[Hebei Province] During the Lantern Festival in Yongping Prefecture, sick women gathered under the kiln to practice "pottery moxibustion." Sons and daughters cross the bridge, which is called "Dubai'e". There are also people who cut paper into nine paper ropes and tie them with their own hands to fortune-telling, which is called "knotting sheep intestines". Twelve noodle bowls were also used to store oil and steamed in a pot. The amount of water accumulated in the noodle bowls was used to predict the weather in that month. Jinghai County eats big steamed buns during the Shangyuan Festival. During the Lantern Festival in Qingyun County, men ask the Fifth Patriarch to teach them how to box and stick, while women ask Zigu for fortune-telling. [Shandong Province] During the Lantern Festival in Zichuan County, people near water often put up river lanterns. Ningyang County sends lanterns to ancestral graves during the Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival in rural Boxing has the custom of lighting up lanterns. A boy holding a lamp, going around the jujube tree six times and chanting "Duluo Dulao, bloom and bear dates" six times can make the jujube tree harvest abundant. Men, women and children in Ju County go out for an outing on the 16th day of the first lunar month, which is called "walking to look old". It is said that walking once a year can keep you young forever. [Henan Province] Wonton soup is eaten during the Lantern Festival in Xiangcheng County, which is called "Reunion Tea". The parents' families take their married daughters home to celebrate the festival. During the Lantern Festival celebrations in Lin County, the sick, old and young, all use fire moxibustion on stone turtles. If there is a river bridge in the local area, please cross it first. If there is no bridge, wooden planks are used to build a "overpass" several feet high, which is called "walking all diseases". [Shaanxi Province] Fengxiang County entertains daughters and sons-in-law during the Lantern Festival, which is called "eating fifteen". They also send lamps and oil, which is called "adding oil". [Jiangsu Province] Wujin County, on the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, tied reeds into a torch of about ten feet and inserted it in the field. It was called "Zhao Tiancai" and was used to predict early misfortunes. The white color of the fire is water, and the red color is drought. On the first day of the Yuan Dynasty in Yixing, children wear ghost masks and jump with their feet bent and their shoulders raised, which is called "ghost jumping". [Zhejiang Province] According to folklore in Hangzhou, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the day when the heavenly official of the Shangyuan Dynasty bestows blessings. People should fast, chant sutras, and prostrate themselves to Mount Wu to worship. The Lantern Festival in Haining County is most famous for its exquisite chrysanthemum lanterns. On the evening of the Lantern Festival, people from Shangyu County go to the Kantan platform to compete in martial arts. In Jiande County, if a family has a newly married daughter-in-law, they will set up a wine and sacrifice bed during the Lantern Festival. [Jiangxi Province] Residents of Xinjian County visit tombs during the Lantern Festival and place bamboos as lanterns. Every township in Wan'an County worships Yuan Shenzhou during the Lantern Festival. [Hubei Province] An old farmer in Yunmeng County (today's Jianghan) holds a torch to illuminate his fields on the Lantern Festival night, which is called "illuminating the dead silkworms." Children use field drums to greet the gods and predict events of the year. Wuchang's "Dragon Game" lasts for three days. All men, women and children in the village follow the dragon lantern to the neighboring village for a banquet, which is called "dragon for wine". [Hunan Province] During the Shangyuan Dynasty, various households in Changde used pepper soup and added leeks, fruits and other things to entertain guests, which was called "seasonal soup". After visiting the dragon lantern in Xintian County, they burned the dragon lantern, which is called "send disaster". [Sichuan Province] Sichuan Lantern Festival has the custom of "four stealings": "One steals glutinous rice balls, two steals greens, three steals eaves lanterns, and four steals reds." Except for stealing greens to strengthen the body, the rest are all customs for seeking children. There is a custom of "scolding" in Kaixian County. During the Lantern Festival, people move benches outdoors and curse out all their usual grievances, and the person being scolded is not allowed to curse back. [Fujian Province] Quanzhou lanterns are unique, including incense lanterns, paper-folded lotus lanterns, silk palace lanterns, eight-knot lanterns, etc. On Lantern Festival night in Shaowu County, temples go around the area to welcome incense, which is called "Pure Street". In southern Fujian, there is a custom of children from two villages throwing stones at each other during the Lantern Festival. It is said that if the stones were not thrown, a plague would surely break out in that village. [Guangdong Province] People in Xin'an County who gave birth to a boy last year celebrated the Lantern Festival with lanterns. During the Lantern Festival in Nanxiong, parents take the dragon's whiskers from the dragon lantern and tie them with their children. It is said that the children will be free from diseases. He also took the remaining candles from the dragon lantern and shone them under the bed, as it was said that it could give birth to a precious child. When the people of