What is the moral of the Lantern Festival?

On the 15th day of the first month of each year, it is an important traditional folk festival in China-Lantern Festival. When the festival comes, lights are everywhere, and the sweet aroma of glutinous rice balls is floating in the air. This time, I sorted out the meaning of the Lantern Festival lanterns for your reference.

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The implication of Lantern Festival viewing lanterns

Lantern Festival taboo

Why do you watch lanterns on Lantern Festival?

The implication of Lantern Festival viewing lanterns

People should set up a "Heaven and Earth Hall" when offering sacrifices to God on New Year's Eve. People put up a small shed in the yard, and a small table in the shed stands the god's throne of "ten worlds of heaven and earth are really slaughtered"; There are incense burners and offerings in front of the shrine, and a lantern is hung, which represents Jiang Taigong's seat. It is said that when Jiang Taigong was a deity, everyone else was sealed, but he forgot to seal himself, so he had no seat and had to sit with God. Lanterns are related to gods, so they are also endowed with many symbolic meanings. In ancient times, in order to drive away the fear of darkness, lanterns were derived to have the meaning of exorcising evil spirits and praying for light. In Minnan dialect, the pronunciation of "Deng" is similar to that of "Ding", so lanterns are also used to pray for children to add Ding, seek fame, and avoid evil spirits.

Since the day of refuge and returning home is the Lantern Festival, since then, people have celebrated it with the ceremony of putting on the sky lanterns every year, so they are also called "blessing lanterns" or "safety lanterns". Later, it gradually evolved into a folk activity of praying and wishing for heaven. The sky lanterns are filled with all kinds of wishes in my heart, hoping that the sky lanterns can reach heaven and bring infinite hope and light to people.

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Lantern Festival taboo

1 Folklore believes that this day is the birthday of the Heavenly Palace Emperor, and it should be mainly festive. On the day of the Lantern Festival, couples must not have conflicts, and try to avoid children crying, so as not to bring bad luck to the family.

2. The Lantern Festival is a festival celebrated by the whole world. No matter how busy people are, they must rest on this day to avoid the damage of working tools, which will bring bad luck, financial losses and unfavorable things.

3. Avoid seeing a doctor on the day of the Lantern Festival, and avoid going to places with heavy yin and bad luck such as wild places, cemeteries and ancient tombs. People who are weak and unlucky should take precautions to avoid getting unlucky.

4. If you lose your property on the day of the Lantern Festival, it means that you are unable to take good care of your purse and it is difficult to seize the opportunity all year round. Therefore, special attention should be paid to prevent the loss of property.

5. On the Lantern Festival, you'd better not lend money to others, otherwise, others will easily borrow your luck this year.

6. On the day of the Lantern Festival, rice jars and noodle jars should not be bottomed out, because there is a saying in ancient times that it is difficult to cook.

7. On the day of Lantern Festival, you should pay attention not to break your clothes. Otherwise, it is easy to be ruined and unlucky for one year.

8. On the Lantern Festival, don't kill or see blood. Otherwise, this year will easily lead to financial ruin, illness and injury.

9. On the Lantern Festival, you should avoid swearing and swearing. Otherwise, this year, it is easy for disaster to come out of the mouth and inadvertently say the wrong thing, which will bring disaster to the body.

10, on the Lantern Festival, you should avoid washing your hair and cutting your hair. Because "hair" is like hair that makes a fortune, washing hair and cutting hair on this day is easy to wash away wealth, and no savings can be saved in one year.

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Why do you watch lanterns on Lantern Festival?

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it is also the "Lantern Festival". This festival is also called Lantern Festival because there are customs such as hanging lanterns, lighting lanterns and watching lanterns. 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. 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, including palace lanterns, animal headlights, lantern lanterns, flower lanterns and bird lanterns, which attract the people watching lanterns. In Taiyuan area, the lights in Taigu County are very famous. Taigu's lamps are popular for their variety, exquisite production and appearance.