1, the legend of a story

Song Fuzhou has a governor named Cai Junmu, in the face of thousands of starving people but to whitewash the peace. He ordered a, requiring all the people under the rule of each family in the night of the Lantern Festival must burn seven lamps. A poor man named Chen Lei made a big lamp more than ten feet high, with a poem written on it: "A lamp in a rich family is a grain of corn in Taicang; a lamp in a poor family is a father and his son weeping relative to each other." When the news reached the ears of the governor, he had to withdraw his order.

2. Legendary Story 2

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, a courtesan named Yuanyao was unable to reunite with her parents on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar because she was in the palace. For this reason, she wanted to jump into a well to kill herself. In order to help the girl to fulfill her filial piety for her parents, the wise man Dongfang Shuo came up with a plan. He told Emperor Wu that the Jade Emperor, the highest god in heaven, had ordered the burning of Chang'an City on the 16th day of the first month. In order to save the city of Chang'an, Emperor Wu of Han asked Dongfang Shuo what he should do.

Dongfang Shuo replied that the god of fire loved big red lanterns. He suggested that big red lanterns should be hung in the streets, and the emperor, empress, six concubines and court ministers should go out to view the lanterns. In this way, the fire god's attention would be distracted and disaster could be averted. The emperor took Dongfang Shuo's advice, and when everyone went out to enjoy the lanterns, Yuanxiao was able to have a chance to sneak out of the palace and reunite with his family.

Expanded:

p>Festivals and Festivals

The festival period and festivals of the Lantern Festival are extended and expanded with the development of history. In terms of the length of the festival, the Han Dynasty is only one day, to the Tang Dynasty has been three days, the Song Dynasty is up to five days, the Ming Dynasty is since the eighth light, until the night of the seventeenth day of the first month before the lights, is the longest in Chinese history, and the Chinese New Year, the daytime for the city, bustling, burning lights at night, a spectacular.

Specifically, the elaborate and colorful lanterns made it the climax of entertainment activities during the Spring Festival. To the Qing Dynasty, and increased the dragon dance, lion dance, running boats, stilt walkers, twisting rice-planting songs and other "hundred theater" content, just shortened the festival period of four to five days.