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!
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
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 it was set up in memory of "Pinglu" during Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty. After the death of emperor Huidi Liu Ying, empress Lu usurped power and the LV clan controlled the government. After the death of empress Lu, Zhou Bo, Chen Ping and others eliminated the influence of empress Lu and established Liu Heng as Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty. It was the 15th day of the first month that Zhu LV was pacified. Since then, every year on the night of the 15th day of the first month, the emperor of Han Wen went out of the palace in humble costume to celebrate with the people, and designated the 15th day of the first month as the Lantern Festival.
During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities of "Taiyi God" were set on the 15th day of the first month. (Mt. 1: God of the universe). When Sima Qian founded the "Taichu calendar", he already identified the Lantern Festival as a major festival.