The Lantern Festival began in the Han Dynasty more than 2, years ago. In order to celebrate the suppression of the Zhulu Rebellion, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty would go out to play and have fun with the people at this time. Later, when Sima Qian created taichu calendar, he listed the Lantern Festival as a major festival. There are also many customs and habits that have been passed down so far. I have carefully arranged five Lantern Festival customs below. Let's take a look.

1. Eating Yuanxiao

Eating Yuanxiao on the 15th day of the first month, as a food, 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 food was first called "Floating Yuanzi" and later called "Yuanxiao", and businessmen also called it "Yuanbao". Yuanxiao is filled with white sugar, rose, sesame, red bean paste, yellow osmanthus, walnut kernel, nuts and jujube paste, and wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a round shape, which can be both meat and vegetarian and has different flavors. It can be boiled in soup, fried and steamed, which means a happy reunion. The north is called Yuanxiao, and the south is called Tangyuan.

2. Sending lanterns

Sending lanterns is a traditional folk culture. That is, before the Lantern Festival, the bride's family sends lanterns to her newly-married daughter's home, or ordinary relatives and friends give them to the newly-married infertility home, in order to add good luck to Ding, because "lamp" is homophonic with "Ding". This custom is found in many places. In Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province, lanterns are given during the eighth to fifteenth day of the first month. In the first year, a pair of palace lanterns and a pair of glass lamps with colorful paintings are given. I hope that my daughter will be lucky and have children early after marriage. If the daughter is pregnant, in addition to the big palace lantern, one or two pairs of small lanterns should be sent to wish her a safe pregnancy.

3. Appreciating the Moon

On the Lantern Festival, a full moon quietly climbs into the sky, and lively people flock to the streets. calling friends has enjoyed the moon and talked about it. This custom has been circulating for thousands of years.

The bright moon, like a mirror, is as warm as water. When the moonlight shines on the earth, the lights and the moon shine, and the light and shadow are gorgeous, reflecting the fireworks and reunion on earth. On the Lantern Festival, people get together to enjoy the bright moon and enjoy the Lantern Festival.

4. Yingzigu

Yingzigu is a traditional folk activity in China. Zigu is a kind and poor girl in China folklore. On the fifteenth day of the first month, Zigu died of poverty. People sympathize with her, miss her, and in some places, the custom of "welcoming Zigu on the fifteenth day of the first month" appeared conveniently. Every night, people use straw, cloth heads and so on to tie up a portrait of a life-size purple aunt. Women have stood beside the toilet, pigsty and kitchen where Zigu often works to meet her, holding her hand like sisters, telling her sweet words and comforting her with tears. The scene is very vivid and truly reflects the thoughts and feelings of the working people in ancient China who are kind, honest and sympathetic to the weak.

5. Walking away from all kinds of diseases

Walking away from all kinds of diseases, also known as' wandering about all kinds of diseases' and' dispersing all kinds of diseases', is a traditional folk culture in the north since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, some of which are held on the 15th day of the first month, but most of them are held on the 16th day of the first month. On this day, women dressed in festive costumes walked out of the house in droves, crossed the bridge to cross the danger, went to the city, and begged for children until midnight.

Walking away from all kinds of diseases, which spread in northern China, especially in rural areas in northern Shaanxi, is a fitness exercise to eliminate all kinds of diseases through sightseeing and walking, mostly among women, the elderly, children or the infirm. This activity was originally limited to women, but now it has been gradually extended to the elderly, children and the sick and weak.

The Lantern Festival is passed down because the meaning of this festival is reunion and harmony, which are what we yearn for and our beautiful expectations. I have sorted out five customs and habits above. If you have anything to add or say, please leave a message in the comments below for discussion.