1 Last year, the flower market was full of lights. The moon rose above the willow tree, At dusk he had a tryst with me. -Song Ouyang Xiu's "Sheng Cha Zi Yuan Xi"

Last year, during the Lantern Festival, the flower market was lit like day. Meet with a beautiful woman after dusk and at the time of the willow tip on the moon.

2, the fire tree is silver, and the star bridge is locked. -Tang Dynasty, Su Weidao, "The fifteenth night of the first month"

The lights are scattered, and the depths of the garden reflect bright light, just like delicate flowers; Because it is accessible everywhere, the iron chain of the city gate has also been opened.

3, BMW carved cars full of incense. The phoenix flute is moving, the jade pot is turning, and the fish and dragon dance all night. -Song Dynasty Xin Qiji's "Jade Case Yuan Xi"

Luxurious carriages passed through the fragrant streets. The melodious sound of the phoenix flute echoed everywhere, and the moon like a jade pot gradually turned to the west. All night, the fish lanterns and dragon lanterns danced nonstop, laughing and making noise.

Second, Lantern Festival proverbs

1, August 15th, Yun Zheyue, the fifteenth day of the first month.

2, the rain hits the lantern, and the cloud covers the autumn moon.

3. On August 15th, Yun Zheyue, it rained and lit the lantern festival next year.

4, the moon is bright and the door is beautiful, and the Chinese lamps are full of spring.

5. Dissolved moonlight is connected with the lamp market, and the spring scenery is full of night cities.

Three, the Lantern Festival couplets

1, the first part: the moon is round, the sky is clear, and the second part: the spring lanterns are ten thousand, and the people are happy and peaceful: the fire tree and the silver flower.

2, the first part: bright prospects, beautiful spring scenery, the second part: the fiery red age, the red lanterns: the spring in the heart

3, the first part: bright lights, dragons and dragons play the second part: glass world, splendid three spring horizontal batch: silver flowers on the treetops

Extended data

The formation of Lantern Festival has a long process, which is rooted in the folk custom of turning on lights to pray for blessings. According to general data and folklore, the fifteenth day of the first month has been paid attention to in the Western Han Dynasty, but the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month really became a national folk festival after the Han and Wei Dynasties.

The rise of the custom of burning lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first month is also related to the spread of Buddhism to the east. In the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism flourished, and officials and ordinary people generally "burned lanterns for the Buddha" on the fifteenth day of the first month, so Buddhist lanterns were spread all over the people. Since the Tang Dynasty, it has become a legal thing to light lanterns on Lantern Festival.

Lantern Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, Chinese character cultural circle and overseas Chinese. Lantern Festival mainly includes a series of traditional folk activities such as viewing lanterns, eating glutinous rice balls, solve riddles on the lanterns and setting off fireworks. In addition, traditional folk performances such as Youlong lanterns, lion dancing, walking on stilts, boating, yangko dancing and playing Taiping drums have been added to the Lantern Festival in many places.