The Lantern Festival, one of the traditional Chinese festivals, also known as the Yuan Festival, Xiaoye Month, Yuanxi or Lantern Festival.
The first month is the January of the lunar calendar. The ancients called the "night" as "night". The fifteenth day of the first month was the first moon night in the year, so it was called the "Lantern Festival" on the fifteenth day of the first month.
According to Taoism "Sanyuan", the fifteenth month of the first month is also called "Shangyuan Festival". Since ancient times, the Lantern Festival's customs have been based on warm and festive lantern customs.
The formation of the Lantern Festival has a long process, which is rooted in the folk lights to pray for ancient customs. According to general information and folklore, the fifteenth month of the first month has been valued in the Western Han Dynasty, but the 15th Lantern Festival of the first month is really after the Han and Wei dynasties as the national folk customs.
The Lantern Festival is one of the traditional Chinese festivals. The Lantern Festival mainly includes a series of traditional folk activities such as lanterns, eating dumplings, guessing lamps, and fireworks. In addition, many places have added traditional folklore performances such as dragon lanterns, lion dance, stillery, drought, twisted Yangge, and Taiping Drum. In June 2008, the Lantern Festival was selected into the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage.
The traditional name of the Spring Festival is the New Year, New Year, and New Year, but orally, it is also called Du Sui, Qingxin, New Year, Spring Festival, and New Year's Day. It is a grand traditional festival of the Chinese nation.
Dragon lights, also known as dragon lights or dragon dance. Seeing the dragon dance recorded in the text is Zhang Heng's "Xi Jingfu" in the Han Dynasty. The author vividly depicts the dragon dance in the pavement of the hundred opera.
The Chinese nation advocates dragon and regards the dragon as a symbol of auspiciousness. Lion dance is my country's excellent folk art. Whenever the Lantern Festival or rally celebration, the folk came to help with lion dance and heard that it was prevalent in the south. This custom originated during the Three Kingdoms period, and it became popular in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It has a history of more than a thousand years.
This year's Lantern Festival has also prepared a wonderful event. Let's take a look:
Fifteen Lantern Festival of the first month
The lights are shining, reunion at this time!
Jiangsu De Gao wishes you and your family a happy Lantern Festival!
