The Origin of Lantern in Wang Fu Ancient City, Hebei Province

Lantern Festival is said to be left over from the Han Dynasty. In the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wendi had a dream that the Jade Emperor ordered Huo Dexing to burn the capital on the fifteenth day of the first month. Emperor Wen was very afraid, so he called the ministers to discuss. Minister Dong Fangshuo put forward a plan, saying that he could plead with Huo Dexing to avoid this difficulty. On the fifteenth day of the first month, Huo Dexing really came to Beijing. Emperor Wen led his ministers and the people of Beijing to bow down and greet them, and begged Huo Dexing not to burn the capital for the sake of millions of people. Huo Dexing could not bear to lose his life, but he was helpless and did not dare to violate the dogma. Is in a dilemma, Dong Fangshuo and offer that night, inside and outside the capital Chang' an, from the palace to the people's courtyard, according to Dong Fangshuo's plan to light the torch, a bright, just like day. The fire went straight into the sky, and Huo Dexing saw this scene as a fire, knowing that it was enough to deceive the jade emperor and return to heaven. Since then, on the 15th day of the first month of each year, Zhang Ju has been lit as a memorial in Beijing, and glutinous rice flour has been made into balls shaped like pearls, commonly known as "Yuanxiao". On the surface, it is Zoroastrianism, but in fact, it is intended to stick his teeth with glutinous rice cakes to make him talk less.