The legend of Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first lunar month, is a traditional festival of Han nationality in China. Lantern Festival Lantern Festival has a long history, and now it is generally believed that it originated in the Han Dynasty. There are many legends about the Lantern Festival. Let's take a look at the folk story Lantern Festival legend.
Folk story Lantern Festival legend 1 1, legend story 1
In the Song Dynasty, there was a magistrate named Cai in Fuzhou, who wanted to whitewash the peace in the face of thousands of miles of famine. He ordered to rule all the people, and every household must light seven lights on the night of the Lantern Festival. A poor man named Zhan made a headlight more than ten feet high and wrote a poem: "A rich man has a lamp, but Taicang is a drop in the bucket;" A poor family has a lamp, and a father and son cry. Hearing this, the magistrate had to take back his words. "。
2. Legend 2
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was a maid-in-waiting named Yuanxiao, who 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 commit suicide by jumping into a well. In order to help the Lantern Festival girl to be filial to her parents, the clever Dong Fangshuo came up with an idea. He told Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that the Jade Emperor, the highest god in the sky, ordered the burning of Chang 'an 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 people like red lanterns best. He suggested hanging red lanterns in the street, and emperors, queens, concubines and court ministers should all go out to see the lanterns. In this way, Vulcan's attention will be distracted and disaster can be avoided. The emperor took Dong Fangshuo's advice, and when everyone went out to enjoy the lanterns, Yuanxiao had a chance to sneak out of the palace to reunite with his family.
There are many legends about the Lantern Festival.
There is a legend that in ancient times, a swan from the divine world broke into the world and was killed by a hunter. The jade emperor, the highest god in the sky, therefore vowed to avenge the swan. He began to plan to send heavenly soldiers to the earth on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and ordered them to burn all people and animals. But other immortals don't agree with this plan. They risked their lives to remind people on earth. Then, around the 15th day of the first month, every household hangs lanterns and sets off fireworks at the door, giving people the illusion that every household will catch fire tomorrow. In this way, people successfully deceived the Jade Emperor, and mankind escaped the danger of extinction.
Another legend happened in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. This legend is related to the custom of eating Yuanxiao: According to legend, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a favorite named Dong Fangshuo, who was kind and funny.
One winter, it snowed heavily for several days, and Dong Fangshuo went to the Imperial Garden to fold plum blossoms for Emperor Wu. As soon as I entered the garden gate, I found a maid-in-waiting in tears ready to throw herself into the well. Dong Fangshuo rushed forward to help and asked her why she committed suicide. It turns out that this maid-in-waiting named Yuanxiao has parents and a sister at home. She has never seen her family since she entered the palace. Every spring comes, she misses her family more than usual. I think in front of my parents, I would rather die than be filial. Dong Fangshuo expressed deep sympathy for her suffering and assured her that she would try her best to reunite with her family.
One day, Dong Fangshuo left the palace and set up a divination pavilion on Chang 'an Avenue. Many people are scrambling to find him for divination. Unexpectedly, what everyone wants is the signature of "burning us on the 16th day of the first month". Suddenly, there was a panic in Chang 'an. People are looking for a solution to the disaster. Dong Fangshuo said, "On the night of the 15th day of the first month, Vulcan will send a goddess in red to visit the earth. She is the messenger who ordered the burning of Chang 'an. I'll give you the copied poem and let today's emperor do something. " Say that finish, then dropped a red pillar and roared off. The people picked up the red post and quickly sent it to the palace to report to the emperor. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took it and read: "Chang 'an is robbing, and the Forbidden City is being burned. It has been burning for fifteen days, and the midnight snack is red." He was so scared that he soon invited resourceful Dong Fangshuo. Dong Fangshuo thought for a moment and said, "I heard that Vulcan likes to eat dumplings. Don't Yuanxiao in the palace often make dumplings for you? Let Yuanxiao package jiaozi on 15th night. Long live the incense and offerings, and order every family in Kyoto to pack jiaozi and worship Vulcan together. Then tell the subjects to hang lights together on the fifteenth night and set off firecrackers and fireworks all over the city, as if the whole city were on fire, so that the jade emperor could be fooled.
