What is the date and festival of the 15th day of the first lunar month in 2019? What are the customs of the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month?
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month marks the end of the Lunar New Year and the first full moon of the new year. So, what festival is this fifteenth day of the first lunar month? Let’s find out together? The various festivals in the first month of the lunar calendar will come soon after the Spring Festival. Following Shuimoxiansheng.com’s special topic on the first month of the lunar calendar in 2019, let’s count how many important traditional festivals and customs there are in this month.What festival is on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in 2019?The Lantern Festival is on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The Lantern Festival, also known as the Shangyuan Festival, the Little New Year, the Lantern Festival or the Lantern Festival, is held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year. It is the last important festival in the Chinese New Year customs. The Lantern Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, the Chinese character cultural circle and overseas Chinese. The first month of the lunar calendar is the first month of the year. The ancients called "night" "xiao", so the fifteenth day of the first full moon night of the year is called the Lantern Festival.What are the customs of the Lantern Festival?1. Eat Yuanxiao. Yuanxiao is eaten on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. As a food, "Yuanxiao" has a long history in China. In the Song Dynasty, a novel food for the Lantern Festival became popular among the people. This kind of food was first called "Fuyuanzi" and later called "Yuanxiao". Businessmen also called it "Yuanbao". Yuanxiao, also known as "tangyuan", is filled with sugar, rose, sesame, bean paste, osmanthus, walnut kernels, nuts, jujube paste, etc. It is wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a round shape. It can be meat or vegetarian, with different flavors. 2. Playing with Lanterns Playing with Lanterns is a traditional festival custom of the Lantern Festival, which began in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the custom of lighting lanterns became popular and was passed down to later generations. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the climax of the annual lantern and fireworks festival. That's why the Lantern Festival is also called the "Festival of Lanterns". In Shanxi's county towns and even villages and towns, which are densely populated and prosperous areas, before the arrival of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the streets are hung with lanterns, flowers are in bloom and lights are swaying, reaching a climax on the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. 3. Guessing lantern riddles On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, traditionally people would hang up colorful lanterns and set off fireworks. Later, some people would write riddles on pieces of paper and stick them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because riddles can enlighten the wisdom and cater to the festive atmosphere, many people responded to them, and guessing riddles gradually became an indispensable program of the Lantern Festival. 4. Lion dance is an excellent Chinese folk art. During the Lantern Festival or gatherings and celebrations, people perform lion dance to add to the fun. This custom originated in the Three Kingdoms period, became popular during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and has a history of more than a thousand years. 5. There were seven sacrifices in ancient times, namely sacrifices to doors and houses , and these are two of them. The method of sacrifice is to insert a willow branch above the door, insert a pair of chopsticks into a bowl of bean porridge, or directly place wine and meat in front of the door. 6. Welcoming Zi Gu Zi Gu is also called Qi Gu. In the north, it is mostly called Toilet Gu or Keng San Gu. According to ancient folk customs, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people would welcome the toilet goddess Zi Gu and offer sacrifices to her, and predict silkworms and other matters. Legend has it that Zi Gu was originally a concubine of a family. She was envied by the eldest wife and was killed in the toilet on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. She became the toilet god. On the night of the Zigu Festival, people would make a life-size portrait of Zigu out of straw and cloth, and worship her in the pigpen between toilets at night. This custom is popular in all parts of the north and south, and was recorded as early as the Southern and Northern Dynasties. |
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