The Lantern Festival is a traditional festival, in the Lantern Festival, we will stroll lanterns, guess lantern riddles and a series of play activities, during this event you will also have a lot of a variety of play projects, the following let's take a look at these interesting high-quality play projects in Chengdu together what it.
Broad and Narrow AlleyFebruary 15, by the Chengdu Cultural Tourism Broad and Narrow Alley cultural industry development limited liability company organized by the "Happy Tianfu year, Chengdu to meet the great fortune - Broad and Narrow to meet the New Year, lantern riddles to celebrate the New Year!" In the east square of KuanNarrow Alley is favored, become the new year "atmosphere group" play. This activity from February 12 to 17, 26 (the first day of the first month of the lunar year Xin Chou year to the sixth, the first month of the fifteenth), **** 7 days, 300 per day.
Broad and narrow to welcome the New Year, lantern riddles to celebrate the new year, not only can guess the lantern riddles, but also enjoy the lantern riddles.
"The balloon blown by the old ox flies" riddle: "The ox's breath rushes to the sky", "Ma Yun rides a scooter to Chengdu (guess a word)" riddle: "Luck",: "Red Pa Zi wrapped in thin rice, and delicious and good-looking" (playing a fruit), Riddle: persimmon? The light and shadow promenade in Kuanzhu Alley also displays lantern riddles made by students of Boutongshu Primary School together with their parents.
Chunxilu StreetActivity: Guess the riddles and eat dumplings
Activity: February 25
Lantern Festival riddles will be staged on February 25 in Chunxilu Street, in addition to guessing the riddles, you can eat dumplings
What are the customs of the Lantern FestivalEating Lantern Festival
On this day, people in the north eat Lantern Festival, which is the most important day of the Lantern Festival in China. The day, the northern people eat the Lantern Festival, the southern people to eat dumplings, although the practice and called different, but the shape is a small round dumplings, the name of the round, and the first fifteen days of the month of the full moon, the symbol of reunion and the beauty of the blessing of the whole family are reunited.
Lanterns
In the Lantern Festival, there is also the custom of lanterns. Before the arrival of the 15th day of the first lunar month, every household will hang lanterns and put up lights and colors, which will reach a climax on the 15th day of the first lunar month, from the street to the end of the alley, lanterns are hanging high everywhere, and the bustle is extraordinary.
It is said that a long time ago, a god bird landed on earth because it was lost, but it was accidentally shot dead by a hunter. When the Emperor was informed of this, he was furious and ordered the gods to come to earth on the 15th day of the first month to set fire to all human and animal property. The daughter of the Heavenly Emperor was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see the people suffer innocently, so she secretly told the news to the people. So the people thought of a way, in this day every house lights, fireworks. When the emperor saw the fire on earth, he thought that the earth had been burning, and he was very happy, and the people also saved their lives and properties. In order to commemorate this success, since then every first month of the fifteenth, every household to hang lanterns, fireworks, which is the origin of the haunted lanterns.
Guessing Lantern Riddles
Guessing Lantern Riddles originated in the Song Dynasty, when people in the Song Dynasty liked to combine riddles with Lantern Appreciation on the Lantern Festival to add to the festive entertainment atmosphere. To this day, lantern riddles have become a major custom of the Lantern Festival.
Dragon and Lion Dance
Traditional Chinese festivals are characterized by dragon and lion dance performances for disaster relief and blessings, and the performances are exciting, fun and lively. In addition to these, some areas will also have stilt walking, social fire and other folk activities.
Walking for a hundred diseases
Walking for a hundred diseases, also known as touring for a hundred diseases and dispersing a hundred diseases, is a kind of activity to eliminate disasters and pray for health. On the night of the Lantern Festival, people will meet and go out, traveling in pairs, seeing the bridge must be crossed, which is believed to be able to get rid of diseases and prolong life.