1, the hometown is full of villages tonight. -Wang Shouren's Two Poems of Yuan Xi
2300 wives dance with sleeves, and there are voices in the sky. -the night light in Zhang Hu on the 15th day of the first month.
On the night of January this year, the moon and lights remained the same. -Ouyang Xiu's Life Inspector Yuan Xi
4, the color is far, and the light is far. -Lu, "Fifteen Nights Watching Lights"
5. Why did you come to the south to see Chongyang Medicine Market and Yuanxi Lantern Mountain again? People are happy when they spend flowers, and bow when they wear hats. -Lu You's "Han Gongchun, First Coming to Chengdu Nanzheng"
6. When the east wind blows at midnight. -He Zhu "April Man, Midnight East Wind"
7, Lantern Festival, in harmony with the weather, no wind and no rain for the second time. -Li Qingzhao's "Forever Happiness, Sunset Melts Gold"
8, looking at thousands of doors, laughing and swimming. -Zhou Bangyan's "Xie Yuhua Shangyuan"
the Lantern Festival
1, eat Yuanxiao
Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month is a long-standing custom in China. Its ingredients and tastes are different, but the meaning of eating Yuanxiao is the same, which means reunion is round and beautiful, and the days are getting more and more prosperous. As the saying goes, harmony and family reunion are very important factors in a complete family. Therefore, we should eat "Yuanxiao" with our families during the Lantern Festival.
2. Solve the riddle on the lantern
Every Lantern Festival, there will be activities in solve riddles on the lanterns in many places, which means that this year will be a happy and peaceful year. Because riddles are enlightening and interesting, they are very popular in the process of circulation.
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, various acrobatic skills began to appear in the lantern market. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, besides riddles and hundreds of operas, there were also opera performances.
Step 3 send lanterns
"Sending lanterns" is short for "sending lanterns", and its essential meaning is sending lanterns to children. That is, before the Lantern Festival, the bride's family sends lanterns to her newly-married daughter's family, or ordinary relatives and friends give them to their newly-married childless family in order to add good luck. There is also a saying that because the word "Deng" is homophonic with the word "Ding", it expresses the hope that the daughter will be lucky after marriage and have a baby early; If the daughter is pregnant, in addition to the big palace lantern, one or two pairs of small lanterns should be sent to wish her a safe pregnancy.
Step 4 play with dragon lanterns
The dragon is the totem of China, and the Chinese nation advocates the dragon and regards it as a symbol of good luck. On the fifteenth day of the first month, a festive atmosphere of singing and dancing is popular in many places.
5, lion dance
Lion dance, also known as "lion dance", "lion lantern" and "lion dance", is often performed in festivals and festive activities. Lions are regarded as auspicious animals in China, symbolizing good luck and good luck. Therefore, in the lion dance activities, people are entrusted with the good wishes of eliminating disasters and seeking good luck.
6. Stay away from all diseases
"Walk through all the diseases" is also called swimming through all the diseases, dispelling all the diseases, baking all the diseases, crossing the bridge and so on. It is an activity to eliminate disasters and pray for blessings. On the night of Lantern Festival, women go out and walk together, thinking that seeing a bridge can cure diseases and prolong life.