1, Lantern Festival, also known as "Shangyuan Festival", is the first full moon night celebrated by people in a year. The fifteenth day of the first month is Shangyuan Festival, the fifteenth day of July is Zhongyuan Festival, and the fifteenth day of October is Xiayuan Festival.
Lantern Festival originated from Torch Festival. In the Han Dynasty, people held torches in rural fields to drive away insects and wild animals, hoping to reduce pests and pray for a bumper harvest.
Legend has it that once during the Lantern Festival, Lord Ganlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River and got lost in the village. He was hungry and thirsty, so he knocked on a farmer's door to find something to eat. The door was opened by an old woman. Her family was very poor, so she made the only ingredients into meatballs and cooked them in soup for Lord Qianlong to eat. Master Qianlong ate it and was full of praise. What is this delicious? When the old woman saw that it was round in the soup, she said it was "glutinous rice balls".
In the second year of Lantern Festival, Lord Qianlong missed the taste of glutinous rice balls in the palace and asked the chef to make them. Later, the practice of "Tangyuan" spread from the court to the people and became a famous snack of the Lantern Festival. This is the origin of glutinous rice balls.
It is said that a long time ago, there were many fierce birds and animals, and people organized to fight against them. A god bird was trapped and landed on the earth, but was accidentally shot by an unsuspecting hunter. The Emperor of Heaven was very angry when he learned that. He immediately issued an imperial edict, ordering the heavenly soldiers to set fire to the world on the fifteenth day of the first month. The daughter of Tiandi was kind-hearted and told people the news.
When people heard the news, they were very scared and didn't know what to do. After a long time, an old man came up with an idea. He said: On the 14th, 15th and 16th of the first month, every household decorated with lanterns, set off firecrackers and set off fireworks. Then the Emperor of Heaven will think that people have been burned to death.
Everyone nodded and said yes. On the night of the fifteenth day of the first month, the emperor looked down and found that for three consecutive nights, the world was red and the noise was deafening. He thought it was the flame of a big fire, and soon. In this way, people saved their lives and property. In order to commemorate this success, every household hangs lanterns and sets off fireworks on the fifteenth day of the first month to commemorate this day.
It is said that the Lantern Festival was established by Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty to commemorate the Pinglu Rebellion. According to legend, after Lv Hou's death, Lu Yi planned a rebellion for fear of losing power. After Liu Xiang, the king of Qi, joined forces with Zhou Bo and other heroes to quell the chaos, the ministers supported Liu Heng, the acting king, to ascend to the throne and called him Emperor Wen of Chinese.
Deeply impressed by the hard-won peace and prosperity, Emperor Wendi designated the 15th day of the first month of the first month to quell the "Rebellion among the Lus" as a fun day with the people, and every household in Beijing celebrated with lanterns and colorful decorations. Since then, the fifteenth day of the first month has become a folk festival celebrated all over the world.