Having a son hanging lanterns, I believe many friends know the custom of Gardin more or less in life. Baby is the crystallization of parents' love, and the birth of baby can not only sublimate parents' love and marriage. Next, I arranged the hanging lanterns for my son.
1 Lantern having a son is a folk activity in China. China's New Year is not only for gratitude and celebration, but also for blessing-I hope the next year will be good and the population will be prosperous. This is vividly reflected in Huangpu's New Year custom.
The custom of hanging lanterns in Huangpu has a long history, which can be traced back to the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
"The Lantern Festival in the first month, is to add people to hang lanterns in the temple, drink offering first. Say: turn on the light, or hang the light. " Because "Deng" and "Ding" in Cantonese are similar, hanging lanterns means "Jia Ding".
When a boy is born in Huangpu, people will hang lanterns on the Lantern Festival in the first month of next year. Last year, Ding was added, and this year, we should also hang lights, praying that the children will grow up healthily, Ding Cai will flourish and their families will be happy in the new year.
Full moon lantern festival
Lantern Festival is another name for Lantern Festival, which has a long history. According to the literature, the custom of lighting lanterns in the Lantern Festival began in the Han Dynasty, and in the Tang Dynasty, the activities of enjoying lanterns became more prosperous. Lights are hung everywhere in palaces and streets, and tall lantern wheels, towers and trees are built.
Lu Zeng, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, described the grand occasion of lighting the Lantern Festival in "Watching Lights at Fifteen Nights": "When the stars fell in the Han Dynasty, it was like a moon hanging from a building." In the Song Dynasty, more attention was paid to the Lantern Festival, and lantern viewing activities became more lively. The lantern viewing activity lasted for five days, and the styles of lanterns were more abundant.
In the early Ming Dynasty, Southern Opera was staged in Chaozhou, Guangdong. For example, there were five kinds of Chaozhou operas in Ming Dynasty, and hanging lanterns was also very active. In the Ming Dynasty, the Lantern Festival will last 10 days, which is the longest Lantern Festival in China.
The Guangdong Lantern Festival in the Qing Dynasty was also very lively. Shicheng's "Records of Guangzhou in Guangxu Period" has the saying that "two plays under the lamp". In Guangdong literature, the connotation of praying for children during the Lantern Festival is recorded, which can be found in Li Diaoyuan's Notes on Eastern Guangdong:
On the night of the Lantern Festival in Guangzhou, most women will go to the east to pray for their children, present a treasure lamp to the gods, and pray for the lamp to take the lead at night. All three winners made promises to God and came back with lights. After the age of paying for lamps, children are called' lampstands' and ancestors are called' lamp owners'. "
Shicheng's Records of Guangxu Guangzhou in the 15th year of Guangxu;
Where lanterns are lit for fun on the Lantern Festival, men born the year before enjoy the lanterns at night; July 14 and winter solstice, if there is anything to worship, you must kill ducks.
In Guangzhou such as Huangpu, Tianding not only hangs lanterns, but also prepares sacrifices such as chickens and ducks.
Tian ding gua Deng
The hanging lights of Huangpu Tianding obviously have the meaning of praying for children, which is in the same strain as Guangzhou Yuanxiao.
The custom ceremony of hanging lanterns includes making lanterns (buying lanterns), pouring tea, hanging lanterns, entering genealogy, drinking lanterns and wine, enjoying lanterns, competing for lanterns, competing for lanterns, competing for rice and melting lanterns. In the meantime, there are also wonderful activities that citizens like to see, such as gongs and drums, dragon and lion dances, ancestor worship and drinking lanterns and wine.
The lanterns hung are all specially made, and the lamp holders are made of bamboo sticks and colored paper. This kind of lantern containing celebration and wishes is an art that integrates binding, weaving, folk painting, paper cutting, calligraphy and poetry. The producers are all local experts, so the lanterns made are full of human feelings.
* * * Drink wine.
Huangpu hangs lanterns once a year, from the eighth day to the fifteenth day of the first month (also said to be the thirteenth to seventeenth day of the first month), and the ancestral halls of all ethnic groups in Huangpu are full of excitement.
According to Huangpu custom, if a boy was born that year, he would go to the ancestral temple to pour tea and hang lanterns on the Lantern Festival that year. After pouring tea and hanging lanterns, the director of the imperial clan sealed the interests on behalf of Taigong. From that day on, the ancestors recognized the birthright of newborns, registered them in the genealogy, and enjoyed the same rights as men in the clan.
After the pork is divided, the men in the whole ancestral hall will drink lanterns and wine, and even set off fireworks at night. Flower viewing lanterns are also an important part. Hanging lanterns means that people are prosperous, so lanterns have the meaning of "ding", and "hanging lanterns" is jiading. Therefore, hanging lanterns has a special meaning-praying for children and making people prosperous.
Praying for children is an eternal topic among the people in China. Hanging lanterns reflects the simple wishes of Huangpu villagers and is also the eternal pursuit of the people.
