What is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month? What is the meaning of the Lantern Festival?
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival.Harmony and happiness, reunion and well-being are one of the most important festivals in Chinese traditional festivals, with a history of thousands of years.
The fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar is the Lantern Festival, which is the first full moon night every year, also known as Yuanxi; Because of its traditional custom of watching lanterns, it is also called the Lantern Festival.Since ancient times, the Lantern Festival has been circulated for more than a thousand years.It has many meanings such as harmony and happiness, reunion and well-being, so it is one of the most important traditional festivals.
What day is the Lantern Festival in 2020
The Lantern Festival in 2020 falls on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which is February 8, 2020 in the Gregorian calendar.The Lantern Festival is the first full moon of the new year.It usually has many auspicious meanings such as reunion, happiness, harmony, etc.Therefore, on this day, the family also has to celebrate, such as eating Lantern Festival, etc., to pray in the new year.In the year of 2010, the family can be harmonious and happy, and the family will be prosperous.The poem "A sheng song is like a sea in spring, and a thousand lights are like day in the night".This poem describes the grand occasion of the ancients celebrating the Lantern Festival.
What are the customs and activities on the Lantern Festival
1.Eating Lantern Festival:Since ancient times, Lantern Festival has been eaten every Lantern Festival.This traditional custom can be traced back to the Song Dynasty.In the Song Dynasty, people wrapped a variety of fillings in glutinous rice flour, and then fried or boiled them, so they were also called Yuanbao and Fu Yuanzi, which means that they can be reunited in the new year.Even today, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people still have to eat the Lantern Festival to celebrate.
2.Lanterns:On the day of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people will carry out a series of lantern activities, so the Lantern Festival was also called the Lantern Festival in ancient times.The specific folk activities are making lanterns, that is, watching and playing lantern festivals; guessing lantern riddles; playing dragon lanterns;
3.Walking around all kinds of diseases:people think that walking around on the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and going to the lantern festival can exorcise evil spirits and make oneself healthy and healthy in the new year.In addition to being immune to all diseases, it can also prolong life.Therefore, walking with all kinds of diseases on the Lantern Festival is also known as traveling with all kinds of diseases, scattered all kinds of diseases, roasting all kinds of diseases, walking on bridges and so on.
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