon lanterns will be put to the torch, known as the "send disaster".
Sichuan Province
Sichuan Lantern has a "four steal" custom: "a steal dumplings, two steal the green, three steal eaves light four steal red." In addition to stealing the green is to strengthen the body, the rest of the custom is to seek children. In Kaixian County, there is the custom of "scolding". The Lantern Festival when people carry benches to the outdoors, the usual grievances, all scolded out, scolded people shall not be scolded back.
Fujian Province
Quanzhou lanterns are unique, there are incense lamps, paper folded lotus lamps, silk lanterns, eight knot lamps and so on. Shaowu County Lantern Festival in the territory of the temple around the border to welcome incense, known as "net street". In southern Fujian, there are two villages on the Lantern Festival, children throw stones for each other as a custom of the play. It is said that if you do not throw the stone, the village must have a plague.
Guangdong Province
The people of Xin'an County, who gave birth to a boy last year, celebrated the Lantern Festival on the night of the Lantern Festival. During the Lantern Festival in Nanxiong, parents take the dragon's whiskers from the dragon lanterns and tie them around their children, which is said to keep them free of disease. It is also said that the remaining candles in the dragon lanterns can be used to light up the bed, which is said to give birth to a son. Wenchang County, the night of the Lantern Festival people steal green, steal in order to be scolded as a good omen, steal not in order not to be scolded as a good omen.
Yunnan Province
Yunlong County in the Lantern Festival before the welcome three Chong God, along the streets of the shed sacrifice. Mile State one day after the Lantern Festival burning incense in the bridge, throwing stones in the water, and then take the water to wash their eyes, it is said to be able to go to the disease. Lantern Festival to eat Lantern Festival, is the *** with the customs across the country. This food first appeared in the Song Dynasty, the poet Jiang Baishi in a poem "Wing Lantern" wrote: "Your guests hook curtains to see the Royal Street, the city treasures a moment to. "The "treasures in the market" refers to the Lantern Festival. Zhou Bidai, a Song Dynasty poet, also wrote a poem entitled "Boiling Floating Dumplings on Lantern Festival": "What is the night of this evening, the reunion is the same. The soup officer inspects the old flavors, and the cook's maid is surprised by the new achievements. The stars are in the dark clouds, and the pearls float in the cloudy water. The poem is a compilation of various chants at different times of the year, and is accompanied by a description of the family customs.
Taiwan
In Taiwan, there are still unmarried women in the Lantern Festival night to steal pick onions or vegetables will be married to a good husband traditional custom, commonly known as: "Stealing onions, marrying a good _," "Stealing vegetables, marrying a good son-in-law," hoping that the marriage of the girl, to the night of the Lantern Festival, to the vegetables, to the night of the Lantern Festival, to the night of the Lantern Festival, to the night of the Lantern Festival, to the night of the Lantern Festival to the vegetables. To steal the night of the Lantern Festival to the vegetable garden onions or vegetables, looking forward to the future of family happiness, the Tang Dynasty lantern market also appeared music and dance performance, thousands of courtesans, folk girls singing and dancing under the lights, called the line song, step song.