1, Legend 1
In the Song Dynasty, there was a prefect named Cai Junmo in Fuzhou, who wanted to whitewash the peace in the face of thousands of miles of hunger. He ordered that all the people be ruled, and every family must burn seven lights on the night of the Lantern Festival. A poor man called Exhibition made a headlight more than ten feet high and wrote a poem: "A rich man has a lamp, but a millet in Taicang;": The poor family has a lamp, and the father and son are crying. " When the news reached the ears of the prefect, he had to eat his words.
2. Legend Story 2
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, a maid-in-waiting named Yuanxiao was unable to reunite with her parents on the fifteenth day of the first month because she was in the deep palace. To this end, she wanted to jump into a well and commit suicide. In order to help Yuanxiao girl to be filial to her parents, the wise Dong Fangshuo came up with a plan. He told Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that the Jade Emperor, the highest god in heaven, ordered Chang 'an capital to be burned on the 16th day of the first month. In order to save Chang 'an, Emperor Wu asked Dong Fangshuo what to do.
Dong Fangshuo replied that Vulcan loves red lanterns best. He suggested hanging red lanterns on the streets, and emperors, empresses, concubines and court ministers should go out to watch the lanterns. In this way, Vulcan's attention will be distracted, and disasters can be avoided. The emperor adopted Dong Fangshuo's suggestion, and when everyone went out to enjoy the lanterns, Yuanxiao had the opportunity to sneak out of the palace and reunite with his family.
3. Legend Story 3
Legend has it that a long time ago, there were many fierce birds and beasts that hurt people and livestock everywhere, so people organized themselves to beat them. A god bird was trapped and landed on earth, but was accidentally shot dead by an unsuspecting hunter. The Emperor of Heaven was very angry when he learned about it. He immediately sent a decree and ordered the heavenly soldiers to set fire to the earth on the 15th day of the first month, and burned all the human and animal property.
The daughter of Emperor Tiandi was kind-hearted. She couldn't bear to see the innocent suffering of the people, so she risked her life and secretly drove Xiangyun to the world to tell people the news. When people heard the news, it was like a thunderclap on their heads.
I was so scared that I didn't know what to do. It was a long time before an old man came up with an idea. He said, "On the 14th, 15th and 16th of the first month, every family decorated their houses, lit firecrackers and set off fireworks. In this way, the emperor of heaven will think that people have been burned to death. "
Everyone nodded and said "yes", and they were ready to go separately. On the night of the fifteenth day of the first month, the Emperor looked down and found that the world was red and the noise was deafening for three consecutive nights. He thought it was the flame of a big fire, and it was fast. In this way, people saved their lives and property. In order to commemorate this success, every household hangs lanterns and sets off fireworks to commemorate this day on the fifteenth day of the first month.