Wang Fu Street in Huamen in the east and Erlihu Lake in Chongwen Street in the west, that is, dengshikou area. The fifteenth day of the first month is Shangyuan Festival, also called Lantern Festival, which is called Lantern Festival by the people. In the past, Beijingers not only ate Yuanxiao, but also celebrated the Lantern Festival. Beijing Lantern Festival has a long history and flourished in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the emperor also gave 100 officials a ten-day holiday to celebrate the Lantern Festival. As soon as the lanterns were released, men, women and children came out, and there were more than 10,000 tourists from far and near, so dengshikou was named after the Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival lasts from the eighth day of the first month to the eighteenth, and it is the most prosperous day. Therefore, there is a saying that the lights are tested on the 14th, turned on on the 15th and turned off on the 16th. According to records, there are many kinds of lanterns in the Ming Dynasty, such as gauze lanterns, paper lanterns, grass lanterns, lanterns and five-color corner lanterns. The paintings on the lamp are also colorful, including plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, osmanthus, peony and other flowers, birds and animals such as phoenix, phoenix, dragon and tiger, as well as fish, insects and zodiac animals. , all-encompassing, all delicious, vivid image. At the same time, there are flute and drum performances and acrobatics, such as pedaling the altar, somersaulting and cooking. There are also fireworks in the lantern market, and colorful fireworks and colorful lights set each other off, which can be described as a fire tree and silver flower. There are many department stores in Lantern Festival, more than two more than temple fairs. One is that there are many Siu Chu jade, and the other is that there are many gorgeous decorations. It goes without saying that most people who visit the lantern market are dignitaries, women and children. During the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, Yong Zhengdi once ordered the inner city to ban the opening of theaters and hotels, and businessmen moved out of the inner city. The lantern market in Beijing was then transferred to the outer city, mainly in the vegetable market, Liulichang and other places outside Zhengyangmen and downtown Huaer. Langfang, west of Zhengyang Bridge, was the most popular lantern market in Qing Dynasty. Every time the Lantern Festival market opens, shops in Zhengyangmenwai Street are scrambling to hang new lanterns, among which cakes are the most exquisite. In the Qing Dynasty, glass lamps and western lamps were added to the bright lamps. The content of paintings on lanterns is also richer, and there are also paintings on ancient and modern stories such as nationalities, immortals, Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West and Water Margin. There were also drum music and acrobatic performances in the Lantern Market in Qing Dynasty. Compared with the Ming Dynasty, fireworks and firecrackers were renovated, and there were countless items such as box guns, skirting lines, heaven and earth lights, octagonal bells, flying to ten ring, five ghosts, and hitting Xiangyang City. There is also a game of playing lantern tiger, which is to solve riddles on lanterns. Lantern riddles are generally not easy to guess, and those who guess will be rewarded with fresh fruits and snacks.

During the Yongle period, a commercial street was formed on today's dengshikou Avenue, where shops gathered and people were buzzing. Every night from the first day of the first month to the sixteenth day of the first month, the shops and restaurants here are hung with colorful lanterns and brightly lit. There are gauze lanterns, paper lanterns, wheat straw lanterns, lanterns and five-color corner lanterns, which suddenly changed from a noisy market during the day to a brightly lit street. Among them, the Lantern Festival is the most prosperous day, so there is a saying that the lights are tried on the 14th, turned on on the 15th and stopped on the 16th, hence the name of dengshikou. A generation of famous minister Zhang praised the Lantern Festival in Yuan Xing: "Today, the spring is beautiful, and Yan's daughter walks on the moon. The light shakes the beads and Zhang Huawu, and the Ursa major Eta is full of the Forbidden City. " It can be imagined that the scene of the lantern market at that time was spectacular and charming. The lantern market in dengshikou lasted until the middle of Qing Dynasty, and then moved to Qianmen Wailang, Di 'anmen and Liulichang, and dengshikou Street became increasingly deserted. After the Republic of China, it was even more depressed. Not only did the "light" disappear, but even the "city" disappeared, leaving only the place name of dengshikou. It was not until the liberation that the commercial street scene was gradually restored in this area, but the colorful landscape of the lantern market did not reappear. In the 1990s, there were Bernington Commercial Center, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Tianlun Dynasty Hotel, Songhe Hotel and Jingshan School on both sides of the street. Hu Yaobang and Lao She used to live in dengshikou West Street.