Lantern Festival animation pictures
The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar is also known as the "Lantern Festival" (Lantern Festival), Lantern Festival, Xiaozhengyue, Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival. It is the first important festival after the Spring Festival. It is one of the traditional festivals of China and the Chinese character cultural circle and overseas Chinese. The following are the animated pictures of the Lantern Festival that I have compiled for you. They are for reference only. I hope they can help you.
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What do you say about watching lanterns during the Lantern Festival?
I don’t know how everyone celebrates the Lantern Festival. ?If you don’t have any good ideas, you might as well go out and watch the lanterns. Viewing lanterns during the Lantern Festival has a long history, and many cities in China now also hold lantern activities on the Lantern Festival. So what is the main purpose of watching lanterns? Festival knowledge.
Lanterns come from life. In addition to their original function of simple lighting, they are more of a symbol of life. People combine painting, calligraphy, paper-cutting and other techniques, using all available things to create lanterns according to the times and circumstances. The lanterns are made from local materials and have different functions and meanings at the same time: palace lanterns are luxurious and rich, which represents the joy of marriage; bamboo strip lanterns are plain and elegant, which represent the mourning of funerals; lanterns with surnames carved on them represent mansions, which represent prosperity on the lintel. …
Chinese lanterns are a comprehensive art made with a variety of techniques, crafts, decoration techniques, and materials. There are many types, including dragon lanterns, palace lanterns, gauze lanterns, flower blue lanterns, and dragon and phoenix lanterns. , angular lights, tree lights, fireworks lights, mushroom lights, etc., with shapes including round, square, cylindrical, polygonal, etc.
Dragon lanterns, also known as "dragon dance", are one of the Chinese folk lighting and dance forms and are popular in many places in China. There is a dragon head in front of the dragon lantern. The number of segments in the middle of the body varies, but it is usually an odd number. There is a stick under each segment for support. The ones with burning candles in each section are called "dragon lanterns", and the ones with non-burning candles are called "dragon lanterns". During the dance, one person plays the dragon with colorful beads, and the dragon's head rotates with the beads. Many other people hold a section to follow, tilt up and down, turn left and right, and coordinate with gongs and drums, which is very spectacular.
Palace lanterns are China’s special handicrafts that are world-famous. Palace lanterns have this name because they are mostly made and used by royal palaces and government officials. The earliest existing palace lantern is the Ming Dynasty palace lantern collected by the Palace Museum. The production of palace lanterns is very complex. They mainly use carved wood, carved bamboo, and engraved copper as the skeleton, and then inlay them with gauze, glass or horn pieces, and paint them with various auspicious and festive themes such as landscapes, flowers, birds, fish, insects, and figures. Top-grade palace lanterns are also inlaid with jade or white jade. The shapes of palace lanterns are very rich, including square, hexagonal, octagonal, round beads, flower baskets, square wins, double fishes, gourds, long pans, mugwort leaves, glasses, rings and many other varieties, especially the six-party palace lanterns. In 1915, Beijing palace lanterns were exhibited at the Panama International Exposition for the first time, winning the gold medal and receiving international acclaim. Later, palace lanterns gradually developed in a practical direction, with various chandeliers, wall lamps, table lamps and poke lamps appearing. Beijing is the most famous for palace lantern production in China.
The revolving lantern is a unique type of ornamental lantern in lantern art. Its reputation spreads all over the world, with Guangdong revolving lantern being the best. A revolving lantern usually has a wheel in the middle of the lamp, on which various figures, flowers and birds cut out of colored paper are pasted. Candles are lit under the wheel, and the hot air rises, causing air convection, causing the wheel to rotate, and the paper images become As it rotates, the pictures are continuous, dynamic and fascinating.
Gauze lanterns are made of linen or kudzu fabrics, and are mostly round or oval. The red gauze lantern, also known as the Hongqing lantern, is bright red in color. The upper and lower parts of the lantern are decorated with golden cloud patterns, and the bottom is decorated with golden fringes and tassels. They are beautiful, festive and auspicious, and are often hung during festivals.