Folk story Legend of Lantern Festival 2 1, Lantern Festival and Lantern Festival
Legend has it that a long time ago, there were many fierce birds and animals that harmed people and animals everywhere. People organized themselves against them to protect themselves. A god bird landed on the earth because it got lost, but was accidentally shot by an unsuspecting hunter. When the Emperor of Heaven heard the news, he was furious and immediately ordered that the heavenly soldiers would set fire to the world on the fifteenth day of the first month to burn up the bullied people and animals. The daughter of the Emperor of Heaven is kind-hearted and can't bear to watch innocent people suffer. She risked her life and secretly drove Xiangyun to tell the world. When the news spread, everyone was frightened and didn't know what to do. After a long time, an old man finally found a way: on the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth of the first month, every household decorated with lanterns and set off firecrackers and fireworks. In this way, the emperor of heaven will mistakenly think that people have been burned to death. Hearing this, they nodded and said yes, so they prepared separately. On the night of the fifteenth, the Emperor of Heaven descended from the sky, and the noise was deafening. It's been like this for three consecutive nights. The Emperor of Heaven thought it was a flame of fire, and he was very happy in his heart. Fortunately, people saved their lives and property.
In order to commemorate this successful disaster relief, every family member will hang lanterns and set off fireworks on the fifteenth day of the first month to show their commemoration and celebration.
2. Lantern Festival and Lantern Festival girls
According to legend, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was a man named Dong Fangshuo in the palace. He is short, resourceful, funny and kind-hearted. Maid-in-waiting, no matter who offended Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, when the emperor blamed him, he would always intercede. Therefore, Gong E loves him very much. In December of that year, it snowed for a few days, and Dong Fangshuo went to the Imperial Garden to fold plum blossoms. Just entering the garden gate, I saw a maid-in-waiting in tears, trying to pounce on Yujing. He hurried forward to stop her. It turns out that this maid-in-waiting is called Yuanxiao, who lives in the northwest mountain of Chang 'an and has parents and a little sister at home. Since being elected to the palace, she always misses her relatives at the end of the year. It's cold and snowy these days, and she can't help thinking of her parents and little sister who are struggling at home. I thought: since I can't live with my parents, I might as well die and throw myself into the well. Dong Fangshuo listened to the story of Yuanxiao, comforted her first, and promised to try to let her meet her parents and sister.
From the life experience of Yuanxiao, Dong Fangshuo thinks that ladies-in-waiting and sisters are full of homesickness, so he makes up his mind to come up with a clever plan. On this day, he came to the hometown of Yuanxiao in the northwest mountain, so he arranged it and went back to Chang 'an Avenue to sell hexagrams. Some people know Dong Fangshuo, knowing that he knows astronomy from above and Yin and Yang from below, and they all try their best to divine. As a result, all they want is the sign "The 16th day of the first month burns me". People were very alarmed and demanded solutions. They said privately, "On the afternoon of the 13th day of the first month, the old people with white beards in the city were waiting at the entrance of Shilipu Avenue in the northwest. In the evening, a girl in red came from the northwest on a pink donkey. When the fathers saw her, they had to kneel down to be saved. " People listened to Dong Fangshuo, believed him, and kept in secret contact with each other. By the afternoon of the thirteenth day of the first month, the old man with white beard in the city came to Shilipu with crutches. At night, sure enough, a girl in red riding a pink donkey came from the northwest, and the elders swarmed and begged. The girl looked at her grief-stricken elder and said, "I'm here on orders from the Jade Emperor. When Chang 'an is on fire, the Jade Emperor will still stand on the worse gate and watch. If there is no fire, it is my sin. Since my father begged me, I will give you the copied poem, and you can give it to the king and the landlord, so that they can find a way. " Say that finish, dropped a poem, turned and left.
People soon reported it to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took the poem and saw it read: "Chang 'an is robbing and burning the palace; "Fire on the 15th, burning red and staying up late." Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was afraid, so he asked the resourceful Dong Fangshuo for advice. Dong Fangshuo said, "I heard that Vulcan people like to eat glutinous rice balls. /kloc-on the evening of 0/5, all subjects in the city can make dumplings for sacrifice, pray devoutly and ask Vulcan for mercy. Then all the subjects in Kyoto, Chongqing began to make lights together. /kloc-on the evening of 0/6, red lights were hung on the gates of the streets and alleys, and fireworks were set off throughout the city. By then, the city will be red and fireballs will fly all over the sky, and the Jade Emperor who is watching from the worse gate will be fooled. Then the four gates of Kyoto will open, so that ordinary people outside the city can also go to the city to see the lights. Emperors, concubines, and women of Gong E color should also go out to see the lights in the street in 3355, so as to get their light and avoid their disasters. In addition, the immortals also know that jiaozi of Yuanxiao is doing well. Writing the name of Yuanxiao on the street, walking in the alley and paying homage to Vulcan hovering over Chang 'an will definitely make him soft-hearted. Hearing this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Dong Fangshuo's method to be followed.
