The source of this paragraph is 1. According to the legend of Emperor Wendi commemorating Pinglu, the Lantern Festival was designed by Emperor Wendi to commemorate Pinglu. After the death of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, Lv Hou's son Liu Ying became Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty. Hui Di was born weak and indecisive, and power gradually fell into the hands of Lv Hou. After Hui Di's death, he monopolized state affairs and turned Liu's world into Lu's. The old minister of the DPRK and Liu Zongshi were deeply indignant at this, but they were afraid of cruelty and did not dare to say anything. After Lv Hou's death, Zhu Lu was afraid of being hurt and excluded. So, in the general's home, they secretly assembled and plotted to make trouble in order to completely seize Liu's country. This story reached the ears of Liu Nang, the king of Liu. In order to protect Liu Jiangshan, Liu Nang decided to attack Zhu Lu. Later, he got in touch with founding fathers Zhou Bo and Chen Ping, and planned to get rid of Lv Lu. After the rebellion, the ministers made Liu Heng, the second son of Liu Bang, king and called him Emperor Wen. Deeply moved by the hard-won peace and prosperity, Wendy ended the "Zhu-Lu Rebellion". Since then, the fifteenth day of the first month has become a popular folk festival-"Lantern Festival". During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities of "Taiyi God" were scheduled for the 15th day of the first month. Taiyi: the God who rules the universe. When Sima Qian created the taichu calendar Law, he had already identified the Lantern Festival as a major festival. 2. Taoism's "ternary theory" is another way of saying that the Lantern Festival custom originated from Taoism's "ternary theory"; Shangyuan means the first full moon night of the New Year. The origin of Shangyuan Festival is recorded as years old in Miscellaneous Notes, which is a Taoist stereotype. Taoism once called the 15th day of the first month the Shangyuan Festival, the 15th day of July the Zhongyuan Festival and the 15th day of October the Xiayuan Festival, which were collectively called the "Sanyuan Festival". The gods worshipped by Wudou Midao, an important school of Taoism in the late Han Dynasty, were celestial officials, local officials and water officials. They said that God bless the people, the local officials forgive sins, and the water officials relieve Eritrea. They used three yuan to match the three officials, saying that Shangyuan Tianguan was born on the fifteenth day of the first month, Zhongyuan was born on the fifteenth day of July, and Xiayuan Shuiguan was born on the fifteenth day of October. In this way, the fifteenth day of the first month is called Shangyuan Festival. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Wu said in a dream: "The fifteenth day of the first month is the day when God bless the people." It is said that God bless the people, local officials forgive sins, and God is happy, so the Lantern Festival should be lit. Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China. Lantern Festival began in the period of Emperor Han Ming, and Ming Di advocated Buddhism. I heard that there is a custom in Buddhism that monks watch sarira light lanterns to worship Buddha on the fifteenth day of the first month, so I ordered them to light lanterns to worship Buddha in palaces and temples that night, so that all gentry and ordinary people could hang lanterns. Later, this Buddhist ceremonial festival gradually formed a grand folk festival. This festival has experienced the development process from the court to the people, and from the Central Plains to the whole country. Originated from the "Torch Festival", people in the Han Dynasty held torches in rural fields to drive away insects and wild animals, hoping to reduce pests and pray for a bumper harvest. To this day, people in some areas in southwest China still use reeds or branches as torches on the 15th day of the first month, and hold high in groups to dance in fields or grain drying fields. Since the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, it has been in full swing. Tens of thousands of people took part in singing and dancing, from faint to dark. With the changes of society and times, the custom of Lantern Festival has changed greatly, but it is still a traditional folk festival in China. [1] The real motivation of the Lantern Festival custom is that it is at a new time point, and people make full use of this special time stage to express their wishes for life. The activities of editing historical festivals and festivals and customs of Lantern Festival in this section are extended and expanded with the development of history. As far as the length of festivals is concerned, there is only one day in Han Dynasty, three days in Tang Dynasty and five days in Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, lights were lit from the eighth day of August until the seventeenth night of the first month, a total of ten days. Connected with the Spring Festival, it is a city during the day, full of excitement, and brightly 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, there were more "hundred operas" such as dragon dancing, lion dancing, dry boating, walking on stilts and yangko dancing, but the festival period was shortened to four to five days. This dynasty evolved from the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, when the national strength was unprecedented, the Lantern Festival was very prosperous. Whether in the capital or towns, lanterns are hung everywhere, and people also make huge lanterns, trees and poles. The fire tree and silver flowers in the city are very lively. In the Song Dynasty, the Lantern Festival was more colorful and lasted for five days. The styles of lanterns are complex and diverse, so it is a very pleasant thing to visit the lantern market. Xin Qiji, a poet, wrote: "Thousands of trees bloom in the east wind night, and the stars are like rain", which means that there are no lanterns in the Lantern Festival in the Song Dynasty.
