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Lantern Festival Introduction:

The Lunar New Year 15th, the Spring Festival just past, ushered in the Chinese Traditional festival-lantern festival.

The first month is the lunar calendar, the ancients called the Night for "nights", so called the Lunar New Year for the Lantern Festival. 15th is the first month of the year
One full moon night, is also Yi Yuan, Spring night, people to celebrate this, but also celebrate the continuation of the Spring Festival. Yuan
The Night festival is also called "Lantern Festival".

According to the Chinese folk tradition, in this sky Bright moon hangs in the night, the people points up the lantern, celebrates. Go out to the moon,
Burning lights, happy guessing riddles, a total of dumplings, family reunion, celebrate the festive season, enjoyable.

Lantern Festival is also known as Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival of the custom from the Han Dynasty, to the Tang Dynasty, enjoy the light activities more prosperous, palace, street
Everywhere hanging, but also to build a tall lamp wheel, lamp building and lamp tree, the Tang Dynasty poet Lu Zhaolin once in "Night view Lights" in such
Describes the lantern festival lights of the grand pomp of the star fell, according to the building like the moon hanging. ”

Song Dynasty more attention to the Lantern Festival, watch the light activities more lively, watch light activities to carry out 5 days, the style of lamps are richer. Ming Dynasty to
It is the longest lantern festival in China for 10 days in a row. In the Qing Dynasty, although only 3 days to enjoy the light activities, but the scale of light activities is very large,
Unprecedented, in addition to burning lights, but also fireworks entertainment.

"Guessing riddles" is also called "Playing riddles", which is an activity after the Lantern Festival, appearing in the Song Dynasty. During the Southern Song Dynasty, the capital Linan every
On the Lantern Festival when the system fans, guessing many people. At first it was a good thing to write a riddle on a note and put it on a colorful lantern.
People guess. Because riddles can inspire wisdom and interest, so the spread of the process by all sectors of the Community welcomed.

Folk over the Lantern Festival to eat the custom of Yuanxiao. Yuanxiao is made from glutinous rice, or solid, or with stuffing. Stuffing with bean paste, sugar, hawthorn,
All kinds of fruit, cooking, frying, steaming, fried can be. At first, people called the food "floating round son" and later called "Soup
Regiment "or" glutinous rice balls ", these names" reunion "pronunciation similar, take the meaning of reunion, symbolizing the whole family round, harmonious happiness,
People also miss the parting of the loved ones, pinned on the future life of the good wishes.

Some places the Lantern festival also has "the sickness" the custom, also called "The Roast All Diseases" "The All Diseases", the participant is many women,
They walk together or go to the wall, or cross the bridge to the outskirts, in order to drive the disease and remove the disaster.

With the passage of time, more and more activities of the Lantern Festival, many local festivals increased play dragon, play lions, stilts,
Draw Land boat Yangge, play Taiping Drum and other traditional folk performances. This heritage has been more than 2000 years of traditional festivals, not only popular in the
The two sides of the Strait are celebrating every year in the Chinese diaspora.

The origin and Legend of Lantern Festival:

Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, as early as more than 2000 years ago, the Western Han Dynasty, lantern Festival to watch the light began in the Mingdi Emperor period,
Mingdi advocated Buddhism, heard that Buddhism has a 15th monk Buddha Buddhist Relics, lighting the practice of Buddha, ordered this night in
The palace and temple lighting to the Buddha, so that all the hanging. In the future, this kind of Buddhist etiquette festival gradually formed the folk Grand Festival.
The festival has undergone a process of development from the palace to the folk and from the central plains to the whole country.

In the Emperor Wen, has ordered the lunar month to be designated as the Lantern Festival. Emperor Wudi, "too one God" ritual activities set in the first month
xv (too: The God who dominates the universe). Sima Qian created "too early", the Lantern Festival has been identified as a major festival.

Another said is the custom of the Lantern Festival lights originated from Taoism "Ternary said"; 15th for lantern Festival, July 15 for
The middle section, October 15 is the next section. In charge of the three ternary, heaven, earth, people, Tianguan joy, so on
Yuan-A-lantern burning.

