China's traditional festival customs have adapted to the comprehensive needs of the broad masses of people in China in material, spiritual, ethical and aesthetic aspects. In terms of material life, traditional festivals in China have many unique foods in different festivals. On the Lantern Festival, the whole family eats glutinous rice balls together. The sound of "glutinous rice balls" is similar to that of "reunion", which symbolizes reunion and harmony.

Lantern Festival, like Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, is a traditional festival in China. In fact, its cultural connotation and social value are far superior to other festivals, and it has extraordinary significance.

The Cultural Value of Lantern Festival

The cultural value of Lantern Festival lies in that it is a carnival for all people, and everyone participates and enjoys it. Because of the opening of the ancient Lantern Festival, the crowds were woven and men and women met, which was easy to produce love. For thousands of years, two of a kind's love stories staged in the Lantern Festival are endless.

The main activity of Lantern Festival is mass entertainment, but its social and cultural significance is not just entertainment. There are many religious activities on the fifteenth day of the first month, praying for the blessing of the gods. Buddhism entered the people through activities such as Lantern Festival, and directly introduced many cultural elements into traditional festivals in China, making it an important part of China people's daily cultural life.

Lantern Festival is also a good time for seeking children. In the Song Dynasty, Chen Yuanliang's Book of Years Old, Volume 12, Stealing Lamp, explained why people stole lamps at the Lantern Festival at that time, saying, "A cloud, whoever steals lamps, bodes well for men." Here, the homonym of "light" is "ding", which is male. In this way, stealing a lamp symbolizes the birth of a son, and stealing a lamp is to pray for the children to continue. By the same token, watching lanterns also has the meaning of seeking children. Therefore, ancient women went out to watch the lights with this reason, which was justified.

Festival culture has no national boundaries, such as the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival. The enthusiasm, boldness and publicity of hundreds of millions of people can be compared with the carnival in Brazil, Germany and other countries.

Reference to the above content? Baidu Encyclopedia-Lantern Festival