Lantern Festival customs mainly include:
First, eating Yuanxiao and eating glutinous rice balls
Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month, as a food, has a long history in China, and it is said that it appeared in the Song Dynasty. Yuanxiao is the glutinous rice dumpling, which is filled with white sugar, rose, sesame, red bean paste, yellow cinnamon, walnut kernel, nut and jujube paste, and wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a round shape. It can be vegetarian and has different flavors.
Second, the Lantern Festival
The custom of setting off lanterns on Lantern Festival has been formed since the Han Dynasty. It was spread from the court to the people, forming an unprecedented lantern market in the Tang Dynasty, and it became a national carnival festival after the middle Tang Dynasty. At that time, the Chang 'an lantern market was very large, burning 5 thousand lanterns, and the whole Chang 'an city was golden.
Third, Valentine's Day in ancient times
The Lantern Festival is a romantic festival. In traditional society, young girls can't go out easily, but enjoying the lanterns on the Lantern Festival becomes an opportunity to meet.
Fourth, walking on stilts
Walking on stilts is also an activity of the Lantern Festival. They step on stilts, jump on the ground, dance swords, and sing while performing, which is lively, amusing and just like walking on the ground.
5. Lion Dance
Every Lantern Festival or assembly celebration, people come to entertain with lion dance. This custom originated in the Three Kingdoms period and became popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It has a history of more than 1 years.
6. Walking through all kinds of diseases
"Walking through all kinds of diseases" is a religious activity in the Lantern Festival. Most of the participants are women. They walk together or walk along the wall or cross the bridge to get rid of diseases and disasters.
VII. Sacrifice to the door and family
The method of offering sacrifices is very simple. Put poplar branches above the door, put a pair of chopsticks in the bowl filled with bean porridge, or put wine and meat directly in front of the door.
Eight, rat by rat
This activity is mainly for sericulture families. Because mice often eat silkworms in large areas at night, it is said that mice can stop eating silkworms by feeding them rice porridge on the fifteenth day of the first month. As a result, these families cooked a large pot of sticky porridge on the fifteenth day of the first month and put it in the place where mice infested, cursing that mice would not die a natural death if they ate silkworm babies again.
Nine, Ying Zigu
Zigu is a kind and poor girl in folklore. On the fifteenth day of the first month, Zigu died of poverty. People sympathize with her, miss her, and in some places, the custom of "welcoming Zigu on the fifteenth day of the first month" appeared conveniently. Every night, people use straw, cloth heads and so on to tie up a portrait of a life-size purple aunt to commemorate it.
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