On the Lantern Festival, fireworks are like stars and rain. At that time, there were riddles on lanterns, that is, all kinds of riddles were written on paper and pasted on lanterns, and the person who guessed correctly could get a small reward. This entertaining activity is deeply loved by people and widely circulated. The Lantern Festival in the Ming Dynasty lasted longer. Lighting began on the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, and it was not until the evening of the seventeenth of the first lunar month that the lights were turned off for ten days to show singing and dancing. This is the longest Lantern Festival in the history of China. In the Qing Dynasty, Manchu entered the Central Plains, and the court no longer held lantern festivals, but the folk lantern festivals were still spectacular. The Lantern Festival in the Qing Dynasty lasted only three days, but the lights were bright, more exquisite and fantastic, and it was still very attractive. Now the date is shortened to five days, which continues to this day. Lanterns are used to set up a "heaven and earth hall" when people worship the gods on New Year's Eve. People set up a small shed in the yard, and on the small table in the shed stood the throne of God "Heaven, Earth, Three Realms and All Spirits"; There are incense burners and offerings in front of the shrine, and a lantern is hung to represent Jiang Taigong's seat. It is said that when Jiang Taigong was a god, everyone else was sealed, but he forgot to seal himself, so he had no seat and could only sit with God. Lanterns are related to gods, so they are also endowed with many symbolic meanings. In ancient times, in order to dispel the fear of darkness, lanterns were derived with the meaning of exorcising evil spirits and praying for light. In Minnan dialect, the pronunciation of "Deng" is similar to that of "Ding", so lanterns are also used to pray for children to add Ding, seek fame and avoid evil spirits. There is a kind of lamp. At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, lanterns will be placed in temples to make the year safe and smooth by the magic of Buddha. There are also farmers who hang a lamp on a long bamboo pole in the field and observe the color of the fire to predict the drought and flood in a year in order to have a bumper year. The reason for "flying sky lanterns" is that people used to fly sky lanterns as a signal of mutual peace after fleeing bandits. Since the day of refuge and going home is the Lantern Festival, people have celebrated it every year with the ceremony of putting up lanterns, so it is also called "blessing lamp" or "safety lamp". Later, it gradually evolved into a folk activity of praying to heaven. The sky lantern is filled with all kinds of wishes in my heart, hoping that the sky lantern can go to heaven and bring infinite hope and light to people. Legend has it that Emperor Taizong of Li Shimin encouraged reading, and all the people sent their children to school. The first program of admission is called "Turn on the light", which is to bring lanterns made in advance to the school and ask a learned old gentleman to light them to symbolize a bright future. In the past, most private schools started school on the fifteenth day of the first month, so the opening lanterns became decorations for the "Shangyuan Festival". There are many kinds of Lantern Festival lanterns, or image lanterns made by imitating the image of things, such as dragon lanterns, tiger lanterns and rabbit lanterns. Or lanterns adapted from folk stories, such as Cowherd and Weaver Girl, Twenty-four Filial Pieties, etc. It shows the national spirit of loyalty, filial piety and righteousness. Various lanterns are skillfully made, which shows the wisdom and skill of craftsmen. With the development of the times, the Lantern Festival has become more and more grand, with more and more national characteristics and longer time. The Lantern Festival in the Tang Dynasty is one day and three days before and after Shangyuan. In the Song Dynasty, two days were added after the 16th National Congress, making it five days. The Ming dynasty extended from the eighth day to the eighteenth day to ten days. Because of the different lighting periods, the first day of lighting is called "trial lighting", the fifteenth day is called "positive lighting", and the last day is called "residual lighting" and "stop lighting". Also known as "magic lamp", "human lamp" and "ghost lamp". Fourteen nights is a "magic lamp", which is placed in front of shrines and ancestral halls at home to worship the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty. It's called "people's lamp" at the fifteenth night, and it's placed on doors and windows, bedspreads, several cases, etc. Avoid scorpions and insects; Sixteen nights are "ghost lights", which are placed in the tombs of Qiu and Yuan Nights to remove ghosts. Pray for God's will, protect the whole life and spare no effort.