Yuanxiao originally meant "the night of Shangyuan Festival", because the main activity of Shangyuan Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month was to eat glutinous rice balls and enjoy the moon at night, and later the name of the festival evolved into "Lantern Festival". Push the celebration that started on New Year's Eve to another climax. On the night of Lantern Festival, the streets are decorated with lanterns, and people enjoy lanterns. solve riddles on the lanterns and eating Lantern Festival have become the customs of generations.
Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China, which existed in the Qin Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. According to data and folklore, the fifteenth day of the first month has been paid attention to in the Western Han Dynasty. The activity of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty offering sacrifices to "Taiyi" in Ganquan Palace on the first night of the first month (Taiyi: the god who dominates everything in the universe) was regarded by later generations as the forerunner of offering sacrifices to the gods on the fifteenth day of the first month.