The Festival of Lantern Festival and festivals and customs activities, with the development of history and extended, expanded. For the duration of the festival, the Han Dynasty only one day,
To the Tang Dynasty has been three days, the Song Dynasty is up to five days, the Ming Dynasty is from the beginning of eight lights, until the first day of 17 night before the lights, full
10 days. With the Spring Festival, day for the city, lively and extraordinary, night Lights, Wei for spectacular. Especially the exquisite, colorful lights,
Make it become the climax of recreational activities during the Spring Festival. To the Qing Dynasty, but also increased the dance dragon, Lion dance, Shan, stilts, Yangge
And so on "baixi" content, only shortened the period to 4-5 days.

About the origin of the Lantern Festival, there are several interesting folk legends:

The legend about the lamp

Legend has it that a long time ago, there were so many wild animals, which hurt people and livestock, and people organized to fight them, and there was a God
The bird was trapped to get lost and landed, but was accidentally shot to death by an unwitting hunter. When the Emperor of Heaven was furious, he immediately Shong,
Ordered to Pyle in the first month 15th to the world set fire, the human and animal property all burned to death. The daughter of the Emperor of Heaven is kind and unwilling
Heart to see the people innocent suffering, risking the life of danger, secretly driving the auspicious clouds came to the world, the news told People. The crowd listened to
When I said the news, I heard a jiaolei on my head. I did not know what to do, and after a long time, an old man came up with a way
He said: "In the first month 14, XV, 16th these three days, each family are decorated at home, lit firecrackers, fireworks."
In this way, the emperor of Heaven would have thought that people were burnt to death.

Everybody nodded to say yes, then separate ready to go. On the evening of the lunar day, the emperor of Heaven looked down and found the world
A red, noisy, three consecutive nights are so, thought is a fire burning flames, in the big fast. That's how people protect
lived his life and possessions. In order to commemorate this success, from now on every day, each household hanging lanterns, fireworks to
To commemorate this day.

Emperor Wen to commemorate the "Ping Lu" and set

Another legend is that the Lantern festival is Emperor Wen to commemorate the "Ping Lu" and set. After the death of Liu Bang, Lu Hou's son Liu ascended to the throne
Hanwhiti. Hui Emperor Nature cowardly, indecisive, power gradually fall again Lu Zhou hands. Hanwhi after the death of Lu after the affairs of the all the Liu Shi days
Down into the LU's world, toward the old minister, Liu's clan deeply indignant, but fear Lu after the brutal and dare not say.

After the death of Lu, the LU is afraid of fear of injury and exclusion. So, in the general Luroux home secret collection, conspiracy to
Chaos, in order to completely capture Liu's Jiangshan.

This matter passed to Liu's clan qi Wang Liu capsule ears, Liu capsule for Paul's Jiangshan, decided to revolted crusade after the LU and the founding of the old Minister Zhou Bo,
Chen made contact, designed to lift the Luroux, "the chaos of the LV" was finally completely pacified.

After counter-insurgency, all the ministers kingmaker Liu Bang's second son, Heng to the throne, said Emperor Wen. Wendy deeply peaceful and Hard-won, then
To quell the "chaos of the LV" of the first day of the festival, designated as with the people, the capital of the city decorated, as a celebration. Since then, the first month
It became a celebrated folk festival-"make dumplings."

Oriental Moon and Lantern Festival girl

This legend is related to the custom of eating Yuanxiao: it is said that the emperor has a pet minister named Dongfang Shuo, he is kind and funny. Day
Winter, under a few days of snow, Oriental Shuo to the Imperial Garden to the emperor to fold Plum blossom. Just entered the garden door, I found a maid in tears
Prepare Takai. Dongfang Shuo hurried forward to rescue, and asked her to kill the reason. Originally, this maid named Yuanxiao, home there are
Parents and a sister. Ever since she entered the palace, she has never met her family again. Every year when the season comes, it's more than usual
More yearning for family. It's better to be dead than to be filial in front of both parents. Dongfang Shuo listened to her encounter, deeply sympathetic, on
Assure her that she will be reunited with her family.

One day, Oriental Shuo Palace in Changan Street put a divination stand. Many people are vying for his divination. Behold, everyone
For the request, are "the first month 16 fire body" sign language. In a moment, Chang ' an was a big panic. People are asking for the disaster.
Way. Dongfang Shuo said: "The lunar 13th evening, Vulcan June will send a red dress goddess descend to visit, she is granted burning Chang ' an
Messenger, I give you the transcription of the verse, so that the emperor of today to think of ways. After that, he dropped a red post and rode away. Old
The people took up the Red post, hurriedly sent to the palace to see the emperor.

