The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival, and Lantern Festival.
Origin: According to legend, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty (179 BC - 157 BC), in order to celebrate Zhou Bo's pacification of the Lu rebellion on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, would go out of the palace to play and have fun with the people every night. In ancient times, the first lunar month was also called the first lunar month. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty designated the fifteenth day of the first lunar month as the Lantern Festival, and this night was called the Lantern Festival. Sima Qian created the "Taichu Calendar" and listed the Lantern Festival as a major festival.
Story: Legend has it that after the thief Yuan Shikai usurped the achievements of the Revolution of 1911, he wanted to be restored to the throne as emperor, but he was afraid of the people's opposition and was always in fear. One day, he heard a man selling Yuanxiao on the street shouting in a long voice: "Yuanxiao." He felt that the word "Yuanxiao" was a homophony of "Yuanxiao", and it was suspected that Yuan Shikai had been eliminated. Thinking of his own fate, So before the Lantern Festival in 1913, it was ordered that it was forbidden to call it "Yuanxiao", and it could only be called "tangyuan" or "pinguo". However, the word "Yuanxiao" was not canceled due to his will. The people did not buy his account, and it was still spread among the people.
With the changes of society and times, the customs and habits of the Lantern Festival have already changed greatly, but it is still a traditional Chinese folk festival.