The shadow gauze lanterns are made of various colors of linen gauze, with paintings of flowers, birds, insects, fish, landscapes, pavilions, etc., and are decorated with golden cloud patterns and various tassels. They are even more colorful and colorful, adding luster to the festive occasion.
Lanterns are usually divided into chandeliers, pedestal lamps, wall lamps, and lanterns. They are made of bamboo, silk, bright balls, jade pendants, silk fringes, feathers, shells and other materials, and are colored and tied. Comprehensive handicrafts made of pasting, knitting, embroidery, carving, and decorated with paper cutting, calligraphy, painting, poetry, etc. are also traditional folk handicrafts in my country.
Origin of the Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China. It existed as early as the Western Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. Lantern viewing began during the period of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Ming advocated Buddhism and listened to It is said that on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in Buddhism, monks view the Buddha's relics and light lamps to worship the Buddha. So he ordered that on this night, lamps should be lit in the palaces and temples to worship the Buddha, and all the nobles and common people should hang lamps. Later, this kind of Buddhist ritual festival gradually became a grand folk festival. This festival has experienced the development process from the palace to the folk, and from the Central Plains to the whole country.
During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month was designated as the Lantern Festival. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities for "Taiyi God" were held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. (Taiyi: the God who controls everything in the universe). When Sima Qian founded "Taichu", he had already designated the Lantern Festival as a major festival.
Another theory is that the custom of lighting lanterns during the Lantern Festival originated from the Taoist "Three Yuan Theory"; the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Shangyuan Festival, the fifteenth day of July is the Zhongyuan Festival, and the fifteenth day of October is the Zhongyuan Festival. For the Xiayuan Festival. The three officials in charge of the upper, middle and lower elements are heaven, earth and man respectively. The heavenly officials are happy, so lamps must be lit on the Lantern Festival.
The festival period and customary activities of the Lantern Festival have been extended and expanded with the development of history. In terms of the length of the festival, it was only one day in the Han Dynasty, three days in the Tang Dynasty, and five days in the Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, the lights were lit from eight to the night of the tenth day of the first lunar month, a full ten days. Connecting with the Spring Festival, the city is bustling during the day, and the lights are lit at night, which is spectacular. Especially the exquisite and colorful lights make it the climax of entertainment activities during the Spring Festival. In the Qing Dynasty, "hundred operas" such as dragon dance, lion dance, land boat running, stilt walking, and Yangko dancing were added, but the festival period was shortened to four to five days.
Regarding the origin of the Lantern Festival, there are several interesting folk legends:
The legend about the lanterns
It is said that a long time ago, there were many ferocious birds and beasts. They were hurting people and livestock everywhere, so people organized to fight them. One magical bird got lost and landed on earth, but was accidentally shot to death by an unsuspecting hunter. The Emperor of Heaven was very angry when he found out. He immediately issued a decree and ordered the Heavenly soldiers to set fire to the human world on the 15th day of the first lunar month and burn all the human and animal property in the human world. The daughter of the Emperor of Heaven was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see the innocent people suffering, so she risked her life and secretly came to the world on auspicious clouds to tell people the news. When everyone heard the news, it was like a thunderclap above their heads. I was so frightened that I didn’t know what to do. It took a long time before an old man came up with an idea. He said: "On the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth of the first lunar month, every household will decorate their homes with lanterns and lights. Firecrackers and fireworks will make the Emperor think that people are being burned to death."
After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement and prepared to go separately. On the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Emperor looked down and found a red light and a loud sound. This happened for three consecutive nights. He thought it was the flames of a fire, so he was very happy. In order to commemorate this success, people saved their lives and property in this way. From then on, every household hangs lanterns and sets off fireworks to commemorate this day on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
It was established during the reign of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty to commemorate "Ping Lu"
Another legend is that the Lantern Festival was established during the time of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty to commemorate "Ping Lu". After the death of Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ying, the son of Empress Lu, ascended the throne as Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Hui was weak and indecisive by nature, and power gradually fell into the hands of Empress Lu. After Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty died of illness, Empress Lu took over the affairs of the court and turned the Liu family into the Lu family. The veterans in the court and the Liu family were deeply indignant, but they were all afraid of Empress Lu. He was cruel but dared to be angry but dared not speak out.
