For thousands of years, ancient women "never left the boudoir". Only during the Lantern Festival were they allowed to go out together to watch the lanterns and enjoy the entertainment. When the lanterns are lit during the Lantern Festival, all the wonderful encounters and reunions will begin. A woman's best wish is to find the person she falls in love with at first sight among the bustling crowd, and to freeze the most romantic time on the Lantern Festival night. Therefore, during the Lantern Festival, poems are all about "love"
The Lantern Festival is also a romantic festival among traditional Chinese festivals. In the traditional feudal society, the Lantern Festival was a great opportunity for unmarried men and women to get acquainted. Young girls in traditional society are not allowed to go out for free activities, but they can go out together during festivals. Lantern Festival lantern viewing is an opportunity for friendship, and unmarried men and women can use the lantern viewing to find a partner for themselves.
During the Lantern Festival, it is another time for young men and women to meet their lovers. Therefore, the Lantern Festival can be said to be the authentic Chinese Valentine's Day, not the Chinese Valentine's Day as some people superficially imagine. In Taiwan, there is also a traditional custom that unmarried women secretly pick onions or vegetables on the Lantern Festival night to marry a good husband. It is commonly known as: "Stealing onions, marrying a good husband", "Stealing vegetables, marrying a good son-in-law", hoping for a happy marriage. Young girls go to the vegetable garden to pick onions or vegetables secretly on the night of the Lantern Festival, hoping for a happy family in the future.
The Lantern Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival, is one of the traditional festivals of the Chinese nation. The first month of the lunar calendar is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called the night "Xiao". It also falls on the first full-moon night of the year, so it is called the Lantern Festival.
The Lantern Festival began in the Qin Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty ordered that the fifteenth day of the first lunar month be designated as the Lantern Festival. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities for "Taiyi God" were held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month (Taiyi: the god who dominates everything in the universe). When Sima Qian created the "Taichu Calendar", he had already identified the Lantern Festival as a major festival.
Traditional customs include going out to admire the moon, lighting lanterns and setting off flames, guessing lantern riddles, eating Yuanxiao, pulling rabbit lanterns, etc. In addition, many local Lantern Festivals also include traditional folk performances such as dragon lantern dancing, lion dancing, stilt walking, land boat rowing, Yangko dancing, and Taiping drum playing.
In ancient times, literati and poets often used poems to record the lively scene of the Lantern Festival. In ancient times, the Lantern Festival also falls on the full moon today. The full moon is at the beginning of the year, and everyone eats glutinous rice balls! Now let’s relive the beautiful grand occasion of the ancient Lantern Festival in this festive atmosphere.