What are the customs of the Lantern Festival? Are there differences between the north and the south?
my country has a vast territory, with the Qinling Mountains and the Huai River dividing the country into south and north. Inconvenient transportation in ancient times led to obvious cultural differences among different regions. Various dialects and customs have local characteristics. The Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in my country, and there are many related customs. What are the differences between the customs in the north and south? For more details about the 2018 Lunar New Year calendar, please visit the Fortune Teller website for consultation!Hebei ProvinceDuring the Lantern Festival in Yongping Prefecture, sick women gathered under the kiln, which was called "Taojiu". Children cross the bridge in an alternating manner, which is called "overcoming a hundred disasters". Some people also cut paper into nine paper ropes and tie them into knots at random to predict good or bad luck, which is called "tying sheep intestines". Twelve dough bowls are filled with oil and steamed in a pot. The amount of water in the bowls is used to predict whether it will be sunny or rainy that month. The Lantern Festival in Jinghai County is celebrated with big steamed buns. During the Lantern Festival in Qingyun County, men ask the Fifth Patriarch to teach them boxing and martial arts, while women ask Zi Gu to predict good and bad luck.Henan ProvinceDuring the Lantern Festival in Xiangcheng County, wonton soup is eaten, which is called "reunion tea". The daughter's parents will invite her back to celebrate the festival. During the Lantern Festival in the county, all the sick people, young and old, will have stone turtles moxibustioned with fire. If there is a river bridge in the local area, everyone will cross it. If there is no bridge, a "sky bridge" several meters high is built with wooden planks, which is called "walking away all diseases."Shandong ProvinceDuring the Lantern Festival, people living near the water in Zichuan District of Zibo City often release river lanterns. During the Lantern Festival, people in Ningyang County, Tai'an City, send lanterns to their ancestral graves. There is a custom of lighting lanterns during the Lantern Festival in Boxing County, Binzhou City. If a boy holds a lantern and walks around the jujube tree six times, chanting "Du Lao Du Lao, bloom and bear jujubes" six times, the jujube tree will have a good harvest. Men, women, old and young in Ju County of Rizhao City go out for an outing on the 16th day of the first lunar month. They call it "walking for an old look" and it is said that walking once a year can keep one young forever.Shaanxi ProvinceFengxiang County entertains daughters and sons-in-law on the Lantern Festival, which is called "eating the fifteenth." Sending lamps and oil is called "adding oil".Jiangsu ProvinceOn the Lantern Festival in Wujin District, people tie reeds into torches about ten feet long and stick them in the fields. This is called "lighting up the wealth in the fields" and is used to predict early floods. The white color of fire represents water, and the red color represents drought. On the Lantern Festival in Yixing, children wear ghost masks, bend their legs and shake their shoulders and dance, which is called "jumping ghosts."Zhejiang ProvinceAccording to folk tradition in Hangzhou, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the day when the Heavenly Official bestows blessings. Many people fast and recite scriptures, then crawl to Mount Wu to worship. The most famous Lantern Festival in Haining County is the exquisite chrysanthemum lanterns. Young men from Shangyu County went to the Kanshi platform to compete in martial arts on the night of the Lantern Festival. In Jiande County, families who have a newly married daughter-in-law will set up wine and offer sacrifices to the bed on the Lantern Festival.Jiangxi ProvinceDuring the Lantern Festival, residents of Xinjian County would visit graves and place bamboo lanterns. All the villages in Wan'an County worship the Shangyuan Shenzhou on the Lantern Festival.Hubei ProvinceOld farmers in Yunmeng County (now Jianghan) would hold torches and shine them on their fields on the night of the Lantern Festival, which was called "lighting up the silkworms in the wild." Children welcome the gods with field drums and predict events of the coming year. The "dragon-playing" activity in Wuchang lasts for three days. Men, women, old and young from the whole village follow the dragon lantern to the neighboring village for a banquet, which is called "dragon exchanging wine". |
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