After Empress Lu died of illness, Zhu Lu was in panic and was hurt and excluded.
Therefore, they secretly gathered at the home of General Lu Lu to plot a rebellion in order to completely seize the Liu family.
This matter reached the ears of Liu Nang, the king of Qi, Liu clan. In order to protect the Liu family, Liu Nang decided to launch an army to attack Zhu Lu. Then he contacted the founding veterans Zhou Bo and Chen Ping, and planned to remove Lu Lu. The "Zhu Lu Rebellion" was finally completely put down.
After the rebellion was put down, the ministers appointed Liu Bang's second son Liu Heng to the throne, saying that Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty felt deeply that peace and prosperity were hard-won, so he put down the rebellion. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the "Zhu Lu Rebellion", it was designated as the Day of Rejoicing with the People, and every house in the capital was decorated with lanterns and colors to celebrate. Since then, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has become a popular folk festival - "Lantern Festival".
Dongfang Shuo and the Yuanxiao Girl
This legend is related to the custom of eating Yuanxiao: According to legend, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a favorite named Dongfang Shuo, who was kind and funny. One winter, when it snowed heavily for several days, Dongfang Shuo went to the Imperial Garden to pick plum blossoms for Emperor Wu. As soon as I entered the garden gate, I found a palace maid with tears streaming down her face and ready to throw herself into the well. Dongfang Shuo hurriedly stepped forward to rescue her and asked her why she wanted to commit suicide. It turns out that the palace maid's name is Yuanxiao, and she has parents and a younger sister at home. Since she entered the palace, she has never had the chance to see her family again. Every year when Lajin Spring comes, I miss my family even more than usual. I feel that if I cannot fulfill my filial piety in front of my relatives, it would be better to die. Dongfang Shuo felt deeply sympathetic after hearing her experience, and assured her that he would try to reunite her with her family.
One day, Dongfang Shuo left the palace and set up a divination stall on Chang'an Street. Many people are vying to ask him for divination. Unexpectedly, what everyone wanted was the sign of "burning the body with fire on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month". Suddenly, there was great panic in Chang'an. People have been asking for solutions to the disaster. Dongfang Shuo said: "On the evening of the 13th of the first lunar month, Lord Vulcan will send a red-clothed goddess down to earth to investigate. She is the envoy who was ordered to burn Chang'an. I will give you the copied verses so that you can think of a solution today." After finishing, he threw down a red post and walked away. The common people picked up the red sticker and hurriedly sent it to the palace to report to the emperor
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took it and took a look, and saw that it read: "Chang'an is in disaster, the emperor's palace is burned, fifteen days of fire, and the flames are red." "Ye", he was shocked and quickly invited the resourceful Dongfang Shuo. Dongfang Shuo thought for a while and said, "I heard that Lord Vulcan loves glutinous rice balls the most. Doesn't Yuan in the palace often make glutinous rice balls for you? You can ask Yuanxiao to make glutinous rice balls on the night of the 15th. Long live the incense and offer it, and send an order to the Kyoto family. Everyone makes glutinous rice balls and worships the God of Fire together, and then orders the people to hang up lights on the night of the 15th and light firecrackers all over the city, as if the city is full of fire, so as to hide it from the Jade Emperor. Go to the city at night to watch the lanterns, and mingle with the crowd to resolve misfortunes." After hearing this, Emperor Wu was very happy and ordered to follow Dongfang Shuo's method.
On the 15th day of the first lunar month, Chang'an City was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and it was very lively with tourists coming and going. The parents of the palace maid Yuanxiao also took their sister to the city to watch the lanterns. When they saw the big palace lantern with the word "Luanxiao" written on it, they shouted in surprise: "Lanxiao! Yuanxiao!" Yuanxiao heard the shout and was finally reunited with her relatives at home.
After such a lively night, Chang'an City was indeed safe. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was so happy that he made glutinous rice balls as offerings to the God of Fire every fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Lanterns and fireworks were hung all over the city on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Because the dumplings made during the Lantern Festival are the best, people call the dumplings Yuanxiao, and this day is called the Lantern Festival;