What are the customs of the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month in 2018?
The Lantern Festival is on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year. It is also known as the Lantern Festival and the Shangyuan Festival. In ancient times, it was also considered a Valentine's Day. On this day of the Lantern Festival, people go out to enjoy the lanterns. It is also a good day for young men and women to make friends. If you want to know more about the customs of the Lantern Festival and the first month of the lunar calendar in 2018, please pay attention to our Fortune Teller Network!Eat YuanxiaoEating Yuanxiao (Chinese glutinous rice dumplings) on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is a long-standing custom in China. Yuanxiao is also known as "tangyuan". Its preparation, ingredients and flavors vary, but the meaning of eating Yuanxiao is the same. It represents reunion, harmony and happiness, and a more prosperous life. There is a saying that harmony brings wealth. Family harmony and family reunion are such important factors for a complete family. Therefore, it is important to eat "Yuanxiao" with your family during the Lantern Festival.Send flower lanterns"Sending Lanterns" on the Lantern Festival "Sending lanterns" is abbreviated as "sending lanterns", which actually means sending lanterns to children. That is, before the Lantern Festival, the daughter's parents send lanterns to the newly married daughter's family, or relatives and friends send lanterns to the newly married infertile family, in order to wish for a good omen of having a child, because "lantern" and "ding" are homophones. It means that the daughter hopes that she will have good luck after marriage and give birth to a son soon; if the daughter is pregnant, in addition to the big palace lanterns, one or two pairs of small lanterns are also given to wish her a safe pregnancy.Guess lantern riddlesOn the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, traditional people would hang up colorful lanterns and set off fireworks. Later, some people wrote riddles on pieces of paper and posted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess.Dragon lantern showAlso known as dragon lantern dance or dragon dance. Its origin can be traced back to ancient times. Legend has it that as early as the Yellow Emperor period, in a large-scale song and dance called "Qingjiao", there appeared an image of a human playing a dragon head with a bird body. Later, a dance scene of six dragons interweaving with each other was choreographed.Lion DanceThis custom originated in the Three Kingdoms period, became popular during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and has a history of more than a thousand years.Walking on stiltsStilt walking is a type of acrobatics in ancient my country and appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. It is said that stilt walking was originally developed by ancient people who tied two long sticks to their legs in order to collect wild fruits from trees for food.Door and doorThe method of sacrifice is to insert a willow branch above the door, insert a pair of chopsticks into a bowl of bean porridge, or directly place wine and meat in front of the door.Get rid of all diseasesIt is also called "wanding a hundred diseases", "dispersing a hundred diseases", "roasting a hundred diseases", "walking on a bridge", etc. It is an activity to eliminate disasters and pray for health. On the night of the Lantern Festival, women make appointments to go out together. They walk together and cross every bridge they see, believing that this can cure diseases and prolong life.Welcome ZiguZi Gu is also called Qi Gu, and in the north it is often called Toilet Gu or Keng San Gu. Zi Gu is a kind, poor girl in Chinese folk legends. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zi Gu died of poverty. On the night of welcoming Zigu, people make life-size portraits of Zigu out of straw and cloth, and go to the toilet, pigpen and kitchen where Zigu often works to welcome her. |
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