Why do we hang lanterns during the Lantern Festival? What are their meanings and explanations?
The Lantern Festival is also known as the "Lantern Festival" in my country because there is a custom of lighting lanterns during the Lantern Festival. So why do we hang lanterns during the Lantern Festival? What are the meanings and explanations? Let’s follow the editor to find out more. The Fortune Teller website provides you with more information related to the first month of the lunar calendar in 2018. You are welcome to learn more about it!Why do we hang lanterns during the Lantern Festival? What are their meanings and explanations?In the Western Han Dynasty, there were simple celebrations, but there was no custom of hanging lanterns during the Lantern Festival. People only offered sacrifices to the Emperor of Heaven on the evening of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Ming Liu Zhuang believed in Buddhism and ordered officials and civilians to hang lanterns during the Lantern Festival. This is the earliest record of hanging lanterns during the Lantern Festival. Because lanterns are hung in every street and every household, the Lantern Festival is also called the "Lantern Festival."There is also an interesting folk story about the origin of hanging lanterns. Legend has it that a long time ago, there were many ferocious birds and beasts that hurt people and livestock everywhere, so people organized to fight them. One day, a divine bird landed on the earth because it got lost, but was accidentally shot to death by an unwitting hunter. When the Emperor of Heaven learned about it, he was very angry, and immediately issued an order to the heavenly soldiers to set fire to the human world on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and burn all the people, animals and property in the human world to death. The Emperor of Heaven's daughter was kind-hearted and could not bear to see innocent people suffer, so she risked her life and secretly came to the human world on a auspicious cloud to tell people the news. When everyone heard the news, it was like a loud bang on their heads. They were so frightened that they didn't know what to do. After a long time, an old man finally came up with a solution. He said, "On the 14th, 15th, and 16th days of the first lunar month, every family should decorate their homes with lanterns, light firecrackers, and set off fireworks. This way, the Emperor of Heaven will think that people have been burned to death." Everyone nodded in agreement and went to prepare separately. On the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Emperor of Heaven looked down and found that the world was full of red light and there was a deafening noise. This happened for three consecutive nights. He thought it was the flame of a big fire and was very happy. In this way, people saved their lives and property. To commemorate this success, every household hangs lanterns and sets off fireworks on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to commemorate this day. |
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