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The origin of the Lantern Festival

The origin of the Lantern Festival

  • Categories:NEWS
  • Time of issue:2019-02-19 14:40

The origin of the Lantern Festival

  • Categories:NEWS
  • Time of issue:2019-02-19 14:40

The Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China. It began more than 2000 years ago in the Western Han Dynasty. The Lantern Festival began during the Ming emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Ming emperor advocated Buddhism. I heard that Buddhism had the practice of monks observing Buddhist relics and lighting lamps to worship the Buddha on the 15th day of the first month, so I ordered to light lamps in imperial palaces and temples to worship the Buddha on that night, so that the gentry and common people could hang up the lamps. Later, this Buddhist ritual festival gradually formed a grand folk festival. The festival has experienced the development process from the palace to the people and from the Central Plains to the whole country. 
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During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, the 15th day of the first month was designated as the Lantern Festival. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities of "Taiyi God" were scheduled on the 15th day of the first month. (Mt. 1: the God who rules the universe). Sima Qian identified the Lantern Festival as a major festival when he created the "Taichu calendar".
 
Another theory is that the custom of lighting lanterns on the Lantern Festival originated from the "three yuan theory" of Taoism; The 15th day of the first month is Shangyuan Festival, the 15th day of July is Zhongyuan Festival, and the 15th day of October is Xiayuan Festival. The three officials in charge of the upper, middle and lower yuan are heaven, earth and people. Heaven officials are happy, so lights should be lit on the Shangyuan Festival.
 

 

The festival period and festival customs of the Lantern Festival are extended and expanded with the development of history. In terms of the length of the festival, it was only one day in the Han Dynasty, three days in the Tang Dynasty and five days in the Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, the lights were on from the eighth day of the ninth lunar month until the night of the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, for ten days. Connected with the Spring Festival, the city is lively during the day and spectacular at night. In particular, the exquisite and colorful lights make it the climax of recreational activities during the Spring Festival. By the Qing Dynasty, the content of "hundred operas" such as dragon dance, lion dance, dry boat running, stilt walking and Yangko dancing was added, but the festival period was shortened to four to five days.

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On the fifteenth day of the first month, eat the Lantern Festival, which is "Tangyuan". It is filled with white sugar, roses, sesame, bean paste, yellow osmanthus, walnut kernel, nut kernel and jujube paste. It is wrapped into a circle with glutinous rice powder. It can be meat or vegetable with different flavors. It can be boiled in soup, fried and steamed, which means happy reunion. Shaanxi's dumplings are not wrapped, but "rolled" in glutinous rice flour, or boiled or fried, hot and round.

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In the first month, there will be lanterns in the first month. The Lantern Festival is full of joy, and gongs and drums greet you. Fireworks shine brightly on you, lantern rehearsals pray for you, glutinous rice balls stick to you, and the bright moon gently loves you. Every festival, I miss my relatives twice, and the full moon wind urges me to return home. I have no time to return thousands of miles away from home. Chongqing Xingtian wishes you a happy Lantern Festival! Happiness is sweet! The future is bright!
 

 

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