1, send lanterns
Before the Lantern Festival, the bride's family will send lanterns to the newly married daughter's home, or ordinary relatives and friends will send lanterns to the newly married infertile home to increase good luck, because "lamp" is homophonic with "Ding". Expressing the hope that her daughter will be lucky and have a son early after marriage; If the daughter is pregnant, in addition to the big palace lantern, she should also send one or two small lanterns to wish her a safe pregnancy.
Step 2 eat glutinous rice balls
According to legend, Tangyuan originated in the Song Dynasty. At that time, a novel food appeared in Mingzhou (now Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province), that is, black sesame seeds and pork suet were used as stuffing, a little sugar was added, and glutinous rice flour was rubbed into a circle outside. After cooking, it tastes sweet and soft, with endless aftertaste. At the same time, glutinous rice balls symbolize family reunion, and eating glutinous rice balls also means family happiness and happy reunion in the New Year, so it is a must-have food for the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month.
Step 3 solve the riddle on the lantern
"Lantern riddle", also known as "playing riddles", is a unique entertainment form with rich national style in China, and it is a special activity of Lantern Festival that has been passed down since ancient times. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, every household hangs lanterns and sets off fireworks. Later, some busybodies wrote riddles on paper and pasted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because solve riddles on the lanterns can enlighten wisdom and cater to the festive atmosphere, many people responded, and then solve riddles on the lanterns gradually became an indispensable program for the Lantern Festival.
4. "Walking on stilts"
Walking on stilts is a very old folk performance, which appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Lantern Festival, this folk activity of walking on stilts is popular in many places. Stilts are usually made of wood. Make a support point on the planed wooden stick to put your feet, and then tie your feet to your legs with a rope. Performers can not only walk freely on stilts, but also do various difficult movements such as splitting, jumping on the bench, yangko, knife and gun.
5, lion dance
The custom of lion dance originated in the Three Kingdoms and has a history of thousands of years. Many people invite people to dance lions on important days and festivals. Among them, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are particularly popular in the south, while Henan, Hebei, Beijing and Tianjin are the main places in the north. Lions are regarded as auspicious animals in China, symbolizing auspiciousness and good luck. Therefore, in the lion dance activities, people are pinning their good wishes for eliminating disasters and seeking Genefu.
6. Stay away from all diseases
Walking all kinds of diseases, also known as "walking 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 them are held on the fifteenth day of the first month, but most of them are held on the sixteenth day of the first month. On this day, women dressed in festive costumes walked out of their homes in droves, crossed the bridge for danger, and went to the city to beg for children until midnight. Men, women and children in rural areas of Juxian county should take a walk in the wild on this day, which is called "walking the old face". It is said that walking once a year can keep you young and never get old.
The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, and the ancients called "night" "night". The fifteenth day of the first month is the first full moon night in a year, so it is called "Lantern Festival". According to the Taoist saying of "Sanyuan", the fifteenth day of the first month is also called "Shangyuan Festival". Since ancient times, the custom of Lantern Festival has always been based on the warm and festive custom of watching lanterns.