The fifteenth day of the first month is the night of the first full moon in the New Year. At this time, the Yuan Dynasty began to return to the earth in spring. At the same time, China people always pay attention to new things. According to the Taoist saying of "Sanyuan", the fifteenth day of the first month is also called Shangyuan Festival. Since ancient times, the custom of Lantern Festival has been based on the warm and festive custom of watching lanterns.
At the same time, the Lantern Festival also broke through the curfew in Chang 'an, greatly expanding the entertainment space and time of the people. Accordingly, women, a group bound by ethics, are temporarily free and can enjoy the Lantern Festival carnival.
In the Tang Dynasty, not only the maids who usually lock the palace, but also the young girls and young women in the suburbs of Chang 'an could sing songs for three days and three nights under the lantern wheel, which was really "beyond joy".
Historical value:
The formation of Lantern Festival custom has a long process. The introduction of Buddhist culture in the Eastern Han Dynasty is of great significance to the formation of Lantern Festival customs. During the reign of Yong Ping in Han Dynasty (AD 58-75), when Ming Chengzu advocated Buddhism, it happened that Cai Cheng returned from India to seek Buddhism, saying that it was an auspicious day to participate in Buddhism when monks gathered to pay tribute to relics on the fifteenth day of the first month in Mohamad, India.
In order to carry forward Buddhism, Emperor Han Ming ordered "burning lamps to show Buddha" in the palace temple on the 15th night of the first month. Therefore, the custom of burning lanterns on the fifteenth night of the first month, with the expansion of the influence of Buddhist culture and the addition of Taoist culture, gradually spread in China.
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.