What festival is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and what are the customs?
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, which is what the ancients called the Shangyuan Festival, Lantern Festival, Little Lunar New Year, Lantern Festival, etc.It is a tradition that has been passed down for thousands of years.festival.On the Lantern Festival, we have the following folk customs:eating lanterns, making lanterns, hanging lanterns, playing lanterns, playing lanterns, guessing lantern riddles, sending flowers, etc.Doors, sacrifice households, sacrifice Zigu and so on.
"A sheng song is like a sea in spring, and a thousand lights are like day in the night", this poem is about the grand occasion of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.Whenever the 15th day of the first lunar month comes, the folks will hold celebrations, and most of these celebrations are held at night, because the main celebration of the Lantern Festival is the lantern festival.In addition, there are some other customs and habits during the Lantern Festival:eating Lantern Festival, making lanterns, hanging lanterns, playing lanterns, playing lanterns, guessing lantern riddles, sending flowers, etc.All kinds of diseases, offering sacrifices to the door, offering sacrifices to households, offering sacrifices to Zigu and so on.
What is the origin of the Lantern Festival?
Although the celebration of the Lantern Festival is an event that has been passed down for thousands of years, the Lantern Festival was not a folk festival at the earliest.As early as in the Han Dynasty, emperors would sacrifice the birth on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.Later, with the introduction of Buddhism into China, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month was given a religious meaning, which gradually spread among the people and became a national celebration.a traditional festival.With the development of the times, the celebration activities for the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month are also constantly enriched.In the Song Dynasty, the well-known Lantern Festival appeared.
What festive significance does the Lantern Festival have
The most important holiday significance of the Lantern Festival is to wish a happy family reunion.Because the Lantern Festival is the night of the first full moon in the new year, on this day, people have to reunite with their families to eat Lantern Festival to celebrate the beginning of the new year, and wish the family can still be happy in the new year.Reunion, family can get together.Therefore, people have been celebrating the Lantern Festival since ancient times.Even though the Lantern Festival is not a legal holiday now, the enthusiasm for celebrating the Lantern Festival has not diminished.
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