The Lantern Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year and is one of the traditional festivals in China. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the first full moon night of the year, so the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called the "Lantern Festival" ".
The Lantern Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China and overseas Chinese. The Lantern Festival mainly includes a series of traditional folk activities such as appreciating lanterns, eating glutinous rice balls, guessing lantern riddles, and setting off fireworks. The customs of the Lantern Festival have been around since ancient times. The custom of watching lanterns is mainly warm and festive.
The festival period and customary activities of the Lantern Festival have been extended and expanded with the development of history. As far as the length of the festival is concerned, it was only one day in the Han Dynasty, three days in the Tang Dynasty, and five days in the Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, the lanterns were lit from the eighth day of the lunar month to the night of the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, which was the longest festival in Chinese history. Long festival of lights.
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History of the development of the Lantern Festival
1. During the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty held sacrifices to "Tai Yi" in Ganquan Palace on the "Shangxin Night" of the first lunar month. , is regarded by later generations as the precursor to offering sacrifices to the gods on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
2. In the Tang Dynasty, lighting up lanterns during the Lantern Festival became a legal matter and gradually became a folk custom.
3. In the Song Dynasty, the Lantern Festival was called Dengxi.
4. In the Qing Dynasty, it was also called the Lantern Festival.
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