Emperor Wu took a look, saw above wrote: "Changan in the robbery, fire Emperor Que, 15 days fire, red Midnight Snack", his heart
Big surprise, hurriedly invited the resourceful Oriental Shuo. Dongfang Shuo pretended to think a thought, said: "I heard Vulcan June favorite eat dumplings,
Does the Yuanxiao in the palace not often make you dumplings? The evening can make yuanxiao good dumplings. Long live the Burning incense, Herald Kyoto every family
Do glutinous rice dumplings, together honor Vulcan King. Then preach to the subjects together in the evening hanging, the town of firecrackers, fireworks, like a fire,
So we can hide the Jade Emperor. In addition, notify the people outside the city, the night to town, miscellaneous in the crowd to eliminate disaster problem-solving. Wu
Emperor After listening, very happy, Shong according to Orient Shuo Way to do.

15th in the first month of Changan city decorated, tourists bustling, lively and very. The parents of the maid's lantern also took her sister into
City View Lights. When they saw the word "lantern", the big lanterns, the surprise shouted: "Yuanxiao!" Lantern festival! "and Yuanxiao heard
The shouts were finally reunited with the family.

So lively all night, Chang ' an city was safe. Emperor's exultation, then ordered every day after the first day to make dumplings for fire
Emperor, the first month of the whole city hanging fireworks. Because Yuanxiao makes the best dumplings, people will be called Yuanxiao dumplings, this day is called Yuan
Night Festival.

The custom of Lantern Festival:

Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, so all over the country, most of the customs are similar, but everywhere is still
have their own characteristics.

Eat Yuanxiao

The first month of the festival, "Yuanxiao" as food, in China has a long-standing. Song Dynasty, folk is popular a kind of lantern festival to eat
of novelty food. This kind of food, the first called "floating Yuan son" after the "Yuanxiao", business people also beautiful its name Yue "Silver piece." Lantern festival
That is, "glutinous rice balls" to sugar, roses, sesame, red bean paste, Huanggui, walnut, nuts, zaoni, such as stuffing, with glutinous rice powder wrapped into a round, can
Meat can be vegetarian, different flavor. Soup can be boiled, fried, steamed food, a happy reunion. The rice dumpling in Shaanxi is not a bag, but a glutinous rice flour
In the "roll" into, or boiled cheese or fried, hot heat fire, Tuan yuan round.

Watch the Light

Hamming Emperor Yongping years (A.D. 58--75), Hetuvidya advocated the Dharma, coincides with Cai from India to seek the return of Buddhism, said the Indian
Drink Dostoevsky every month, monks gathered to pay tribute to Buddha relics, is ginseng Buddha auspicious. In order to promote Buddhism, the Emperor ordered the first month
The night in the palace and Temple "Burning Lamp Buddha". Since then, the custom of the Lantern Festival put light from the original only held in the court and spread to the folk.
That is, every day, regardless of the clan or the hanging, the city and countryside all night ablaze with lights.

The custom of Lantern Festival, which developed into an unprecedented dengshikou in the Tang Dynasty, was the world with millions of people.
The largest city, the affluent society. In the Emperor's personal initiative, the Lantern Festival is more luxurious. After the middle Tang, has developed into a full
Carnival of the People sex. Emperor Xuanzong (A.D. 685--762) when the Kaiyuan prosperous, Changan's Dengshikou scale is very big, burns the lamp 50,000, the lantern
The pattern is numerous, the Emperor lives the person to make the massive lamp building, the wide reaches 20, the height 150 feet, the golden light is splendid, extremely spectacular.

In the Song Dynasty, the Lantern Festival in the size and lighting of the fantastic exquisite are better than the Tang Dynasty, and the activities more civil, national characteristics of more
Strong. After the continuous development of the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival in the past, the time of Lantern Festival is more and more long. The Lantern Festival in the Tang Dynasty was "one day before and after the Yuan".
The Song Dynasty was added two days after 16, while the Ming Dynasty was extended to 18 full 10 days from day.

To the Qing Dynasty, Manchu into the central Plains, the court no longer to do the Lantern Festival, the Folk Lantern Festival is still spectacular. The date is shortened to five days and has been
Continue to this day.

Light in Taiwan folk have the meaning of light and tianding, lit lights have to illuminate the meaning of the future, and the Taiwan language lamp and Ding Homophonic representative students
Boy, so in the past Lantern Festival women will deliberately go downstream, hope that "drill light feet Eggs" (is to drill down to the light downstream, good
Born boy).

