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The 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar is the Lantern Festival, also known as the "Shangyuan Festival", which originated in China during the Western Han Dynasty, and has been regarded by the people of the Chaoshan as the festival of lanterns and colorful lights and celebration of reunion, and as a symbol of good fortune and the desire for a better future. It is a symbol of good luck and aspiration for a better future. Shangyuan is the first full-moon night in spring, so it is called Yuanyuan night, Yuansi, and is commonly known as "fifteenth night" in Chiu Chow. In ancient times, it was the most fascinating and lively time of the year when the lights were on. This night is not only the bright moon, and thousands of bright lights, flickering, so it is also known as the "Festival of Lights". Qing Dynasty - the first year of Tongzhi (1862), Chaoyang County Governor Chen Kun Supervisor Wing "Chaozhou Lantern Festival" poem Yun: "on the Yuan lights six streets red, the same everywhere with the shadow of the people's clothes. A smile to meet without a goodbye message, whose light tiger system to work?" Jiangnan style talent Tang Bohu also left a praise for the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival of popular and wonderful poems: "There are lamps without the moon is not entertaining, there is the moon without lamps do not count the spring; spring to the earth, people like jade, lamps burn the moon under the moon like silver. The street is full of pearl and jade tour village women, boiling pith star song race social god; not show labor bottle open mouth smile, how to spend this good time." Poetry says the red men and women haunted the Lantern Festival of the moving scene.
Chaoshan people haunted the Lantern Festival culture and entertainment-activities are colorful, diverse, colorful, distinctive and fascinating. In addition to the traditional lanterns, there are fireworks, animal dances, lion and dragon dance, pretending to play Tu, twisting rice-planting songs, square theater, shadow play, swinging, guessing riddles; there are also folklore anecdotes containing "sitting on a large dish", "push the toilet wall", "holding a big pig", "seeking happy objects", "making a table", "hanging banyan branches, bamboo tips on the door (commonly known as banyan and bamboo inserted in the door)", "betting on the door", "gambling on the door", "the door", "the door", "the door", "the door", "the door", "the door", "the door", "the door" and so on. ", "betting on sugar lions", the Chao family ancestor worship must also have sweet kuey teow, leavened kuey teow, vegetable kuey teow each cage, commonly known as "three kuey teow". Especially Chenghai Zhanglin ancient port households to do rat meal kuey teow food and gifts to friends and relatives to taste, this kuey teow most overseas Chao people nostalgia. On the night of the Lantern Festival, the whole family is reunited, holding a banquet and eating "Hopscotch", in the feast of delicacies, arkshells, garlic, fish is indispensable food, arkshells shells ancient times is representative of the meaning of money, eating arkshells means "money counting"; eating garlic symbolizes the years of good luck and good fortune! "will be counted"; eating fish pray for family wealth, year after year, etc. 'wishes.
It turns out that the Chaoshan Lantern Festival also have so many habits ah!
So the Chaoshan Lantern Festival also has so many habits ah!