Lantern Festival is a traditional festival custom, which started in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in Sui and Tang Dynasties. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the wind of lights prevailed in past dynasties and was passed down to later generations. Let's follow me to see the legend of Lantern Festival lanterns! I hope it helps you.
Legend of the origin of Lantern Festival lanterns
It is said that a long time ago, there were many fierce birds and beasts that hurt people everywhere, so people organized to fight. A god bird landed on the earth because it got lost and was accidentally shot dead by an unsuspecting hunter. When the Emperor of Heaven knew this, he was very angry, so he sent a decree and ordered the heavenly soldiers to set fire to the earth on the 15th day of the first month, burning all people, animals and property. The daughter of Emperor Tiandi was kind-hearted, and could not bear to let the people suffer innocently, so she risked her life and secretly drove Xiangyun to the world to tell people the bad news. Hearing this, everyone was scared and didn't know what to do.
At that time, an old man came up with an idea: "On the 14th, 15th and 16th of the first month, every family hangs a red light in front of the door and sets off firecrackers and fireworks. The Emperor of Heaven will think that people have been burned to death. " Everyone nodded and said yes, so they prepared separately. On the night of the fifteenth day of the first month, the heavenly soldiers looked into the mortal world and found that there was a fire in the world. They thought it was a fire burning, so they told the Emperor that there was no need to set fire to the earth. After hearing this, the Emperor was greatly pleased. In this way, people saved their lives and property. In order to appreciate the kindness of the daughter of the Emperor of Heaven, and to commemorate this success, from now on, on the 14th, 15th and 16th day of the first month of each year, every household will decorate with lanterns, light fireworks and set off firecrackers to commemorate this day.
What's the meaning of Lantern Festival lanterns?
The Lantern Festival is the most brightly lit season in a year, which can be regarded as "the fire tree and the silver flower never sleeps". The folk lights in Shanxi are no exception. Of course, we should distinguish between lights and fire here. Lights are lanterns; Fire means setting off fireworks.
Lantern Festival is a custom of Han nationality, which began in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in Sui and Tang Dynasties. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the wind of lights prevailed in past dynasties and was passed down to later generations. The fifteenth day of the first month is the climax of the annual lantern fireworks. Therefore, the Lantern Festival is also called the "Lantern Festival". In the county-level city walls and even townships and towns in Shanxi, these residents are concentrated in the bustling and lively areas. Before the arrival of the fifteenth day of the first month, the streets are full of lanterns, flowers are everywhere, and lights are 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, and there are palace lanterns, animal headlights, lantern lanterns, flower lanterns, bird lanterns and so on, attracting people to watch the lanterns. In Taiyuan area, the lights in Taigu County are very famous. Taigu lamps are famous for their variety, exquisite production and attractive appearance.
Lantern, also known as "colored lantern" and "lantern", is a cultural product of Chinese traditional agricultural era, which has both life function and artistic characteristics. Lantern is an important entertainment culture of the Han nationality for thousands of years. It rewards gods and entertains people. It not only has the function of "Nuo Opera" but also has the value of entertaining people. It is a treasure of Han folk culture.
Lantern Festival originated from the fact that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up an altar in the palace on the 15th day of the first lunar month to worship the most distinguished God Taiyi at that time. It was held all night and had to be lit all night, which was the beginning of the Lantern Festival. After Buddhism was introduced into China from India, due to the combination of Taoist immortal skills and the piety of burning lanterns and honoring Buddha, every night on the fifteenth day of the first month, urban and rural areas were brightly lit, and all the gentry and ordinary people hung lights, forming a unique custom of combining Chinese and Western. The custom of lanterns began in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the wind of lights prevailed in past dynasties and was passed down to later generations. The fifteenth day of the first month is the climax of the annual lantern fireworks.
Lantern Festival Lantern Composition
Today is the 15th day of the first month, a traditional festival in China-Lantern Festival. On the Lantern Festival, eating Yuanxiao and watching lanterns are indispensable. After discussion by all of us, we decided to watch the lantern show before eating glutinous rice balls.
