On the occasion of the Lantern Festival, all the staff of SKP company express their heartfelt wishes to you, wishing you and your family a happy holiday, good health and a lot of money, the following small series will give you a common sense: the origin and customs of the Chinese Lantern Festival lunar January 15 is the Lantern Festival. Also known as Shangyuan Festival, Yuan night, and Lantern Festival. According to legend, Han Wendi (Top 179-First 157) For celebrate zhou bo in lunar January 15 survey flat various Lu of. Every this night will out of the Palace play with the common folk in ancient night with night lunar January also known as lunar January Han emperor will be lunar January 15 as Lantern Festival, this night is called yuanxiao. Sima Qian created the 'Taichu calendar' and listed the Lantern Festival as a major festival. Since the Sui, Tang and Song dynasties, it has been very popular. 'Sui Shu · Music record' day: 'Every time on lunar January, all the countries come to the court and stay in the Jianguomen outside the end of the country on the 15th, stretching for eight miles, listed as a theater ', the number of singers and dancers reached tens of thousands, from the faint to the end. With the changes of society and the times, the customs and habits of the Lantern Festival have changed a lot, but it is still a traditional Chinese folk festival. There are mainly the following kinds of Chinese Lantern Festival customs. 1. Eating tangyuan and eating 'tangyuan' is an important custom of the Lantern Festival. Tangyuan, also known as 'tangtuan' and 'Yuanxiao '. The custom of eating tangyuan began in the Song Dynasty. At that time, tangyuan was called 'floating round seed', also known as 'tangyuan seed', 'lactose round seed', 'soup pill' and 'soup ball ', the businessman is beautiful: 'Yuanbao '. At the beginning of the Song and Yuan dynasties, tangyuan had become the food for the Lantern Festival, so people called it 'Yuanxiao '. 2. Guessing lantern riddles and playing with lanterns is an important item in the Lantern Festival. Lantern riddle is a kind of word game derived from Lantern Festival, also known as lantern tiger. The riddle is pasted on the lantern for people to guess. The Riddle focuses on the meaning of the text, and there are 24 kinds of riddles. The commonly used ones are roller blinds, swings, and Phoenix, A unique folk culture has been formed. The biggest lantern festival in China is the 'nine cities Lantern Festival guess' held in Nanjing on 1979. There are tens of thousands of lantern riddles, and more than 20 thousand people participated in the three days. 3. Flowers and lanterns during the Yongping years of Emperor Han Ming (AD 58--75) Because Ming Emperor advocated Buddhism, it coincided with Cai Hao's return from India to seek Buddhism. He said that every lunar January 15 in the Indian state of Mocha, the monks gathered to pay tribute to the Buddha's relics, which is a good day for the Buddha. In order to carry forward the Dharma, Emperor Han Ming ordered the night of lunar January 15 in the palace and the temple to 'burn the lamp and watch the Buddha '. Since then, the custom of the Lantern Festival has been spread to the people from the original only in the court. That is, every lunar January 15, no matter whether the gentry or the people have to hang the lights, the urban and rural areas are full of lights. 4. Walking on stilts and stilts is a popular mass skill performance among the people. Stilts are one of the ancient Chinese operas, which appeared as early as the spring and autumn. The earliest introduction of stilts in China was the article 'Lie Zi Shuo Fu': 'song has Lanzi, and he is skilled in Song and Yuan. Song Yuan called and saw his skills. With two branches growing twice as long as its body, it belongs to its shins, and moves towards the same direction. With Seven Swords overlapping and leaping, the five swords are always in the air. Yuanjun was shocked and gave him gold and silk. 'It can be seen from the text that stilts have become popular as early as five hundred BC. 5. Lion dance lion dance is an excellent folk art in our country. Every Lantern Festival or gathering celebration, the folk dance comes to help. This custom originated in the Three Kingdoms period and became popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It has a history of more than one thousand years. According to legend, it was first introduced from the western regions. The lion was the mount of Manjushri. With the introduction of Buddhism into China, the lion dance activity was also imported into China. The lion was a tribute brought back with the peacock after the Emperor of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Wei to the western region. However, the skill of lion dance was quoted from Xiliang's 'masquerade'. Some people think that lion dance was produced in the Army in the 5th century and was later introduced to the people. Both statements have their own basis, and it is difficult to judge whether it is right or wrong today. Related links: inflatable battery car inflatable trampoline robot bicycle plush animal battery car rotating aircraft