Valentine's Day in China

Lantern Festival is also a romantic festival, Lantern Festival in the feudal traditional society, but also to the unmarried men and women to become acquainted with a machine
Will, the traditional society of young girls are not allowed to go out to free activities, but the festival can be a companion out to play, lantern Festival flowers flower Lights Just
is a chance to socialize, unmarried men and women can also find their own objects by the light of flowers. During the Lantern Festival, men and women are also green
The time to meet a lover.

In Taiwan, there are unmarried women in the Lantern Festival night to steal onions or vegetables will be married to a good husband of the traditional customs, commonly known as: "Steal the spring onion, marry
Good 尪 "," steal pull vegetables, marry a good husband ", hope the marriage is a happy girl, in the Lantern Festival night to steal onions or vegetables in the garden, look forward to
The future family happiness, the Tang Dynasty Dengshikou also appeared music and dance Baixi performance, thousands of maids, folk girls singing and dancing under the Lights,
Called the line song, Tage.

Ouyang Xiu (Wenni): Last year, when the flower market lights like a book, Liu Shaotou on the moon, people about dusk. Xin Qiji (green Jade case) writes
Way: The public seeks it 1100 degrees, the twilight then looks back, that person is in the lights dim place. is to describe the situation of lantern Festival night, while traditional opera Chen San
And five Niang is in the Lantern Festival flowers to meet and love at first sight, Lechang official documents and Xu Deyan in the Lantern Festival Night Reunion, "Spring Lantern Riddle" in
Yu Wenyan and the Shadow Niang in the Lantern Festival reservation. Therefore, the Lantern Festival is also China's "Valentine's Day."

All the diseases.

Lantern Festival In addition to celebration activities, there are religious activities. It's called "all the Diseases" and "all the diseases". Participants
For women, they travel together or walk the walls, or cross the outskirts of the bridge, in order to drive the disease away from the disaster.

With the passage of time, more and more activities of the Lantern Festival, many local festivals increased play dragon, play lions, stilts,
Stroke Land boat Yangge, play Taiping drums and other activities.

The Lantern Festival also has some little-known folk activities that have been lost, here list two or three.

There are "seven sacrifices" in ancient times, and this is two of them. The method of sacrifice is simple, the Poplar branch is inserted above the portal,
Insert a pair of chopsticks in a bowl filled with beans porridge, or put the wine meat directly in front of the door.

Rat

This activity is mainly about what the silkworm rearing families say. Because the mouse often in the night to eat large tracts of silkworm, people heard that the first month
The rice porridge fed the mouse, it can not eat silkworm. So, these people in the first month to boil a big pot of sticky porridge, there are
is also covered with a layer of meat, porridge bowl sheng, put on the roof of the mouse infestation, corner, the side of the mouth also murmuring,
Curse the mouse to eat silkworms, not good to die.

Ying Purple Aunt

The purple aunt is a kind and poor girl in the folklore. The first lunar month, purple gu because of poverty and death. The people were sympathetic to her and bosom
Read her, in some places there will be "the first lunar month to welcome Purple gu" customs. Every night, people use straw and Butto to tie
The portrait of a life-size purple gu. Women were standing in the purple aunt's toilet, sty and kitchen to greet her, like a pro
Sister, took her hand, and said with her intimate words, tears to comfort her, the scene is very vivid, the real reflection of the labor
People of good, honest, sympathetic feelings of the weak.

Selected Poems of Lantern Festival:

"Yuan Xi in the Thoroughfare building lights night rise South Floor"
(SUI) Sui Emperor
The Falun is turning, and the Brahma is coming up to heaven;
Light tree, Fan seven branches open.
Moon Shadow Water, Spring breeze contains night plum;
Burnt gold ground, Zhong glaze table.

The night of the first month
(Don) Sudau
Masara, star Bridge Iron padlock open,
The lamp tree shines the thousand rays. The moon is coming from man.
Zhang all Covac Li, the line song to fall Plum.
Gold I can't help but night, jade leakage mo phase urge.

"The Wenni"
(Tang) Cui liquid
Jade leakage plates and not urge, iron Guan night Open;
Who can sit idle and smell the light when they see the moon?

"Night View Lights"
(Don) Lu Zhaolin
Jin Li Open Fang Feast, Lan Hongyan early.
Mantra color remote points, the light far from the sky.
Then the star fell, according to the building like the moon hanging.
Do not have a daughter to laugh, to reflect nine before.

