A brief introduction to the origin and customs of the Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival was originally to worship "Taiyi" The activities of the gods were later integrated with Buddhist culture and gradually spread among the people.Generally, during the Lantern Festival, folks have a series of customs such as eating Lantern Festival, making lanterns, guessing lantern riddles, offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods, walking a hundred steps, dancing lions, and walking on stilts.
The origin of the Lantern Festival is mainly related to the sacrifice.After entering China and integrating with Buddhist culture, the Lantern Festival began to be popularized, and then gradually became popular among the people, becoming a major traditional festival.After the popularization of the Lantern Festival, many corresponding folk cultures have also been derived, such as eating Lantern Festival, making lanterns, guessing lantern riddles, offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods, walking a hundred steps, dancing lions, walking on stilts, giving lanterns and so on.
A summary of the legends of the Lantern Festival
Among the many legends of the Lantern Festival, there is a legend related to the "Zhu Lu Rebellion".In the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the relatives of the Lu family rebelled and rebelled, when the rebellion of the foreign relatives was quelled, the newly enthroned Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty set up the fifteenth day of the first lunar month as the "Lantern Festival" to commemorate this day, which meant celebrating with the people.In addition, the Lantern Festival also has a saying of driving away insects and beasts.It is said that a long time ago, people lit torches and danced on the day of the Lantern Festival in order to drive away insects and beasts.This custom is still handed down to this day.
What are the folk customs of the Lantern Festival?
There are many folk customs related to the Lantern Festival, which are widely circulated to this day.People think that walking a hundred steps can ensure safety; for example, eating the Lantern Festival means that the new year will be reunited and everything goes well; for example, making lanterns, people think it is a way to exorcise evil spirits and bring good fortune, etc.Therefore, many folk customs of the Lantern Festival have unique meanings, which is one of the reasons why the Lantern Festival is still a major traditional festival in my country.
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