4hw.com.cn: with the impact of new culture in recent years, people began to pick up traditional culture, and the Lantern Festival is coming. Do you know what traditional customs are there? Let's take a look at it.
1. eat Lantern Festival
It is a long-standing custom in China to eat yuanxiao on the 15th day of the first month. Yuanxiao is "Tangyuan". It has different ingredients and flavors, but the meaning of eating Yuanxiao is the same: it represents Yuantuan and Meimei, and the days are more prosperous. As the saying goes, "harmony makes money" shows how important family harmony and family reunion are to a complete family. Therefore, we must eat 'Yuanxiao' with our family on the Lantern Festival.
2. Light up
Since the formation of Lantern Festival, it has been a great event to watch lantern on the 15th day of the first month for thousands of years. That night, there were countless people watching the lights. All of you stay up all night, have fun and have a lot of fun.
3. guess lantern riddles
Guessing lantern riddles, also known as playing lantern riddles, is an additional activity of Lantern Festival after the Southern Song Dynasty. Lantern riddles were first developed from riddles. Riddles hung on lamps for people to guess and shoot, which began in the Southern Song Dynasty. Riddles are popular among all walks of life because they inspire wisdom and interest.
4. playing Dragon Lantern
Playing dragon lantern is also called dancing dragon lantern or dragon dance. Its origin can be traced back to the ancient times. It is said that as early as the Yellow Emperor's time, in a large-scale song and dance called "qingjiao", there appeared the image of a leading bird body played by human beings, and then six dance scenes of Jiaolong interpenetrating with each other were arranged
5. stepping on stilts
Walking on stilts is a popular folk art performance. Stilts, one of the ancient Chinese operas, appeared as early as the spring and Autumn period.
6. lion dance
Lion dance, also known as lion dance and taipingle, is usually performed by three people: one as the lion's head, one as the lion's body and hind feet, and one as the lion guide. In the dance method, there are also civil and martial arts. The civil dance shows the gentle and tame of the lion, such as shaking hair and rolling; the martial lion shows the ferocity of the lion, such as jumping, kicking high and rolling colorful ball.
7. go all the way
Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, walking has been a custom in the north, also known as traveling, dispersing, baking and walking on bridges. It is an activity of eliminating disasters and praying for health. On the night of the Lantern Festival, women make an appointment to travel together. When they see the bridge, they will cross it. They think that this can cure diseases and prolong life.
8. by mouse
This activity is mainly for sericulture people. Because rats often eat silkworms in large areas at night. It's said that on the 15th day of the first month, rats are fed rice porridge, so they can not eat silkworms. So, these people boil a big pot of sticky porridge on the 15th day of the first month, some of them still cover a layer of meat on it, put the porridge in a bowl, put it in the ceiling, the corner of the wall, put it in their mouth and recite words, curse the mouse and then eat the silkworm baby.
9. Sacrificing door and households
In ancient times, there were seven sacrifices, which were two of them. The way of sacrifice is to insert the poplar branch above the door, a pair of chopsticks in the bowl with bean porridge, or put the wine and meat directly in front of the door.