The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the traditional Lantern Festival in my country. Folks have the custom of lighting and viewing lanterns. On this day, the streets are filled with dazzling lanterns, so it is also called the "Festival of Lanterns." Later, the custom of lighting lanterns during the Lantern Festival gradually evolved into moon-gazing night tours and lantern viewing. Across our province, every fifteenth day of the first lunar month has its own unique way of celebrating with a night tour of lanterns.
The Lantern Festival is in full swing
In the past few days as the Lantern Festival approaches, in the streets, communities and rural fields of Shangyao Town, Datong District, Huainan City, various folk cultural and artistic performances have been held one after another. field. Colorful performances such as twisting flower drum lanterns, playing dragon lanterns, lions rolling hydrangeas, stilts, raising pavilions, flower sticks, lanterns, umbrella lanterns, land boats, and single-pole bridges not only push the New Year atmosphere to a climax, but also make the ten miles and eighty The old and young men in the township experienced the unique Huaihe customs and culture.
On both sides of the Huaihe River, there is an old saying that "the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is like a new year". During the three days from the first to the third day of the Lunar New Year, people are busy bidding farewell to the old year, welcoming the new year, visiting relatives and friends, and have no time to eat or play. The Lantern Festival is the most intense time of the year.
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Origin of the festival
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival, and Lantern Festival. The first month of the first lunar month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called night "xiao", so the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called the Lantern Festival. The 15th day of the first lunar month is the first full-moon night of the year. It is also the night when the Yuan Dynasty begins and the earth returns to spring. People celebrate this and it is also the continuation of celebrating the New Year. ?[6]?Sima Qian created the "Taichu Calendar" and listed the Lantern Festival as a major festival.
Since the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties, it has become even more prosperous. "Book of Sui Dynasty Music Chronicles" states: "Whenever the first lunar month comes, all nations come to Korea and stay until the 15th day outside Duanmen and inside Jianguo Gate. It stretches for eight miles and is used as a theater." Tens of thousands of singers and dancers participated. It's dark until dawn, and then it's dark. With the changes of society and times, the customs and habits of the Lantern Festival have already undergone major changes, but it is still a traditional Chinese folk festival.