1. "Sheng Cha Zi·Yuan Xiu"

Song Dynasty - Ouyang Xiu

On the night of Yuan Dynasty last year, the lights in the flower market were as bright as day. On the top of the willow tree in the moonlight, people meet at dusk.

On the Lantern Festival this year, the moon and lights are still the same. I don't see the person from last year, and my spring shirt sleeves are wet with tears.

2. "Watching Lanterns and Enjoying Music"

Tang Dynasty - Li Shangyin

Mountains of moonlight lanterns fill the imperial capital, and incense chariots and treasures cover the narrow thoroughfares.

I don’t see the prosperity in my spare time, and I am ashamed to chase the local Sai Zigu.

During the period of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Ming advocated Buddhism. Hearing that Buddhism had the practice of monks viewing Buddha relics and lighting lamps to worship Buddha on the 15th day of the first lunar month, he ordered that on this night, lamps should be lit in palaces and temples to worship Buddha. The common people hang up lanterns, which forms the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival. Later, this kind of Buddhist ritual festival gradually became a grand folk festival. This festival has experienced the development process from the palace to the folk, and from the Central Plains to the whole country.

Since the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, the Lantern Festival has been very popular. "Book of Sui Dynasty Music Chronicles" states: "Whenever the first lunar month comes, all nations come to the DPRK and stay until the 15th day outside Duanmen and inside Jianguomen. It stretches for eight miles and is used as a theater." Tens of thousands of singers and dancers participated in the performance. It's dark until dawn, and then it's dark. The Lantern Festival in the Tang Dynasty was more lively than that in the Sui Dynasty. Tang Dynasty Liu Su's "New Accounts of the Tang Dynasty" records: "On the first month of the first month in the capital, when looking at the sun, there is a gathering of lanterns and shadows. King Wu relaxed the ban and allowed night walks.

Folks will set up a "Heaven and Earth Hall" when worshiping God on New Year's Eve. People in the yard A small shed was built, and on the small table inside the shed stood the altar of "The True Master of All Spirits in the Three Realms of Heaven and Earth"; in front of the altar were placed incense burners, offerings, and a lantern, which is said to represent Jiang Taigong's seat. When Jiang Taigong was anointed as a god, everyone else was anointed, but he forgot to anoint himself. He had no seat and had to sit with God.