Folk activities
1, eat Yuanxiao
Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month has a long history in China. In the Song Dynasty, a novel food for the Lantern Festival was popular among the people. This kind of Yuanxiao food was first called? Floating Yuanzi? , later called? Lantern Festival? , businessmen euphemistically called? Yuanbao? . Now? Lantern Festival? Namely? Tangyuan? With white sugar, red bean paste, sesame, yellow cinnamon, rose, jujube paste, nuts, walnuts, etc. as stuffing, glutinous rice flour is wrapped into a ball, which can be vegetarian or meat, with different flavors. It can be boiled in soup, steamed and fried, which means a happy reunion. Shaanxi dumplings are not wrapped, but are layered in glutinous rice flour? Get out? Done, or boiled or fried, indicates that relatives are hot and round.
2. Watch the lights
During the reign of Emperor Yongping of the Han Dynasty (58-75 AD), because Ming Di advocated Buddhism, Cai _ came back from India to seek Buddhism, saying that on the fifteenth day of the first month of the first month, monks and nuns gathered in India to pay homage to the holy Buddha relic, which was a good day to participate in Buddhism. So in order to promote Buddhism, Emperor Hanming ordered that on the fifteenth night of the first month, all the palaces and monasteries were? Burning a lamp to show Buddha? . Since then, the custom of watching lanterns on Lantern Festival has spread from being held only in the court to the people. That is, on the fifteenth day of the first month of each year, both the gentry and the civilians hang up lights, and the urban and rural areas are brightly lit all night.
The custom of hanging lanterns on Lantern Festival developed into an unprecedented lantern market in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, Chang 'an, the capital city, was already the largest city in the world with a population of one million, and its life was rich. Under the emperor's personal advocacy, the Lantern Festival naturally became more and more luxurious. By the middle Tang Dynasty, it had developed into a carnival for the whole people. During the prosperous Kaiyuan period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (685-762 AD), the lantern market in Chang 'an was very large, with 50,000 lanterns burning and various styles. The emperor made a giant lantern building, reaching 20 rooms, 150 feet high and glittering, which was spectacular.
In the Song Dynasty, the Lantern Festival was superior to the Tang Dynasty in terms of scale and fantastic lighting, and the activities were more folk and with stronger national characteristics. With the development of the past dynasties, the Lantern Festival has been held for longer and longer. What is the Lantern Festival in Tang Dynasty? One day before and after the fifteenth? In the Song Dynasty, two days were added after the 16th, and in the Ming Dynasty, five days were added in front, from the 9th to the 18th.
3. Ying Zigu
The legend of Zigu is a kind girl among the people. On the fifteenth day of the first month of a certain year, Zigu died of poverty. People sympathized with her and missed her, and some places appeared? Welcome Zigu on the fifteenth day of the first month? The custom of. Every night, people use straw, cloth, etc. to tie it into a life-size purple aunt. Women have stood beside the kitchen, pigsty and toilet where Zigu often works to meet her, holding her hand like their own sisters, telling her intimate words and comforting her with tears. The scene is very vivid, reflecting the true thoughts and feelings of the hardworking people who are honest, kind and sympathetic to the weak.
4, walking away from all diseases
In addition to celebrations, there are also activities of faith in the Lantern Festival. That's it? Walking away from all diseases? Also called? Bake all diseases and spread all diseases? . Most of the participants were women. They walked together, or walked by the wall, or across the bridge, or across the suburbs, with the aim of driving away diseases and eliminating disasters.
With the development of history, there are more and more activities to celebrate the Lantern Festival. In many places, activities such as playing dragon lanterns, walking on stilts, playing lions, dancing yangko, boating and playing Taiping drums have been added.
5. Rat by rat
This activity is mainly for sericulture families. Because mice often eat whole silkworms at night, they heard that on the fifteenth day of the first month, they would not eat silkworms if they were fed rice porridge. Therefore, on the fifteenth night of the first month, they cook a large pot of porridge, some of them sprinkle a layer of meat foam on it, hold porridge in bowls, and place it in places frequented by mice, such as corners and ceilings, and mutter something in their mouths, cursing the mice that if they eat silkworm babies again, they will not die a natural death.
