"The first month, the fifteenth day of the first month; Lantern flowers, red lanterns and snow lanterns are good. " Children sing children's songs and hold lanterns to welcome the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month of each year.
Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month is the end of the whole Spring Festival, which is very prosperous. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called the night "Xiao", so they called the fifteenth day of the first month the Lantern Festival. According to the folk tradition in Tian Jian, on this bright moon night, people light thousands of lanterns to celebrate. The girls wear red makeup, and the children carry lanterns, go out to enjoy the moon, set off fireworks, watch flower shows, enjoy lantern riddles, celebrate the Lantern Festival, have family reunion and celebrate the festive season. The custom of lighting lanterns in the Lantern Festival began in the Han Dynasty, and in the Tang Dynasty, the activities of appreciating lanterns became more prosperous.
"Lantern riddle", also known as "playing riddles", is another entertainment activity of the Lantern Festival, which appeared in the Song Dynasty.
If it snows on the fifteenth day of the first month, it is called "it snows on the fifteenth day of the first month", which has a strange scenery. Snow reflects dazzling light, which indicates a good year with good weather and abundant crops this year, and indicates a brilliant, harmonious and beautiful future.