What are the customs on the fifteenth night of the first lunar month? What to do on the Lantern Festival night?
The customs of different festivals are also different. So, let’s take a look at what customs are there on the fifteenth night of the first lunar month? What to do on the Lantern Festival night? A year's plan begins with spring. In the eyes of Chinese people, the first month of the year, as the beginning of spring, is very important. Please click on the 2022 New Year's special topic on Shuimoxiansheng.com to learn more about the New Year's content in the lunar calendar.What are the customs on the fifteenth night of the first lunar month?Custom 1: Lion danceLion dancing is an excellent Chinese folk art. During the Lantern Festival or gatherings and celebrations, people perform lion dancing to add to the fun. This 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. Custom 2: Dragon Lantern Show Dragon lantern performance is also 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. Custom 3: Eating Yuanxiao Yuanxiao is eaten on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. As a food, "Yuanxiao" has a long history in my country. Lantern Festival symbolizes reunion and happiness. What to do on the Lantern Festival night?Lantern Festival night to play with lanternsPlaying with lanterns is a traditional festival custom of the Lantern Festival, which originated in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the custom of lighting lanterns became popular and was passed down to later generations. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the climax of the annual lantern and fireworks festival. In many areas of our country, there is still a custom of playing with lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival. Guess lantern riddles on the night of the Lantern Festival There is also a custom of guessing lantern riddles on the night of the Lantern Festival. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, traditional people would hang up lanterns and set off fireworks. Later, some people would write riddles on pieces of paper and stick them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. The Lantern Festival is about chasing away rats Chasing rats away is a traditional folk activity during the Lantern Festival that began in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. This is mainly said to people who raise silkworms. Because mice often eat large numbers of silkworms at night, people say that if you feed mice with rice porridge on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, they will stop eating silkworms. |
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