1, the origin of the Lantern Festival and customs:

The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar is an important traditional festival in China. This day is known as the ancient "on the Yuan", the night is called "Yuan night", "Yuan Xi" or "Lantern Festival".

China's ancient calendar and the moon phase has a close relationship, the fifteenth day of the month must be full moon, called "hope". The full moon symbolizes reunion, and on the fifteenth day of the first month, the first full moon of the year is celebrated, which is rightly regarded as an auspicious day.

According to the Records of the Grand Historian (史记? Book of Music" records, as early as the early Western Han Dynasty, the court on the 15th day of the first month of sacrifice to the god Taiyi (God of Heaven), praying for blessings of the ceremonial activities. According to Chinese folk tradition, on this night when the moon is high in the sky, people will light up 10,000 colorful lanterns to celebrate.

Lantern Festival lanterns, go out to enjoy the moon, burning lanterns and fireworks, happy to guess the riddles, *** to eat Lantern Festival, family reunions, celebrating the festive season, a joyful and happy.

2, Lantern Festival Poetry:

(1) Green Jade Case - Lantern Festival

(Song) Xin Qiji

East wind at night flowers thousands of trees, and even more blown down, the stars like rain.

The BMW carries fragrance all over the road, the phoenix xiao is moving, the jade pot light is turning, and the fish and dragons are dancing all night long .

The moth and snow willow gold strands, laughing and smiling dark fragrance to go.

Searching for him for a thousand years, but when I look back, he is in the place where the lights go out.

(2) Shengcha Zi - Yuanxi (New Year's Eve)

(Song) Ouyang Xiu

Last year on New Year's Eve, the lights in the flower market were as bright as day.

The moon is at the tip of the willow, and people are about to meet after dusk.

This year on New Year's Eve, the moon and the lights are still the same.

I don't see anyone from last year, but my sleeves are wet with tears.

3, Lantern Festival riddles:

(1) up the hill in a car, down the hill on foot (playing a word) out of the way

(2) easy-going and good to get along with (playing a word) companion

(3) the world with the same music Lantern Festival (playing a Chinese idiom) overjoyed

(4) three people riding the head of the horns of the cow (playing a word) bong

(5) the green rattan vine, blooming yellow flowers, flowers on the ground does not bear fruit, underground fruit does not blossom (playing a crop) peanuts

(6) have a head without a neck and eyes without eyebrows, no feet can walk with wings difficult to fly (playing an animal) fish