This festival is also called Lantern Festival because of the folk custom of hanging lanterns, lighting lanterns and watching lanterns. Before the fifteenth day of the first month, lanterns were hung all over the street, flowers were everywhere, and lights were swaying, reaching a climax on the fifteenth night of the first month. On the fifteenth day of the first month, "watching lanterns" has become a spontaneous activity of Shanxi folk people. On the fifteenth night of the first month, red lights are hung high in the streets and lanes, with palace lanterns, animal headlights, lantern lanterns, flower lanterns, bird lanterns and so on, attracting people to watch lanterns. ?

Second, solve riddles on the lanterns?

Solve riddles on the lanterns, also known as playing riddles, is a unique form of Han folk cultural activities with rich national style in China, and it has been a characteristic activity of Lantern Festival since ancient times. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Han people hang lanterns and set off fireworks. Later, some busybodies wrote riddles on paper and posted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess.

Because riddles can enlighten wisdom and cater to the festive atmosphere, so many people responded, and then guessing riddles gradually became an indispensable program of the Lantern Festival. Lantern riddles add to the festive atmosphere, showing the intelligence and wisdom of the ancient Han working people and their yearning for a better life. ?

Third, lion dance?

Lion dance is an excellent folk art in China. Every Lantern Festival or assembly celebration, people always come to entertain with lion dance. This custom originated in the Three Kingdoms period and became popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It has a history of more than 1000 years. ?

Origin of Lantern Festival:

Lantern Festival originated in the Western Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, and Lantern Festival viewing began in the period of Emperor Han Ming in the East. Ming Di advocated Buddhism. He heard that on the 15th day of the first month of the first month, monks observed Buddhist relics and lit lamps to worship Buddha, so he ordered that lights should be lit in palaces and temples to make all the gentry and ordinary people hang lanterns. Later, this Buddhist ceremonial festival gradually formed a grand folk festival. This festival has experienced the development process from the court to the people and from the Central Plains to the whole country. ?

When Emperor Wen was in the Han Dynasty, he had ordered the 15th day of the first month to be designated as the Lantern Festival. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities of "Taiyi God" were scheduled for the 15th day of the first month. . When Sima Qian founded the "taichu calendar", he had identified the Lantern Festival as a major festival. ?