In this way, we went out to watch the lanterns. Along the way, we sang a song that my grandmother taught me and my sister: "The moon is bright on the fifteenth day of the first month-the moon is bright on the fifteenth day of the first month. Every household has lanterns and lanterns, and it turns out to be a good scenery." While enjoying the colorful lanterns on the roadside. This lantern is more beautiful and innovative than one. According to their shapes and meanings, I gave lanterns their own names: this is the mighty "two dragons playing with pearls" lamp; This is a lovely "Jade Rabbit Mashing Medicine" lamp; This is a beautiful and charming "dragon and phoenix" lamp; This is the "carp jumping dragon gate" lamp that goes against the current; That's the colorful dragon boat lamp ... and there are two most impressive and creative lanterns, the ancient wedding greeting lamp and the picturesque landscape lamp. It is no exaggeration to say that the two lanterns are the most innovative, because the other lanterns are well made, but they are just dragons, phoenixes and so on. There is nothing that makes people shine. Don't the two lanterns I just mentioned show new ideas compared with them? Moreover, the "ancient wedding ceremony" lamp and the "poetic landscape" lamp are quite exquisite in workmanship. Let's talk about the former. Both the band and the groom are lifelike. Through the thin window screen of the sedan chair, you can clearly see the beautiful gold embroidery on the bride's veil. Moreover, the suona hand "blows" the suona in its hand, and the loud and wonderful sound renders a festive atmosphere. Looking at the latter, there are many little monkeys and sheep playing on the "endless" "mountain". At the foot of the mountain, there are "endless" grass and gurgling water, dogs rolling on the grass, several orangutans lying on the ground, quietly enjoying the charming moon ... Behind the hill, a tiger looks at them with greedy and ferocious eyes, as if waiting for an opportunity to attack these lovely animals. How about it? Isn't this lantern beautiful?
After watching the lanterns, it was getting late, so we went home. When I got home, my mother cooked a bowl of peanut glutinous rice balls for each of us. While eating glutinous rice balls, I recalled another ballad that my late grandmother taught me: "Come to the first month in the first month, hang lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first month, play lion dance and dragon dance, and the round glutinous rice balls are filled in the bowl. You bite me, and you live a sweet life." I just feel that the dumplings in my mouth are sweeter.
Lantern composition
Tonight, my parents took He Xiaorong and me to the community to participate in the lantern festival.
As soon as we got there, we heard a lively sound (noise) and took a closer look at the original team ready to start. There are primary school students, middle school students and college students. We lit our beloved lanterns and began to walk happily. For the first time, we walked straight, then turned a corner at the gate and came back, until we reached the second corner, then tidied up the queue here and continued to move forward. The same is true for the third and fourth times. On the way, I kept talking to He Xiaorong until I returned to my original place. We rushed up the stairs, trying to go to solve riddles on the lanterns, but solve riddles on the lanterns was crowded with people, and most of the riddles had been guessed. We can only (then) go home contentedly.
As I walked, I thought, this lantern festival is really the most interesting lantern festival I have ever experienced.
Lantern composition
On the fifteenth day of the first month, at midnight snack, our family went to visit lanterns. The lanterns hung high, long, row after row, colorful, colorful and beautiful.
While admiring these beautiful lanterns, we pointed and guessed the riddles, and my brother was even more excited. Look! His eyes were sparkling, his eyes were fixed on a calf lantern, and his mouth kept making a tender voice: "Cow! Cow! ..... "We had to stop. I began to appreciate the art in front of me carefully. Look! This calf is really cute! Small short corners and big round eyes are very delicate. The calf is still holding a golden gold ingot. When you look at it carefully, there is also a lantern riddle written on it: "Up and down are integrated (type one word)." "I thought about it and soon guessed:" Yes-card! "
We talked and laughed all the way. I looked at these beautiful paper lanterns and suddenly a question popped up in my mind: "Why do you hang lanterns on the Lantern Festival? I was busy taking questions to my father, who smiled and said, "Haha! There was a minister named Dong Fangshuo beside Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In order to help Yuan Yi, a homesick maid-in-waiting, he took advantage of the fortune-telling on the street to spread a rumor that Vulcan would set fire to the capital every year on the fifteenth day of the first month. "
"oh! No wonder you have to hang lanterns! When lanterns are hung, everything is red, so that Vulcan thinks it is on fire and won't let it go again! " I suddenly realized.
