The Lantern Festival is the Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival, Xiaozhengyue, Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival, takes place on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year.

Shangyuan and Yuanxi both refer to the Lantern Festival. It falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month and is the Lantern Festival, a traditional festival of the Han nationality. The first lunar month in the lunar calendar is the first month, but the ancients called the night Xiao, and the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the first full-moon night of the year, so the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called the Lantern Festival. Also known as Shangyuan Festival.

According to the traditional folk customs of the Han people, at the beginning of the first year of the Yuan Dynasty, when the earth returns to spring, the bright moon hangs high in the sky, and thousands of colorful lanterns are lit on the ground. People watch the lanterns, guess lantern riddles, eat Lantern Festival and have family reunions, enjoying themselves happily.

The origin of Lantern Festival

Lantern Festival is the first full moon night of the year. "As soon as we enter the new era, the lights will become brighter." The Lantern Festival is a Han festival formed by the gathering of multiple cultures. Wu Zimu of the Southern Song Dynasty said in "Meng Liang Lu": "The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month is the time when the heavenly official of the Shangyuan Dynasty bestows blessings."

The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month is also called the Lantern Festival or the Shangyuan Festival. And because it is the last climax of the Spring Festival, every household celebrates it lively, so it is also called the Little New Year. A traditional festival celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month. On this day, people eat "medicinal rice" or "grain rice" and drink "conner wine" in the morning.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Lantern Festival