Traditional customs of the Lantern Festival through the ages go out to enjoy the moon, light lanterns and fireworks, happy to guess the riddles, *** eating Lantern, pulling the rabbit lamps and so on. In addition, many places Lantern Festival also added a dragon lantern, lion, stilt walkers, rowing dry boat, twisting rice-planting songs, playing drums and other traditional folk performances.
Expanded InformationThe Lantern Festival, also known as the Shangyuan Festival, the small first month, Yuanxi or the Lantern Festival, is the first important festival after the Spring Festival, and is one of the traditional festivals in China, also in the area of the Chinese character cultural circle and overseas Chinese. It is one of the traditional festivals of China, the region of the Chinese cultural circle and overseas Chinese. The first month of the lunar calendar is the first month of the lunar year, and the ancients called the night "night", so the first full moon night of the year is called the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year.
In ancient Chinese custom, the Upper Yuan Festival (Tian Guan Festival, Lantern Festival), the Middle Yuan Festival (Di Guan Festival, Bon Festival), and the Lower Yuan Festival (Shui Guan Festival) are collectively known as the Sanyuan. The Lantern Festival began more than 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty. During the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wen ordered that the 15th day of the first month be designated as the Lantern Festival. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the "Taiyi God" festival was held on the 15th day of the first month (Taiyi: the God who dominates everything in the universe). When Sima Qian created the "Taichu Calendar", the Lantern Festival was already recognized as a major festival.
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