The origin of hanging lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month
In addition to hanging lanterns during the Chinese New Year, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the streets will also be filled with lanterns, because this day is the Lantern Festival, and lanterns will be hung to celebrate the Lantern Festival.Only in this way can we set off the festive atmosphere of the festival, so how did the hanging lanterns evolve, let’s learn about the origin of the hanging lanterns together.
Lantern Festival hanging lanterns
The Lantern Festival is our Lantern Festival, and every household will hang some lanterns to celebrate.Hanging lanterns can create a festive atmosphere.Red lanterns are a symbol of reunion and auspiciousness.Hanging lanterns during the Lantern Festival can create a festive atmosphere, and red lanterns are a symbol of reunion and auspiciousness.The custom of watching lanterns on the Lantern Festival originated in the early Han Dynasty.Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty advocated Buddhism.Buddhism had the practice of lighting lamps on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to worship Buddha.Emperor Ming ordered that all the country hang lamps on this day.This Buddhist festival gradually developed into a national festival.During the period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, he ordered that the fifteenth day of the first lunar month be designated as the Lantern Festival.In the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, in order to celebrate the prosperity of the country and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, lamps were hung everywhere in the palace and streets, and tall lamp buildings were built with countless lamps.People’s habit of viewing lanterns has become a common practice, and the Lantern Festival as a lantern festival has also been developed particularly well.
The origin of the lantern
In addition to the custom of hanging lanterns on the fifteenth day, we can also go out to watch lanterns on this day.On the day of the Lantern Festival, hanging lanterns can add to the festive atmosphere and also mean praying for peace.The custom of lighting lanterns at the Lantern Festival appeared earlier than this festival.During the period of Emperor Hanwen, because the emperor believed in Buddhism, it was stipulated that the court and the people would light lamps and worship Buddha on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.As a custom of worshiping Buddha, it has been maintained during the reign of Emperor Wenwen with.Later, after the death of Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty, the new emperor designated the fifteenth day of the first lunar month as a festival, and the habit of lighting lamps became a way of celebrating life.
Customs vary from place to place
We have different traditions of hanging lanterns due to different customs and habits in these places.In Jiaodong Peninsula, central Shandong and southwestern Shandong, local people are used to making zodiac lanterns with bean flour and corn flour.According to the zodiac signs of family members, Each person has a zodiac lamp, which is put on a plate and lit on a festival night.It is said that whoever burns the lamp for a long time will live a long life.Rushan and other places will make a "watchman" lamp, which looks like an old man carrying various farm tools on his shoulders.On the festival night, the boy at home will light it and send it to the middle of the threshing yard.Abundance of various crops.The radish lamps in Tengzhou are unique.People use the natural color of radishes to carve them into various patterns, which are very beautiful.In the evening of the Lantern Festival, the boys would carry baskets full of radish lanterns outside the village and set them up at dozens of steps from the village head to the top of the mountain.Looking far away, it looks like a radiant diamond necklace, far away from Tiangong and near Lianshan Village.The production of Dezhou archway lights is the most complicated.First, wooden poles are used to tie the arches across the street, and then covered with painted silk gauze, and countless lights are lit inside, which is majestic and magnificent.
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