Lantern Festival symbolizes beauty, perfection, prosperity and romance, because of the full moon, bright lights, the beginning of spring and people's reunion. The fifteenth day of the first month is the night of the first full moon in a year, and it is also the night when spring returns to the earth.
Meaning of Lantern Festival lighting: In ancient times, in order to dispel the fear of darkness, lanterns derived the meaning of exorcising evil spirits, praying for light and peace to avoid disasters. In the past, people often set off sky lanterns after fleeing bandits as a signal to report peace to each other.
Characteristics of Lantern Festival: It is connected with the Spring Festival, and it is a city during the day, which is very lively, and it is spectacular to light at night. Exquisite and colorful lights make the Lantern Festival the climax of entertainment activities during the Spring Festival. There are also "hundred plays" such as dragon dance, lion dance, dry boat, walking on stilts and yangko.
Lantern Festival:
Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival, Xiaoyuanyuan Festival, Yuanxi Festival or Lantern Festival, is the first important festival after the Spring Festival and one of the traditional festivals in China and overseas Chinese. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called the night "night", so the fifteenth day of the first full moon in a year was called the Lantern Festival.
Lantern Festival originated in the Han Dynasty, and it is said that it was set up to commemorate Pinglu during the reign of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty. Because the day to calm Zhu Lu is the fifteenth day of the first month, after that, every year on the fifteenth night of the first month, Wendi will go out of the palace in disguise and have fun with the people as a souvenir. The fifteenth day of the first month is designated as the Lantern Festival. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities of "Taiyi God" were held on the 15th day of the first month. Sima Qian listed the Lantern Festival as a major festival in taichu calendar law.