Customs around yuanxiao
1, Beijing
The most lively festival in old Beijing is not the Spring Festival, but the Lantern Festival. The annual Lantern Festival, dragon and lion dances, old Beijing hawking and other traditional Lantern Festival programs are one of the main reasons why old Beijing residents look forward to this festival. The traditional Lantern Festival activities in old Beijing are mainly composed of three parts: flower festival, lantern festival and eating Yuanxiao.
2. Hebei Province
The unique Lantern Festival custom in Hebei is the flower pulling in Jingxing, which is an ancient art wonder. What is the custom of Lantern Festival in Zanhuang County? Laluchen is a dance that shows working life. The main activity is the Lantern Festival. It is accompanied by percussion music. There are drums, gongs, cymbals, water cymbals and so on. At the Lantern Festival in Yongping Prefecture, sick women gathered under the kiln, saying? Tao moxibustion? . Children's staggered bridge, called? Du Baie? . Some people cut paper into nine paper ropes and tied them with knots to make up for it, saying? Knot sheep intestines? .
3. Anhui Province
In Fengyang County, the ancient city, the folk customs such as swinging, picking lanterns and throwing torches have become the three major customs of the Lantern Festival. Fengyang folk have? Swing on the Lantern Festival, does it hurt for a year? The statement. What fascinates children most during the Lantern Festival? Pick lanterns? . All kinds of lanterns started a few days ago. Grab early? On the market, lanterns with different shapes decorate the towns at night. Throwing torches is a group activity for teenagers. In Fengyang rural areas, attentive children will consciously collect and prepare some old brooms and brushes in advance to prepare for the Lantern Festival.
4. Shanxi Province
Hanging lanterns is an essential form for Shanxi people to celebrate the Lantern Festival. When the Lantern Festival comes, every household hangs all kinds of lights, from 14th to 16th, which are turned on every night. Setting off fireworks is the most gratifying activity of the People's Lantern Festival in Shanxi. Fireworks will be set off in the square on Lantern Festival night, and the whole family will go to the street to see the beautiful fireworks. Literature and art stepping on the street can be called a folk culture makeup parade. From 14th to 16th, for three consecutive days, all the counties and districts organized various cultural performances, large and small, to come to the city.
5. Shandong Province
Carrying out recreational activities is an important part of the Lantern Festival. There are various forms of vaudeville, such as lion dance, dragon lantern dance, stilts, dry boat, Hua Gun, yangko and driving donkeys? Everything is available, and the content is mainly opera. Every village around Qufu City plays with dragon lanterns, and the dragon lanterns in every village have to be performed in Confucius House. The place where Confucius plays dragon lanterns is in front of the lobby in the second gate, which is not allowed to enter at ordinary times. At this time, outsiders are also allowed to enter to watch dragon lanterns. When playing with dragon lanterns, what is the difference between the servants of Confucius and Confucius? Fireworks households? Set off fireworks on the side.
Lantern Festival riddle question bank
entry level
Mystery:
1, small feet, high legs, wearing a red hat and a white robe (name an animal)
2. The green vine hangs all over the shed, and the result is like a green dragon. When it is tender, it is eaten as a dish, and it is also useful when it is old (hit a melon)
3, chubby doll is covered with hair, and the pink surface tastes good (hit a fruit)
4, the white fat doll lies in the mud, and the waist is careful (playing a vegetable)
Answer:
1, red-crowned crane
2, loofah
3. Peaches
4. Lotus root
Baiyin class
Mystery:
1, Zhi Shen pulled out the weeping willows, and Wukong dismissed the monkeys (playing a five-character idiom)
2. Huashan School? Six monkeys? The original view of (playing an idiom)
3. Hericium erinaceus (playing an idiom)
4. Wu Song killed the tiger and the monkey fished for the moon (playing an idiom)
Answer:
1, gone from tree to tree
2. Very insightful
3, cited and applied for.
4. Catch the wind and catch the shadows