Wenchang County steal green tea on the Lantern Festival night, those who succeed in stealing take it as a good omen to be scolded, and those who fail to steal take it as a good omen that they do not get scolded. [Yunnan Province] Yunlong County welcomes three gods before the Lantern Festival and sets up tents along the street to offer sacrifices. On the day after the Lantern Festival in Maitreya Prefecture, people burn incense on the bridge, throw stones into the water, and then take water to wash their eyes. It is said that it can cure diseases. (Taiwan Province) Taiwan's Lantern Festival in the pre-Qing Dynasty can be roughly understood from Gao Gongqian's "Taiwan Prefecture Chronicle" (1696): Lanterns are put out on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year's Eve, and they stop on the fifteenth night, with hanging lights hanging outside the door. Lanterns. In addition, there are several generations of people who are leisurely enjoying themselves and singing songs. They make lamps like flying lids, and one person holds the guide in front of them and travels around, playing strings and bamboos one after another; it is called "making an umbrella". There are also members of the family who are dressed up as Zhaojun, Pojie, and Longma. They sing songs to celebrate auspicious events, using slang words in Xili and non-original music. The owner will reward them generously. In the shrine, all the monks and monks set up altars to pray for peace; after the altars are finished, they welcome the gods. After the reception, a wine temple is set up, and the community gathers to drink; it is called a "food offering." For a few days, fireworks and trees are everywhere. There is also a kind of wealthy family that uses rat cannons to win or lose by horns, burning clothes and shoes, and people take pleasure in it. This record is roughly similar to the festival customs of the Central Plains. But by the time Hu Jianwei compiled "Penghu Chronicles" (1759), it could be seen that Taiwan's local characteristics had gradually formed: lanterns were put up in various temples, and men and women went out to watch the lanterns. There are flower figures in the temple. Men and women who want an heir can pray in front of the god and get a flower or a "sub-doll". They can go home and worship them. If they are unable to have a baby, they will make fresh flowers and figures during the Lantern Festival next year. Reward. It was night when a man and a woman were traveling, and it was a good omen to steal something. A girl without a word will definitely steal other people's onions. As the proverb goes: If you steal green onions, you will marry a good husband; if you steal vegetables, you will marry a good son-in-law. An unworthy man stole an old stone from the wall of his house. The proverb goes: Steal the old and get the good wife. Also, if a woman steals someone else's pig-feeding basin and is cursed by others, it is a sign of giving birth to a boy, and the anniversary will be auspicious. The custom of celebrating Lantern Festival can be found in "Taiwan's Old Customs for Weddings, Burials and Ceremonies in the Mid-Year Year" (1934) by Seiichiro Suzuki. However, according to Suzuki's records, the stolen vegetables were not taken home and had to be placed where they were. Women who want to have children will steal other people's bamboo fences as a good omen, because "bamboo fence" is homophonic to the Taiwanese word "deer".

Another custom of begging for children during the Lantern Festival is "piercing the lantern's feet". It is said that if a woman who wants a child passes under the lantern, she will have a boy. There is also the custom of "listening to incense" on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The way to listen to incense is to first burn incense and throw incense in front of the gods. After asking for instructions on the direction of travel, they eavesdropped on other people's conversations on the way, and based on what they heard, they threw a dragon in front of the gods to predict the good or bad luck of the year. Worshiping the Xuan Tan Ye is also a unique custom during the Lantern Festival in Taiwan. Master Xuantan is also called Marshal Xuantan and Master Handan. Legend has it that Zhao Gongming, a military attache in the Shang Dynasty, became rich because he was good at managing money, and the people regarded him as the God of Wealth. The statue dedicated to Lord Xuan Tan was tied to a bamboo pole and carried forward by four red-breasted men. It is said that Mr. Xuan Tan was afraid of the cold, so people threw firecrackers to keep him away from the cold. It is generally believed that the more powerful the firecrackers explode, the more prosperous the fortune will be for that year. Therefore, the place where the mikoshi is placed is often the target of firecrackers, and the ji boy carrying the sedan is also blown to pieces. Similar to the "Exploding Xuan Tan Ye" but on a grander scale, the salt water bee cannon is famous both at home and abroad. It is said that in the early years of Guangxu's reign, the plague was raging in the Yanshui area, and the residents asked Emperor Guan Sheng to go out on a patrol to drive away the evil plague. In order to boost Guan Gong's momentum, they set off fireworks along the way. Unexpectedly, the plague disappeared. From then on, every year when Guan Gong went on patrol, the local people competed to set off firecrackers to thank God for his kindness. If someone wants to return their vows to Guan Gong, a huge cannon city will be prepared, filled with tens of thousands of bee cannons. As soon as the mikoshi came to the