The fifteenth day of the first month is the Lantern Festival. On this day, there is a custom of eating jiaozi everywhere. In some places, jiaozi is also called jiaozi. Setting off firecrackers on this day symbolizes the reunion and peace of the whole Spring Festival, and also symbolizes the successful conclusion of the Spring Festival.

The custom of the fifteenth day of the first month:

1, eat Yuanxiao

Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month is a long-standing custom in China. Its ingredients and taste are different, but the meaning of eating Yuanxiao is the same. Represents reunion and beauty, and the days are getting more and more prosperous. As the saying goes, harmony is more precious. Family harmony and family reunion are important factors of a complete family. Therefore, we must eat "Yuanxiao" with our families during the Lantern Festival.

2. Flower viewing lamp

Lantern Festival began in the period of Emperor Han Ming in the East. Ming Di advocates Buddhism. It is said that on the fifteenth day of the first month, the monks watched the Buddhist relics and lit lamps to worship Buddha, so they ordered to light lamps to worship Buddha in palaces and temples that night, so that all cremated people and ordinary people could hang lamps. Later, this Buddhist ceremonial festival gradually formed a grand folk festival. This festival has experienced the development process from the court to the people, and from the Central Plains to the whole country.

3. Dragon Dance Lantern

The dragon is the totem of China, and the Chinese nation advocates the dragon and regards it as a symbol of good luck. On the fifteenth day of the first month, the festive atmosphere of singing and dancing spread in many places. The Chinese nation worships the dragon, regards it as a symbol of good luck, and entrusts the people with their good wishes of eliminating disasters and seeking good luck.

4. Stay away from all diseases

The so-called "Walking Hundred Diseases" is a folk activity of women in the ancient Lantern Festival (or the first month in Izayoi), which was particularly popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The Qing Emperor Kangxi's "Daxing County Records" contains: "Before and after the Lantern Festival, enjoy the lanterns and drink at night, and reward the dream pool. Folk play the Taiping drum and walk a hundred ropes. The women walked across the Tianjin Bridge together and said,' Walking through all diseases'.

The formation of Lantern Festival custom has a long process, and attention has been paid to the fifteenth day of the first month since the Western Han Dynasty. However, the fifteenth day of the first month really became a folk festival after the Han and Wei Dynasties. The introduction of Buddhist culture in the Eastern Han Dynasty is of great significance to the formation of Lantern Festival customs.

Nowadays, with the development of the times, today's Lantern Festival is moving from family to society. No matter how the Lantern Festival, lanterns and fireworks change, the ancient traditional customs that the Lantern Festival continues remain unchanged. These elements of traditional culture are always the feelings that people keep giving up.