Is it okay to travel far away the day before the Lantern Festival in 2021? The meaning of hanging lanterns on the Lantern Festival

Is it okay to travel far away the day before the Lantern Festival in 2021? The meaning of hanging lanterns on the Lantern Festival
Introduction: It is generally necessary to choose an auspicious day when traveling far away, because this is one of the important matters. So [Is it a good idea to travel far away the day before the Lantern Festival in 2021? What is the meaning of hanging lanterns on the Lantern Festival?] Follow the editor to learn about it. Shuimoxiansheng.com has carefully compiled detailed information about the first month of 2021. If you want to know the auspicious and inauspicious days in the first month of the year, just go to Shuimoxiansheng.com.

Is it okay to travel far away the day before the Lantern Festival in 2021?

Lunar calendar 2021 January 14 (Lunar calendar) Gregorian calendar 2021 February 25, Thursday Pisces (Solar calendar) [Today's old almanac is suitable] Marriage, meeting relatives and friends, setting up beds, raising children, opening the eyes, seeking offspring, sculpting, painting, acupuncture [Today's old almanac is unsuitable] Moving, establishing securities trading, migrating, opening the market, breaking ground, burial, separation, making stoves, setting incense, starting fires, cutting wood. Auspicious gods are suitable: guarding the day, Tianwu, Fude, Liuyi, Jintang, Jinkui, Tianfu, Tiangui, Tiancai, Luku, Wangri. Evil spirits are suitable: disgust, swagger, Jiukong, Jiukan Jiujiao, Furi, Tiangou, Axe Killing, Wooden Horse Killing, Dry Fish, Earth Plague
According to the old almanac, it is not suitable to travel far on the day before the Lantern Festival in 2021, so "travel" on this day is not suitable according to the almanac.

The meaning of hanging lanterns during the Lantern Festival

The custom of lighting lanterns on the Lantern Festival began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Zhuang, promoted Buddhism. He heard that in Buddhism, monks would view Buddha relics and light lanterns to worship Buddha on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. So he ordered that lanterns be lit in the imperial palace and temples on that night to worship Buddha, and ordered both the nobles and common people to hang lanterns.
Later, this Buddhist ritual festival gradually became a grand folk festival. This festival has gone through a development process from the palace to the folk, and from the Central Plains to the whole country.
During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, in order to celebrate the peace and prosperity of the country, people made lanterns. The flickering lights symbolized "the colorful dragon brings good luck, the people are prosperous and the country is strong." The custom of lighting lanterns has since become widely popular.
Every year around the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, people hang up red lanterns, which symbolize reunion, to create a festive atmosphere. Later, lanterns became a symbol of joy for the Chinese people.
Hanging lanterns during the Lantern Festival symbolizes reunion and joy, and also symbolizes "the colorful dragon brings good luck, the people are prosperous and the country is strong." Lantern Festival Dragon Lantern Dance Custom <br /> Dragon Lantern Dance is also called Dragon Lantern Dance or Dragon Dance. The first recorded dragon dance was in the "Fu of Western Capital" by Zhang Heng of the Han Dynasty. The author gave a vivid description of the dragon dance in the narration of a hundred plays.
According to the "Book of Sui·Music Records", during the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui, the "Yellow Dragon Change" performance, which was similar to the dragon dance in various acrobatics, was also very exciting and dragon dance became popular in many places in China. The Chinese worship the dragon and regard it as a symbol of good luck.

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