front, it was immediately lit. In an instant, tens of thousands of bee cannons were fired like thousands of arrows, shooting toward the crowd. In the smoke, sparks and cannons were seen everywhere, and the crowd screamed. Avoid. It is this kind of bee cannon that is both loved and feared. It attracts tens of thousands of people to the town of Yanyan every year and has become a famous Lantern Festival event in southern Taiwan. The so-called "bee cannons in the south and sky lanterns in the north" is the custom of setting off sky lanterns during the Lantern Festival in the Pingxi and Shifen areas of Taipei County. Sky lanterns, also known as Kongming lanterns, are said to have been invented by Zhuge Liang to serve as a source of credit. Another theory is that the shape of the sky lantern is very similar to Kong Ming's hat in the portrait, hence the name. The sky lantern uses the principle of rising heat to make the entire lantern float into the sky. Although Pingxi and Shifensha are located in remote mountainous areas, the custom of releasing sky lanterns has attracted a large number of tourists in recent years after being reported by the media. Many temples in Taiwan also hold "turtle begging" activities during the Lantern Festival to celebrate. The so-called "begging turtle" is a turtle made of glutinous rice or flour prepared by the temple and placed in front of the temple. On the day of the Lantern Festival, believers can throw a scorpion and beg for it back, so that their family can "eat in peace". Those who beg for a noodle turtle must return a bigger noodle turtle to the temple next year during the Lantern Festival. As a result, the turtles are getting bigger and bigger every year, and some even weigh hundreds of kilograms. As for those who begged for turtles the year before last but have not repaid their wishes this year, the temple will publish their names on the wall. As the saying goes, "turtles climb up the wall." The parties involved often become the object of ridicule. Compared with "begging for turtles", Hakka settlements have the custom of "racing new Ding cakes (cakes)" during the Lantern Festival. This old custom is prevalent in the Dongshi area of ??Taichung County. Every year during the Lantern Festival, a considerable number of new rice cakes are made and distributed to each household in the corner unit of the temple. Also make a huge rice dumpling and place it in the square in front of the temple. Hakka people in the Miaoli area do not eat Yuanxiao, but make vegetable dumplings. Because the vegetable dumplings resemble bamboo pig cages, they are also called "pig cage dumplings". The preparation method is to use glutinous rice to make a rice dumpling skin, and stuff it with stuffings such as shredded radish, green onions, shiitake mushrooms, dried shrimps, and minced meat. After wrapping, pinch out a ridge on the surface and steam until cooked. On the night of the Lantern Festival, children will gather in groups, carrying lanterns and a plate of pig cage rice cakes, to the nearby Bo Gong Temple to enjoy the "Capon". When they arrived at Bogong Temple, they placed offerings, burned incense, and prayed: "Uncle, uncle, today, in the middle of the first lunar month, let's burn gold and use pig cages to honor you. We want to catch big capons and big pigs to feed." The capon is a big one, and it comes to worship my uncle and aunt during the Chinese New Year.” After burning the gold paper, he climbed up the Bogong tree and broke off a large number of branches, which is the so-called "capon". Then go to the plowed field near Bo Gong Temple and find a big clod of soil with straw stalks attached to it to serve as a "big pig". Each family grabbed a "capon" and a "big pig" and went back in groups along the original road. Along the way, those who caught the "capons" imitated the chickens' cries of "cluck, cluck, cluck", and those who caught the big pigs called "ㄡˇㄨㄟㄧ, ㄡˇㄨㄟㄧ", and the others would also follow suit. Just take turns calling each other home, then place the clods of soil in the pig house and the branches in the chicken house, and that's it. These are called "ㄌㄧㄡcapons" and "ㄌㄧㄡbig pigs". In addition, the "cannon-throwing" activity during the Lantern Festival is also popular in Hakka villages. The gun city is a bamboo pole whose height can be adjusted freely erected in the square. A square barrel is placed on the top, with holes drilled around it, and a small series of cannons are built inside. People who participate in the city shooting will throw lit firecrackers towards the cannon city. If the cannons in the barrel are ignited, it is considered a victory and they can receive prizes from the organizer. In the 1980s of the Republic of China, the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transport specially entrusted various county and municipal governments to plan a variety of ethnic activities in conjunction with the 80th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, totaling thousands of events. Among them, the larger ones include the Taipei Lantern Festival at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, the Hakka Folk Culture Exhibition in Longtan Township, Taoyuan, the folk art fair and heritage tour in Lugang, Changhua, the Lantern Festival and Saltwater Bee Cannons at Chiayi Pupu Zi Pei Tiangong, Activities such as spring cattle snatching at the Notre Dame Temple in Tucheng, Tainan. Many folk skills, group performances, and children's orchestras have also come out one after another to show off their talents. It can be said to be a reappearance of the grand occasion of "a hundred plays competing" in ancient times.