The thirteenth day of the first month is one of the traditional Chinese lunar festivals. Chinese custom from the thirteenth day of the first month on the lamp, the eighteenth day of the first month on the lamp, there are "thirteen, fourteen God to see the lamp, fifteen, sixteen people to see the lamp, seventeen, eighteen ghosts to see the lamp," said.
Spreading lanterns on the 13th day of the first lunar month, also known as scattering lanterns, is an ancient folk custom in which people burned lanterns in their homes from the 13th to the 16th day of the first lunar month in order to spread them all over the city to ward off bad luck.
Spreading lanterns was also called "scattering villains," as recorded by Fucha Dunchong, a literati of the late Qing Dynasty, in his book "Yanjing Youshi ji shunxing" (Records of the Years and Seasons in Yanjing): "From the 13th to the 16th day of the Lunar New Year, lamps are burned to illuminate everything from the halls of a house to its main entrance, which is known as "spreading lanterns," and "scattering villains," which also serves to dispel bad luck. It is also called scattering the villain. It is also to dispel the ominous meanings."
As an ancient Han Chinese folk culture, "Lantern" is made of ordinary crumpled paper, generally to choose five colors, even is absolutely not allowed. The production process is also very delicate, do before you have to wash your hands, but also to prepare a damp clean towel, because in the "twist" when the hand is easy to become smooth and no way to "twist" to move the lights.