Hanging lanterns, praying for children and praying for children in the Lantern Festival in Huangpu area has a profound cultural accumulation, and it is also a vivid example of many folk activities of praying for children, a fascinating microcosm of the times.
Having a son, hanging lanterns and "drinking lantern wine" are beaming.
"Drinking Lantern Wine" is a wedding banquet to celebrate the birth of a boy. It originated in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and now Shunde is the best preserved.
"Light" and "Ding" are homophonic, and turning on the light and hanging the light means carrying on the family line. In the past year, Shunde families with more people will hold a ceremony of "adding lights".
The baby's father will buy an octagonal paper lamp and hang it in the middle of the ancestral temple or temple in the village. In order to pray for children to grow up quickly, please bless their ancestors.
On the sixth day of the first month, lanterns are hung, one at home, one at the "Shegong" (land temple), one at the main ancestral hall, one at the second ancestral hall (sub-ancestral hall) and one at the third ancestral hall (sub-ancestral hall). As soon as the light is hung, it means that the new person has joined the family.
Lantern paper is painted with flowers and red, with auspicious patterns of color paper-cut. There is a small dish filled with peanut oil hanging inside, which lights up all day, symbolizing the vitality of lanterns.
Pick up the glass and chat happily-the combination of friends.
In the past, on the eleventh day of the first month, lanterns and wine were put on, and Tianding's family took out ginger and eggs to worship Taigong, while Taigong paid for all men in later generations to feast, divide pork and ginger and eggs, and presented a big "profit market" (red envelope) to the couple to show their congratulations.
In Shunde, the time of each village is different, usually from the sixth day of the Lunar New Year to the Lantern Festival. A few days ago, the village will first issue a notice calling on villagers to buy tickets and reserve seats to participate in the Lantern Festival.
"competing for lights", seeking meaning.
As the highlight, there is also a "Lantern Throwing" activity during the "Drinking Lantern Wine", that is, lanterns are made with good intentions such as "Prosperous business", "Adding wealth", "Smooth sailing" and "Feng Shui", and then the villagers bid.
Every time a lamp is thrown, it starts with firecrackers and ends with firecrackers. The host walked in the middle of the banquet with a microphone and called on everyone to bid for the lights.
Generally, the starting price of a lamp is 3888 yuan, while those who cast the lamp cast lucky numbers such as 6888 yuan, 8888 yuan, 12888 or 13888.
Having a son, hanging lanterns and enjoying lanterns literally means enjoying lanterns. In Chinese and Hakka, viewing lanterns is a festival in xingning city and its surrounding areas in Meizhou, Guangdong. Each family enjoys different lanterns. According to their ancestors, families with the same surname usually celebrate festivals on the same day, but families with different surnames also celebrate festivals on the same day. In Xingning, Longwei represents a big family.
Lantern viewing starts from the ninth day of the first month to the seventeenth day of the first month, and most families concentrate on the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth days of the first month. The custom of ringing bells in Xingning evolved from the Lantern Festival, which is the cultural heritage of the traditional farming era in China.
Xingning Lantern originated in Yuan Dynasty and prevailed in Ming and Qing Dynasties. After more than 600 years, it was passed down from generation to generation. Xingning lanterns have a beautiful meaning, and they are entrusted with the good wishes of Xingning Hakka people, such as good weather in one year, peace in all seasons, bumper crops, prosperous population and developed family business.
Because the Hakka ancestors in Xingning had a small population when they first arrived in Xingning, the Hakkas were relatively weak and had the desire to have more boys. Ring ding is a celebration of Gardin. Activities of welcoming lanterns (D) and raising lanterns (D) in ancestral houses with the same surname in the same village.
If one of the families gave birth to a boy last year, the family would be very busy. Families with boys will invite their relatives and friends to congratulate them. Friends and relatives will send fireworks and bamboo. The bigger the fireworks and bamboo, the better.
This represents the wealth of the family. After dark, the whole family will move back to their hometown (Dragon House) to celebrate and set off fireworks, which will make people happy. On the day of ringing the bell, some locals call it Boys' Day, because the reason why lantern appreciation was born is more like being designed for boys.
In the past, women were not allowed to sit at family celebration banquets, and only men could sit. But in recent years, due to the change of family planning and traditional ideas, some people have only one child, and some richer families have girls. Hakka traditional ideas have changed greatly in this respect, and most people will be willing to celebrate whether they have boys or girls.
People in Xingning don't welcome lion dancing on this day, because lions represent girls, and everyone wants to have more boys. Therefore, there are usually few people dancing lions on this day. Even if the dragon family comes down to dance the lion, there are few red envelopes.
On the day of ringing the bell, some places will invite "lanterns", which is particularly lively. When collecting lanterns, boys must lead the way. People carry paper lanterns, walk out of the Dragon Circle from the back door, then make a big circle around Fiona Fang within 10 km, and then return to the Dragon Circle from the main entrance. There will always be two dragon lanterns along the way, while putting the whip and continuing to put it.