The history of Lantern Festival Every year, on the 15th day of the first lunar month, traditional festivals in China are ushered in? Lantern Festival. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, and the ancients called it night? At night? Therefore, the fifteenth day of the first month is called the Lantern Festival. The fifteenth day of the first month is the night of the first full moon in a year and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. On the night of Spring Festival, people celebrate this festival and the continuation of the Spring Festival. What is the Lantern Festival also called? Shangyuan Festival? . According to the folk tradition in China, on this bright night, people light thousands of lanterns to celebrate. Going out to enjoy the moon, lighting and setting fires, enjoying lantern riddles, eating Yuanxiao, family reunion and celebrating festivals are all enjoyment.
According to documents, as early as the beginning of the Southern Dynasties, the Lantern Festival was held in Nanjing, the capital city, which was the earliest recorded Lantern Festival in China. In order to pray for good weather, happy family and peace in the world, the decoration with lanterns began to spread from deep palaces and religious places to the public. There are lights everywhere? The scene is quite spectacular. In this regard, Liang,, Xiao Gang, etc. They all described the social fashion of adding festive atmosphere with lanterns in the Southern Dynasties with vivid poems.
According to legend, Zhang Daoling was born in Hemingshan, Sichuan in Shun Di in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and his ancestral home was Pei Guofeng. Five barrels of rice? And take it? Burning lamps for sacrifice? This ceremony is the oldest known primitive Lantern Festival. During the Southern Dynasties, the custom of holding the traditional Lantern Festival appeared in Jiankang (now Nanjing), and its grand occasion was the highest in the country. Lantern Festival flourished in Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty.
During the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties, Nanjing was the capital of China at that time. There are many dignitaries, nobles and celebrities living along the Qinhuai River. Every Lantern Festival, they follow the example of the imperial court and decorate with lanterns. Poets in the Eastern Jin Dynasty learned to carve teeth with a poem "Poem Lantern" to describe the situation of decorating lanterns at that time. During the reign of Xiaowu in the Southern Dynasty, papermaking technology developed rapidly and the cost was low, which replaced the extensive application of silk fabrics and made the lantern color art develop rapidly.
During the Han and Jin dynasties, whenever spring bloomed, the rulers of Shu county wanted it? Let the people have a good time in the West Park? . At the same time, the lights are brightly lit and whitewashed.
Since the Sui Dynasty, the custom of decorating the Lantern Festival began to take shape, and activities such as decorating and watching lanterns began to become a common practice. Wei Zhi's Sui Shu in the Tang Dynasty described in detail the custom of decorating the Lantern Festival in Nanjing.
According to the Diary of Lighting in Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong fled to Chengdu during Tianbao's fifteen-year Anshi Rebellion, and he was good at watching lanterns in the street with Taoist exorcist Qing Ye. ? Four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty? Lu is one of them. He has a poem about watching lights. Jin Li Xiang Yan, the early years of Lan. The color is far, and the light is far. After the fall of China people's suspected star, the building was like a hanging moon. Don't laugh so much, come and show off the nine branches. ? This poem tells the grand occasion of Chengdu Lantern Festival at that time.
Former Shu Emperor Wang Jianchang? Visit Huanhuaxi, from night to day? At that time? Ask to turn on the light, the rate is not fixed? . Meng Changjun, Emperor of the Later Shu Dynasty? Shangyuan is watching the lights on the terrace. ?
Li Shangyin said in the poem "I can't wait to see the lights in Beijing on the fifteenth night of the first month". Moonlight filled the Imperial City, and cars shuttled on the avenue. ? It can be seen that the Lantern Festival in the Tang Dynasty has already reached a considerable scale.
In the first year of Jingyou in the Northern Song Dynasty (1034), the most sacred Wenxuan King Temple (now Nanjing Confucius Temple) was built in Nanjing, and Qinhuai River became a scenic spot. The Confucius Temple Lantern Festival began to appear and developed rapidly.
Xin Qiji's jade case? Yuan:? Thousands of trees bloom at night in the East. It blows down and the stars are like rain. BMW carved cars are full of incense. Phoenix flute moves, jade pot turns, fish dragon dances all night. ? It also vividly describes the grand occasion of the Lantern Festival in the Southern Song Dynasty.