On the 16th day of the first month, the western hills set, and Chang 'an was decorated with lanterns. When rural people learned the news, they also went to the city to see lanterns. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took off his royal clothes and put on casual clothes, and took to the streets under the protection of several ministers recently. Empress, imperial concubine and Gong E's colorful girls also left the palace in groups of three or five. The whole Chang 'an city is brightly lit and full of fireworks. It's really beautiful.
Yuanxiao's sister took her parents to Chang 'an to see the lanterns. When she saw the big palace lantern with the words "Yuanxiao" written on it, she shouted in surprise: "Sister Yuanxiao, Sister Yuanxiao." When Yuanxiao heard the shouts, he came to his parents and the family got together.
After a lively night, Chang 'an, Kyoto is safe. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed. On the 15th day of the first month of the second year, he also wrapped jiaozi for the Vulcan king, and the whole city of Izayoi was decorated with lanterns and set off fireworks. According to legend, it is a habit, year after year. Because the jiaozi provided on 15 is made of Yuanxiao, people call it Yuanxiao, and this day is the Lantern Festival. This is the origin of fifteen Lantern Festival and sixteen lanterns.
3. Lantern Festival and Dong Fangshuo
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called "Shangyuan Festival", also called "Lantern Festival". According to legend, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was a man named Dong Fangshuo, who was resourceful and funny. He often made suggestions and entertained himself in front of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and was deeply loved by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Dong Fangshuo is kind-hearted, and often intercedes for the maids who violate Emperor Wu.
One day in the twelfth lunar month, Dong Fangshuo saw a Gong E running to Yujing in tears. He stopped him at once. This maid-in-waiting is called Yuanxiao and has parents and sisters at home. Every holiday, she misses her relatives and can't meet each other. Her heart ached and she wanted to die. Dong Fangshuo saved Yuanxiao and promised to try her best to reunite her with her family.
One day, Dong Fangshuo came to Yuanxiao's home to make arrangements, and then returned to Chang 'an Avenue to sell hexagrams. Many people seek divination, and all they seek is the sign that "the 16th day of the first month will burn us", and all they seek is the solution. Dong Fangshuo said mysteriously, "On the 13th day of the first month, a girl wearing red clothes and riding a donkey will come. She is the Vulcan king who set fire to Chang 'an, and all fathers can ask for it. "
On the thirteenth day of the first month, a girl in red did come. The girl said, "I was ordered to set fire to Chang 'an, and the Jade Emperor wanted to see it on the worse gate. Since my father pleaded with me, I will give you the copied poem and let the emperor do something. "As the saying goes: Chang 'an robbed, the emperor fired, and the fire lasted for sixteen days, and the midnight snack was red.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was afraid and asked Dong Fangshuo for advice. Dong Fangshuo said, "I heard that Vulcan people like jiaozi best. On the fifteenth night, you can invite the best dumpling house Yuanxiao to wrap jiaozi. Long live the incense. Offering it to Vulcan will soften his heart. Let the subjects put red lights on the courtyard gate and set off fireworks and firecrackers all over the street, which may fool the Jade Emperor who is watching on the worse gate. "
/kloc-On the evening of 0/5, Yuanxiao's sister also led her parents to Chang 'an to see the lanterns, and met Yuanxiao, who went out to play lanterns, and the family was reunited.
After a night of lights, Chang 'an in Kyoto was safe and sound, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed. On the 15th day of the first month of the following year, Yuanxiao was still allowed to pack jiaozi to worship Vulcan. Because the jiaozi made by Yuanxiao is the best, people changed their names to Yuanxiao and called the 15th day of the first month the Lantern Festival.
On the night of the Lantern Festival, dragon lanterns, lion dances and lanterns will appear in some places. The main streets of the city are brightly lit, and all streets should be prepared to burn fire dragons with flower tubes. The scene is spectacular and very lively. People who play with dragon lanterns begin to pay New Year greetings to rural areas, residents' homes and institutions on the 13th day of the first month. Go to residents' homes, commonly known as drilling grids. Anyone who is willing to let the dragon into the house will open the door for a reward. If you don't want to, close the door when the dragon comes. /kloc-it reached its climax on the evening of 0/5, and the festival lasted until late at night. We set off firecrackers and had the last New Year's Eve dinner, which was called "sending new year's goods", and the whole Spring Festival was over.
