The Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China. It has its origin. There are many kinds of statements about it. Some say it is a holiday set up to celebrate the opening of the market after the Spring Festival. For the working people, they are more concerned about whether the Lantern Festival has a holiday. Why not?
What is the origin of Lantern Festival?
The Lantern Festival is the main traditional festival in China, also known as the new year's Eve and the new year's Eve, also known as the Shangyuan Festival, because it is the first full moon night of the new year. This festival is also known as lantern festival because of the custom of watching lanterns. According to the records and folklore, the 15th day of the first month in the Western Han Dynasty has been paid attention to. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty worshipped Taiyi in Ganquan Palace on the first night of the first month, which was regarded as the forerunner of worshiping the God of heaven on the 15th day of the first month.
Lantern Festival has developed into an unprecedented lantern Market in the Tang Dynasty. After the middle Tang Dynasty, it has developed into a national carnival.
Guessing lantern riddles, also known as playing lantern riddles, is an activity added after the Lantern Festival, which appeared in the Song Dynasty.
In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, in addition to riddles and dances, there were also opera performances. At the same time, we also need to eat some food for the festival. By the Song Dynasty, there was a Koizumi soup made of salted soya bean soup printed with mung bean powder, and a "round son" appeared. Since then, the South and north of the Lantern Festival are all accustomed to eating Lantern Festival.
The Lantern Festival in the traditional society is a folk festival that urban and rural people attach great importance to, especially in the noisy city, which embodies the unique carnival spirit of the Chinese people.
Why not have a holiday on Lantern Festival
Lantern Festival is not a legal holiday in China, but a traditional festival with a long history. There was a suggestion that the Lantern Festival should also be set up as a national legal holiday. After careful study, the relevant departments pointed out that considering that the total number of days of the national legal holiday should not be increased at present, and the Lantern Festival is close to the Spring Festival, although the Mid Autumn Festival is also adjacent to the national day, but the impact of the Mid Autumn Festival is greater, so the Lantern Festival will not be added as a legal holiday temporarily.
'the fire trees and silver flowers are together, and the star bridge is locked. 'the Lantern Festival is coming. Some people find it very naughty. Last year's corresponding date is February 11, this year's is March 2, and next year's is February 19, which means that this year's Lantern Festival is 19 days later than last year, and next year's Lantern Festival is 11 days earlier than this year.
'I can't help but cry at night. As one of the important traditional festivals in China, Lantern Festival has a history of more than 2000 years. Different from other traditional festivals, which emphasize 'family reunion', Lantern Festival emphasizes' celebration of the whole world ', which can be called' Carnival 'of the Chinese nation. On this day, people enjoy flower lanterns, guessing riddles, eating Lantern Festival and visiting temple fairs.
It's also the Lantern Festival. Why is the date of the lunar calendar earlier and later? Zhao Zhiheng, an astronomy education expert and director of Tianjin astronomical society, explained that the reason for this phenomenon is mainly due to the leap moon of the lunar calendar. At present, China uses both the international common Gregorian calendar and the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. In order to make the lunar year and the solar year basically correspond, China adopted the "19 year 7 leap" method, that is, adding 7 leap years in 19 lunar years, that is, adding one month to the leap year. In this way, if there is no leap month in the previous lunar year, the Lantern Festival in the next year will be about 11 days ahead of the previous year; if there is a leap month in the previous lunar year, the Lantern Festival in the next year will be about 19 days later than the previous year.
According to the astronomical calendar, the Lantern Festival first occurs on February 4, which coincides with the spring fighting of 69 heads; the latest occurs on March 6, which is the ninth sunny day. In this century, the earliest Lantern Festival is February 4, and the latest is March 5.
'whether it comes early or late, there is only one Lantern Festival, which is the climax after the Spring Festival. Because after this day, people will really enter the production and life of the new year, so people will have a good time on the Lantern Festival and the whole people will celebrate it. "Zhao Zhiheng stressed.