"yes. So Dongfang Hu used this festival to arrange the official and female Lantern Festival to meet her parents. This is how the Lantern Festival is hung. " Dad laughed.
At this time, my mother looked at the time, smiled and said, "It's getting late. How about we go home and eat dumplings?"?
"good! Ok! " As soon as I thought of fragrant dumplings, I responded happily.
The red Lantern Festival came shining and quietly left. The bright lanterns lit up the dark night sky and people's hearts.
Lantern composition
Everyone has his own hometown. My hometown is Weifang, Shandong Province, also known as "the capital of kites". Under the influence of special culture, the customs here are diverse and endless. Today, I will show you a festival custom.
Let's say the Lantern Festival, which just ended. Lantern Festival is the last day of the Spring Festival here-the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. On this day, people eat Yuanxiao and watch lanterns, and solve riddles on the lanterns is happy. At dusk, the streets and alleys are decorated with lanterns and colorful lights, full of festive atmosphere.
I remember last year's Lantern Festival, my parents took me to the Botanical Garden Lantern Festival to see the lanterns. When I got off the bus, I saw the whole street was red and covered with all kinds of lanterns. Some are gauze lanterns of different sizes with ribbons; Some are crystal clear and colorful glass lamps; There are also bamboo lanterns made of exquisite patterns carved from bamboo. There are almost no identical shapes of lanterns, all of which are exquisite.
If you go further inside, you will see many vendors selling gadgets. These gadgets are made by the stall owner himself, and it is also very memorable to buy one to go home.
Along the way, my father told me the origin of the Lantern Festival: Legend has it that the Lantern Festival was designed by Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty to commemorate Pinglu. After the death of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, his son Liu Ying ascended the throne as Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty. After the death of Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty, Lv Hou monopolized the court to turn Liu's world into Lu's world. Lv Hou died of illness, and Zhu Lu was so nervous that he was afraid of being excluded, so he made a fuss at the home of General Lv Lu in order to completely seize Liu Jiangshan. The matter reached the ears of Liu Xiang, the king of the Liu clan. In order to protect the country, Liu Xiang, together with zhou bo and Chen Ping, the founding elders, lifted Lu Lu's military power. The "Zhulv Rebellion" finally completely subsided. Later, Liu Heng, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, ascended the throne. Deeply impressed by the hard-won peace and prosperity, he designated the 15th day of the first month to quell the "Zhulv Rebellion" as a fun day with the people, and every family in Beijing decorated with lanterns to celebrate. Since then, the fifteenth day of the first month has become a popular folk festival-"Lantern Festival".
Listening to the legend and enjoying the lanterns, unconsciously, we wandered around the botanical garden for a long time. After the Lantern Festival, I felt the profoundness of China culture, which really made people intoxicated!
Lantern composition
Today is the annual Lantern Festival. I will wander off in class in the afternoon and imagine playing with lights at night.
At night, the moon just hides in the gloomy clouds and refuses to show up, as shy as a bride in a drama wearing a red veil. God seems to deliberately fail to fulfill us. Just as we were eating big dumplings, a sparse drizzle began to fall, which cast a shadow over my original happy mood. Still, it can't stop my determination to go out and play with lights.
I took my beloved lamp out to look for my friends, and everyone came to the cement road in front of the village with lanterns in their hands. Everyone holds different lamps, such as rabbit lanterns, pig lanterns, electric batons, and horn lanterns worn on their heads ... Among them, there are many lifelike tiger lanterns with different shapes. Seeing these tiger lanterns, I think that this year is the Year of the Tiger, and some idioms with tiger characters, such as dragon and tiger leaping, vigorous and vigorous, tiger roaring and lion roaring, float in my mind.
We lined up and walked in the village with lanterns. Every time we passed a door, we would laugh and shout loudly, "The patrol sentry is coming!" " The hosts came out to have a look, and we laughed.
