The origin of Lantern Festival
Lantern Festival on the 15th of the first month. All kinds of dragon lantern teams pass through the streets of the city and come to the square to meet. The common people also rushed to the streets; my father took my little hand and came to the crowd.
Lantern Festival is really fun. There are all kinds of dragon lanterns in the square, including flying dragon, board dragon and many unknown dragons dancing in the square. At night, every Dragon is alive. I asked my father why he made Lantern Festival? Dad didn't know for a moment. When I got home, I immediately searched the Internet and found out that "the Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, which had existed more than 2000 years ago in the Western Han Dynasty. The Lantern Festival originated from the Taoist" three yuan theory "; the 15th day of the first month is the Shangyuan Festival. The Lantern Festival custom changed with the development of history. It was only one day in the Han Dynasty, three days in the Tang Dynasty and five days in the Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, the lantern was lit from the eighth day to the seventeenth night. Now the Lantern Festival is on the 15th day of the first month.
I finally know how the Lantern Festival came!
The legend of Lantern Festival
It is said that a long time ago, a divine bird was shot dead by a hunter who didn't know it when it landed on the earth because it lost its way. When the emperor of heaven was angry, he ordered the heavenly soldiers to set fire to the human world on the 15th day of the first month, burning all human beings to death. The daughter of the emperor of heaven was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see the innocent people burned to death, so she risked her life to go down to the earth to tell people about it.
After a long time, an old man came up with a way to say, "on the 14th, 15th and 16th day of the first month, every family hung lanterns and set off fireworks, so that the emperor of heaven thought that we had been burned to death." Everyone thought it was reasonable, so they prepared separately. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Tianbing found that there was a red light in the world. He thought the fire was burning and told the jade emperor not to set it on fire. In this way, people saved their lives and property. In order to commemorate this day, every family will set off fireworks and light lanterns every January.
The origin of the Lantern Festival
Lantern Festival has a history of more than 2000 years in China, also known as "Lantern Festival", also known as "Lantern Festival" or "Lantern Festival". According to the custom of ancient China, "Yuan" refers to the full moon. There are so-called "three yuan" in a year. The 15th day of the first month is called "Shangyuan", the 15th day of the seventh month is called "Zhongyuan", and the 15th day of the tenth month is called "Xiayuan". The 15th day of the first month is the first full moon night of a year, and it is also the night of the return of the first yuan, Therefore, the Lantern Festival is also known as the "Shangyuan Festival".
"Xiao" means night, so Yuanxiao also means the first full moon night of the year.
The origin of the Lantern Festival
On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the evening of the Lantern Festival, our family is happily eating the Lantern Festival.
I asked grandma, "grandma, what's the origin of the Lantern Festival?" Grandma said: "it is said that during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was a maid named Yuanxiao in the palace. She lived in the palace all the year round, missing her parents and crying all day long. The minister Dong Fangshuo was determined to help her, so he lied to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that the only way to escape the disaster was to let the "Yuanxiao girl" make many dumplings that the God of fire loved to eat on the 15th of the first month, and all the subjects offered them with lanterns. Emperor Wu will play, "Yuanxiao girl" finally meets her family. Since then, the Lantern Festival has been formed on the 15th day of the first lunar month, and the dumplings that Vulcan loves to eat are also called yuanxiao.
There are so many stories about yuanxiao!
May 15th Lantern Festival
February 22 this year is the Lantern Festival on the 15th of the first month. There are many customs in the Lantern Festival, such as eating lantern, dancing lion and watching lantern. Among them, eating Yuanxiao is a kind of unique snack, which is sweet and fragrant. Well, do you know why we eat Lantern Festival? Let me tell you!
Yuanxiao originated from King Zhao of Chu in the spring and Autumn period. On his way back home, when he was on the Yangtze River by boat, he saw several floating objects floating on the river, white and a little yellow. The boatman fished them up and gave them to King Zhao of Chu. When eating, King Zhao found that there was flesh as red as rouge, which was delicious. After returning to China, King Zhao ordered people to imitate hawthorn for their subjects to celebrate the reunion. It's the 15th day of the first lunar month, and future generations will learn from each other.
Today, it is called yuanxiao in the north and Tangyuan in the south. These are close to "Reunion", meaning reunion, and also on the night of the 15th lunar month, symbolizing the reunion, harmony and happiness of the whole family. People also use them to miss the new people who have left.