Tomorrow (February 19) is the Lantern Festival of our country. In the traditional concept of Chinese people, the end of the Lantern Festival is the real end of the Spring Festival, so people attach great importance to the Lantern Festival, and the Lantern Festival will also hold celebrations no less than the Spring Festival. So what's the significance of celebrating the Lantern Festival? What's the historical legend about it?
What is the significance of celebrating the Lantern Festival
Celebrate the Lantern Festival
Lantern Festival, also known as Lantern Festival, new year's Eve and Shangyuan Festival, marks the first full moon night of the year -- the 15th day of the first month. It originated from the period of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty and has a history of more than 2000 years. From the traditional Chinese Spring Festival culture, the Lantern Festival is only one of the important parts of the Spring Festival. The custom of Chinese ancient spring festival lasts for a month and a half. The long Spring Festival goes through three stages: preparation, new year's day and new year's day. The Spring Festival starts from the 23rd lunar month to the 15th lunar month, when there is a lantern festival, it is the big year. If you compare the trilogy movement, the Lantern Festival at the end of the new year is the climax of the Chinese Spring Festival trilogy. The Lantern Festival is regarded as the last climax of the Spring Festival, because after this day, people will really enter the new year's life, so people celebrate the Lantern Festival to pray for God's blessing in the coming year.
The reason why the Lantern Festival is inherited is because of the cultural significance of the festival: reunion, harmony and the pursuit of freedom, which are all our yearnings and beautiful expectations. The reason why each festival can be inherited is that it contains the wishes of the people and the yearning for a better life, After the Dragon Boat Festival was recognized as a world cultural heritage site by Koreans, many Chinese were very angry. It is clearly a traditional festival in China, but it belongs to other countries. The cultural connotation of Lantern Festival is rich, and its culture has a long history. It is unique in the world folk culture. At present, the world dispute of folk festivals is becoming more and more fierce. We must protect and inherit it well, We will not face the crisis of fault. The sense of responsibility of our new generation's historical mission is the driving force for the inheritance and development of traditional festivals. What we inherit is not only the traditional festivals of our Chinese nation, but also the intangible cultural spirit of our Chinese nation.
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The legend of the Lantern Festival
Liu Zhuang, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, believed in Buddhism and ordered the Imperial Palace, temples and folk people to light a lamp to worship the Buddha on the 15th day of the first month. Later, the ceremony gradually evolved into a grand folk festival. The Lantern Festival began in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and was widely welcomed by the people. By the Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty, it was very popular, and reached its acme in Qing Dynasty.
The lantern on the 15th day of the first month. "On the 15th day of the first month, all the streets and lanes, houses and shops around the country are decorated with lights and flowers. Palace lamp, gauze lamp, fish lamp, dragon lamp, duck lamp, building boat lamp, horse running lamp and tribulus lamp are dazzling; static, moving and running pictures are dazzling. "According to the national day," lights symbolize hope, and the appreciation of lights in traditional Chinese festivals shows the Chinese nation's optimism for life and expectation for the future. '
If the Lantern Festival is regarded as a part of the Spring Festival, then it is the climax of the Spring Festival. Unlike other traditional festivals, which emphasize 'family reunion', Lantern Festival emphasizes' universal celebration ', folklore experts say. "Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month", a word of "Nao", expresses the exuberance and enthusiasm of the Lantern Festival, as well as the differences between the Lantern Festival and other festivals. On this night, watching lights, guessing riddles, dragon dancing, lion dancing, Yangko dancing, walking on stilts, running on a roller coaster, competing for wonders and skillful fighting, loud gongs and drums, the streets are full of boisterous, and tourists are coming one after another, smiling. So the Lantern Festival can also be called Chinese carnival.
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Ancient poems on the Lantern Festival
"Poem Yue"
(Song Dynasty) jiangbaishi
Lantern Festival Competition to see the lotus boat, Baoma Xiangche pick up the mother of Pearl;
Wind and rain at night, people scattered, lonely lamp still call to sell Tang yuan.
New year's eve of the jade case
(Song Dynasty) Xin Qiji
East wind night flowers thousands of trees, but also blow down, the stars like rain.
BMW carvings are full of fragrance on the road, the sound of Phoenix is moving, the light of kettle is turning, and the fish and dragon are dancing all night.
Moth son snow willow golden thread, smile Ying Ying Ying Xiang to go.
Looking for him in the crowd, suddenly looking back, the man was in the place where the lights were dim.
Zhuzhi Ci of Shangyuan
(Qing) Fu Zeng
Sweet scented osmanthus wrapped in walnuts, jiangmi like pearl well water.
See say Ma family drops powder good, try to sell Lantern Festival in the wind.
New year's eve of shengchazi
(Song Dynasty) Ouyang Xiu
On the first night of last year, the flower market lights were as bright as day.
From the moon to the head of the willow, after dusk.
On the first night of this year, the moon and the lamp remain the same.
I don't see last year's man, tears wet the sleeves of spring shirt.
Kyoto New Year's Eve
Yuan Haowen
Circular clothing and make-up are everywhere, and the Sixth Street is full of lights.
I am also a long gown, but also in the laughter of tourists.