We came to a wide concrete floor and gathered the lights together in an orderly way, which looked like a huge lotus lamp from a distance. We put these lights into S-shape, Z-shape and 8-shape ... Hearing our laughter and laughter, those children who just can walk, accompanied by their parents, also came to join our team, waving chubby hands to get the lights, and their small hands were weak. As soon as they dropped the lights, they rolled away. The baby "Wow!" I burst into tears, causing the adults and children watching to laugh.
The lantern is over, but the laughter lingers in front of our window for a long time.
Lantern composition
Many traditional festivals in our country, such as: Lantern Festival, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Double Ninth Festival … each festival has its own unique customs and habits, and among these festivals, my favorite festival is Lantern Festival.
Lantern Festival is on the 15th day of the first month of every year. On this day, every household will pack the Lantern Festival, which is commonly called dumplings, which also represents harmony and beauty. At the same time, on this day, people will also put lanterns, and write a word puzzle on the lanterns. Then the owner of the store will hang the lanterns in the store for customers to guess. If they are right, they will probably continue to get a small gift. For example, the mystery of "cutting off the cow's tail in one bite" is "sue". Did you guess correctly?
I've always been curious, how did the custom of putting lanterns on the Lantern Festival come from? Until my mother told me. Let me make it clear: a long time ago, a god bird in the sky rushed to earth, but it was killed by a hunter, Ejiao. When the Jade Emperor learned about it, he was very angry. He sent heavenly soldiers to set fire to the world. When the goddess heard this, she hurried to the earth and told everyone that the Jade Emperor would send heavenly soldiers to set fire to the earth. Everyone was very worried. At this time, an old man remembered a good idea. He said, "On the 14th, 15th and 16th of the first month, everyone lit a fire and put it at the gate, and then set off firecrackers, so the heavenly soldiers thought everyone was killed." After the lecture, everyone went to prepare in advance. If the heavenly soldiers didn't set fire, the custom of "putting on lanterns" also spread.
Every year during the Lantern Festival, everyone will play in the street with a lantern in their hands and then put it into the river. There are many types of lanterns, including buffalo horns, rabbits and peaches.
The Lantern Festival in 2022 is particularly prosperous, and it is expected that it will remain so in 2023.
Lantern composition
Many people should like Lantern Festival very much, especially children. I remember when I was young, my favorite holidays were Spring Festival and Lantern Festival. Today I will talk about the Lantern Festival. In the Lantern Festival, we not only eat glutinous rice balls, but also go to the lanterns!
I remember last year's Lantern Festival. After our family ate Yuanxiao, we watched lanterns. When I came to the park by the river, I saw colorful lanterns with different patterns everywhere, which was really dazzling.
There are really too many people going to see the lanterns. It's so crowded that I can't breathe. I can't tell whether there are many people or flowers. I am particularly surprised, why do you have to have lanterns at midnight snack? Dad told me that a long time ago, people didn't eat Yuanxiao or make lanterns at Yuanxiao Night, but then a monster persecuted the human beings on that day. A fairy told people that the monster was particularly afraid of bright things, so smart people remembered lanterns and hung them that night. From then on, the monster was never seen again. Later, people painted patterns on lanterns and made them into various shapes, so their appearance became more beautiful, and from then on, Lantern Festival Lantern has become a custom that has been passed down to today. Ah, so it is. The customs in China are really interesting.
There are too many lanterns, including traditional octagonal lanterns and lantern-like lanterns. In short, there are countless shapes and patterns on lanterns. There are the Eight Immortals who crossed the sea, the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Zhaojun, and Zheng He's voyages to the West. In short, there are myths, legends, historical stories and historical figures.
Looking at the colorful lanterns and eating sweet and sour Sugar-Coated Berry, I feel that life is really interesting. Although it is very cold, more and more people come to see the lanterns. Perhaps, people not only look at lanterns, but also pray for their good luck next year with the light of lanterns.
The characteristics of different places are different, and lanterns must be different. But I believe that the traditional customs of Lantern Festival are the same, and the mood of watching Lantern Festival together should be similar.
Lantern, lantern for midnight snack, embellishes the beautiful life next year with your colorful colors; Use your light. Illuminate people's way forward, drive away darkness and bring light. I like the lantern festival at night. I am looking forward to the next Lantern Festival!
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