The night light of the lunar month
(Don) Zhang Hu
thousand doors unlock million lights Ming, the middle of the month move to Beijing.
300 of my wife's sleeve dance, the sound of words in the sky.

Poem Yue
(Tang) Li Shangyin
Moonlight Lamp Mountain full of imperial, fragrant car bao cover ai thoroughfare.
Do not see the prosperity of the body, ashamed to race purple gu.

Poem Yue
(song) Kang Baishi
Lantern Festival to see Lotus Boat, BMW fragrant car pendant dian;
Wind and rain night people scattered, lonely lamp still call sell soup yuan.

Poem Yue
(song) Kang Baishi
The guest hooks the curtain to see the Royal Street, the City treasures momentarily,
The flower has no road before the curtain, no money won't return.
(Note: Treasures here refer to Yuanxiao)

"Green Jade case Yuan XI"
(song) Xin Qiji
Dongfeng Night flowers Thousands of trees, more blowing down, stars like rain.
BMW Carving Car Incense full road, Phoenix Shang move, pot light turn, one night fish dragon dance.
Moth son snow willow Golden wisp, laughter Ying Xiang go.
The public find him 1100 degrees, suddenly looking back, the person is in, the fire.

"Sheng Chazi XI"
(song) Ouyang Xiu
When Wenni last year, the flower-market lights were like daylight.
Month to Willow Shaotou, people about dusk.
This year Wenni, the moon and the lamp still.
No one last year, tears wet spring shirt sleeve.

"Kyoto Yuan XI"
(Yuan) Haowen
袨 dress up in the place, six street lights children.
The gown I also what is the person, also in the visitor laughter.

Won to make Yuanxiao
(yuan) lost name
Love Lantern 35 Scenery, moonlight reunions, ablaze with lights.
Full moon ice wheel, lights burning land and sea, people dazhen April spring Yang.
Three beautiful side to win rewards, four ruthless hateful difficult long.
Fear is the light dark light, people quiet desolate, corner product South Floor, the next West Wing.

"Kangjing XI"
(Ming) Li Mengyang
Zhongshan Ruzi New makeup, Zheng female Yan Ji alone Shang.
In unison, the constitution Wang Yuefu, Golden Beam bridge, such as Frost outside the moon.

Yuanxiao
(Ming) Tang Yin's
There are no months of light, not to entertain people, a month without light is not a spring.
Spring to the human people like Jade, lamp burning month next month such as silver.
Full street Zhu Cui Swim village Female, boiling the spirit of the game of God.
Do not show Fang Zun to smile, how to eliminate this auspicious.

"Wenni lamp"
(Qing) Zung Sunmin
Hundred Sticks of Fire tree daughter 屧, BMW incense dust. Flying Joan Companion to try the lamp, endure the tan Lang light don't.
Once the paradox of anger, a smile, the little maid to help the timid.
Stone Bridge Lu Shishi fishing nie, to the mother low Low said. Ah-e This night regret not yet? Fear into the desolate Que.
Buru, difficult domain future, always reunion month.

"Shang Yuan Zhu Zhi ci"
(Qing) Fu Zeng
Osmanthus flower stuffing wrapped in walnuts, glutinous rice such as bead water Amoy.
See the Horse Home drop powder, test lamp wind sell Yuanxiao.

"Yuan Xi Shadow Yong Ice lantern"
(Qing) Tangshun
Is pity the Fire tree thousand Spring yan, suddenly see shining moon diaphragm.
Sea mackerel pearl still with water, the full House Luo sleeve wants to be born cold.
Snuff not obstruct the aerial shadow, faint gas suspect from the month to see.
For the language of the East wind temporarily borrowed, to night still have to do more than Huan.

"Yuan Xi no Month"
(Qing) Fengjia
Three years there is no moonlight, the moon should be more in the hometown.
To the sea to find the moon, just before dawn flying dream Kun ocean.

"The Lantern Festival is Full moon"
Minnan Ballads
Make Lantern Festival, the month is round, Fujian Taiwan compatriots Heart dependent,
Young back to the hometown, but the cross-strait long acacia.
What's the Taste of tears? Reunion exceptionally happy!
Make dumplings, boiled dumplings, flesh and blood reunion is filled with joy,
The family is eating the yuan pill.
The cradle blood is difficult to cut away, Yelaguigen is Nyaya.