The short legendary story about the Lantern Festival is as follows:

It is said that the Lantern Festival was designed to commemorate Pinglu during the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty. After the death of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, Lv Hou's son Liu Ying became Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty. Huidi was born weak and indecisive, and power gradually fell into the hands of Lv Hou. After the death of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, Lv Hou monopolized the state affairs and turned Liu's world into Lu's world. The senior officials in the DPRK and Liu's imperial clan were deeply indignant, but they were all afraid of Lv Hou's cruelty and dared not speak out.

After Lv Hou's death, Zhu Lv was afraid of being hurt and excluded. So he secretly assembled in the home of General Lv Lu, and * * * conspired to make trouble, so as to completely seize Liu Jiangshan. The matter reached the ears of Liu Nang, the king of the Liu clan. Liu Nang decided to fight against Zhu Lu in order to protect Liu Jiangshan. Then he got in touch with zhou bo and Chen Ping, the founding elders, and designed to remove Lv Lu, and the "Zhulu Rebellion" was finally completely put down.

After the rebellion, all the officials made Liu Heng, the second son of Liu Bang, the emperor of Chinese. Deeply impressed by the hard-won peace and prosperity, Emperor Wendi designated the 15th day of the first month to quell the "Zhulu Rebellion" as a fun day with the people, and every family in the capital decorated with lanterns to celebrate. Since then, the fifteenth day of the first month has become a popular folk festival-"Lantern Festival".

the custom of the Lantern Festival

Flower-viewing lanterns: During the reign of Emperor Yongping of Han Dynasty, because the Ming Emperor advocated Buddhism, it coincided with Cai Cheng's return from India to seek Buddhism, saying that on the 15th day of the first month in Mohatuo, India, monks gathered to pay tribute to Buddhist relics, which was an auspicious day to participate in Buddhism. In order to carry forward Buddhism, Emperor Hanming ordered "burning lamps to show Buddha" in palaces and monasteries on the fifteenth night of the first month. Since then, the custom of putting lights 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, no matter the gentry or the common people, lights are hung, and the city and countryside are brightly lit all night.