How do people celebrate the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month in Yangzhou?
Introduction: As the ancients said, the old friend bid farewell to the Yellow Crane Tower and went to Yangzhou in March with fireworks. The lone sail disappears into the blue sky, and only the Yangtze River can be seen flowing across the horizon. During the Lantern Festival, there are bright lights and stars everywhere, and you can also see many beautiful fireworks. So, what is the Lantern Festival like in Yangzhou? What are the traditional customs? Next, please follow the editor to learn about it! The first month of the lunar calendar is the beginning of spring, and there are beautiful festivals everywhere in this month. Mr. Shui Mo lists these traditional Chinese festivals and customs for you one by one.Yangzhou Lantern Festival: Lantern dumplings on the table and lantern noodles on the tableIn Yangzhou, lanterns are lit on the 13th night of the first lunar month and put out on the 18th night of the first lunar month. People eat noodles when the lanterns are put out. Why is there this food custom? The folk explanation is that eating glutinous rice balls symbolizes "fullness" and eating noodles symbolizes "smoothness". In the eyes of Yangzhou people, a "complete and happy" family is a kind of happiness.Yangzhou Lantern Festival: Eating TangyuanThe "tangyuan" here refers to "yuanxiao". Nowadays, we Yangzhou people call solid glutinous rice balls "Yuanxiao" and glutinous rice balls with fillings "Tangyuan". It was not like this in the old days. Yuanxiao with fillings was also called Yuanxiao. "Zhenzhou Zhuzhici Yin" said: "Yuanxiao is made of glutinous rice flour and filled with osmanthus sauce to make a ball, so it looks like a full moon." It seems that it is because it "looks like a full moon."Yangzhou Lantern Festival: Eating NoodlesOn the night of the eighteenth day of the first lunar month when the lanterns are put out, "Introduction to Zhenzhou Zhuzhici" also says: "On the eighteenth day, the lanterns are put out and people eat noodles. It is commonly known as "lighting dumplings and putting down lanterns". Some families also hold banquets to celebrate. On the nineteenth day, images are worshipped and joy is washed away. Joy is commonly known as hanging music. As the saying goes, every family tears off the hanging music and everyone looks for its whereabouts. Scholars study hard and workers return to the shops, and the work of the year is over." On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, "the work of the year is over", and from now on "everyone looks for its whereabouts". Eating a bowl of noodles is to wish people that in their upcoming life, everything will go as "smoothly" as eating noodles. Whether eating rice dumplings or noodles, it is our Yangzhou people's self-design and self-arrangement of our daily life. Being able to find auspicious and propitious meanings from simple food images is what makes us Yangzhou people unique.Yangzhou Lantern Festival: Lantern FestivalLike other parts of the country, the most eye-catching thing about the Lantern Festival in Yangzhou is the colorful lanterns that bring joy to everyone. The Lantern Festival lasts for five days, from the 13th to the 18th day of the first lunar month. Yangzhou lanterns have a good reputation and a market, so a group of excellent lantern-making artists emerged in Yangzhou. During the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, a famous lantern maker appeared in Yangzhou. The palace lanterns he made were called "Bao Family Lanterns" and the originator was Bao Zhuangxing. Today, Yangzhou's traditional lanterns are still popular among people, and there are two major categories: "playing lanterns" and "colorful lanterns". "Playing with lanterns" refers to the lanterns that children play with in their hands. There are roughly three types: one is the "lantern" that is held in the hands to play, the second is the "lantern" that is held up to play, and the third is the "lantern" that is dragged to play. Another type of "colorful lanterns" are fixedly hung inside or outside the courtyard for people to watch and appreciate. The shapes of these lanterns are even more diverse, and the making process is more complicated. They are representative works of Yangzhou lantern art and have a unique local style.Yangzhou Lantern Festival: guessing lantern riddles"Guessing lantern riddles" is also called "playing lantern riddles" and is a very interesting cultural and artistic activity during the Lantern Festival in Yangzhou. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Yangzhou's riddle-making and riddle-guessing had a great influence throughout the country. This influence was not only felt at the time, but has been passed down to later generations. It can even be said that it continues to influence the puzzle world today. During the Lantern Festival, Yangzhou people's entertainment is not just about playing with lanterns and appreciating lanterns. People often see all kinds of lanterns and various songs and dances gathered together to create a lively and extraordinary carnival scene - Yangzhou people call it Lantern Festival. There is an old saying in Yangzhou that goes "The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the time for lantern lights", which tells us that an important feature of the Lantern Festival in Yangzhou is "noisiness". During the Lantern Festival, people in Yangzhou not only enjoy various kinds of lanterns, but also watch performances of folk songs, dances and acrobatics such as dragon and lion dancing, land boat rowing and stilt walking. The atmosphere is often very exciting and everyone is rejoicing. People in Yangzhou believe that the more noise they make, the more prosperous they will be. Therefore, the Lantern Festival has become a carnival for people in Yangzhou.Summary: The above article provides us with a detailed analysis of the Lantern Festival customs in Yangzhou on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. You can learn about how you celebrate the Lantern Festival there. After reading this article, there are more exciting contents in the special topic of the first month of the lunar calendar. Let’s take a look! |
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