Folk Tales Legend of Lantern Festival 3 Why do you want to eat glutinous rice balls in Lantern Festival?
Yuanxiao, also known as Tangyuan, is similar in pronunciation, meaning reunion, which symbolizes family reunion, harmony and happiness. People also miss their dead relatives and place good wishes on their future life. Eating Yuanxiao and Tangyuan on Lantern Festival not only symbolizes happiness and family reunion, but also has the health-preserving effects of keeping out the cold, nourishing the spleen and stomach and benefiting the lungs in spring.
In Song Dynasty, a novel Lantern Festival food was popular among Han people. This kind of food was originally called "Floating Zi Yuan", later called "Yuanxiao", and merchants also called it "Yuanbao". Yuanxiao, or "Tangyuan", contains sugar, roses, sesame seeds, red bean paste, cinnamon bark, walnut kernel, nuts, jujube paste and so on. And wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a circle, you can be vegetarian and have different flavors. It can be boiled, fried and steamed, which means happy reunion.
Jiaozi, Shaanxi is not wrapped, but "rolled" in glutinous rice flour, or boiled or fried, warm and round. Eating Yuanxiao is an ancient traditional festival custom of Han nationality. Lantern Festival is often eaten as a snack. Generally, there are many kinds of fillings, among which red bean paste is the most. In addition to ordinary Yuanxiao, there are various kinds of jiaozi made of wine.
There is also an interesting legend among the Han people about the origin of eating Yuanxiao on the Lantern Festival. Legend has it that Yuanxiao originated from King Zhao of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period. On the fifteenth day of the first month, King Chu Zhao crossed the Yangtze River and saw floating objects on the river, which were sweets with white outside and red inside. King Zhao of Chu asked Confucius, and Confucius said, "This duckweed fruit is also a sign of the resurrection of the Lord." Because this day is the fifteenth day of the first month, on this day in the future, Zhao Haoqi ordered his men to imitate this fruit with flour and cook it with red stuffing made of hawthorn. Since then, it has become a tradition to eat Yuanxiao on the Lantern Festival.
The origin of eating glutinous rice balls in Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month.
According to legend, in ancient times, in order to unify the whole country, the Jade Emperor sent the Kitchen God Bodhisattva to stay on earth to understand the people's feelings and report back every Wednesday. On the 23rd of the winter month in the summer calendar, the Kitchen God Bodhisattva reported back to the Jade Emperor: "People on earth eat only meager food for 365 days a year. Work hard every day and never rest. If this continues, I am worried that the common people will be exhausted and unable to produce because of excessive fatigue, which will definitely affect their contribution. " When the Jade Emperor heard this, he ordered his ministers to discuss a good plan. Taibai Jinxing said: "Your Majesty can order the founder of Heng Tuo to come down to earth and give people some medicine so that they can get sick slowly and rest naturally." The jade emperor allowed it to play, and the task was handled accordingly.
On the morning of the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Father Heng Tuo secretly put crazy drugs in people's rice cookers. When the medicine is put into the pot, it becomes soybeans, peas, garlic sprouts, tofu and meat. After eating it, the people are really "crazy" slowly: women sew new clothes and embroidered shoes, and men kill pigs and sheep, unwilling to work in the fields. After the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, crazy people became very valuable for medicine. People invite people to eat at their host's house and drink at their home. At noon on the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, the people took out all kinds of delicious food and sat around the table, and the family ate and drank. From the first day of the first month, men, women and children not only eat well, but also play around all day. Some painted painted faces, beating gongs and drums, wandering around; Some people invite people to pay a New Year call with gifts.
On the thirteenth day of the first month, the kitchen god bodhisattva said to heaven, "Your Majesty, no, the people are crazy! Eat and play, live and do nothing. At this rate, how can you get it? " The Jade Emperor was very surprised when he heard that, so he ordered his ministers to discuss the best plan again. Taibai Venus also said, "If you want to cure crazy people, you can make the drug king Bodhisattva try." The Jade Emperor allowed the medicine king Bodhisattva to descend to the earth to govern.
On the 14th night of the first month, Bodhisattva, the King of Medicine, made the people's supper into glutinous rice balls, and put sesame seeds, walnuts, sugar and other anti-hangover agents into them. People ate them, and all the madness recovered the next morning, and the family went back to work as usual.