When is the Lantern Festival in 2018? What are the things to pay attention to during the Lantern Festival?
The Lantern Festival is one of my country's traditional festivals. After thousands of years of history, various customs have been formed on the Lantern Festival today, and the more traditional people are more particular about this day. For more details about the 2018 Lunar New Year calendar, please visit the Fortune Teller website for consultation!When is the Lantern Festival in 2018?The Lantern Festival in 2018 is on March 2, 2018, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which is Friday.The Lantern Festival is not a legal holiday. The Lantern Festival is not a national holiday, but it is a traditional festival with a long history in my country. The Lantern Festival began during the reign of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Ming 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 that all nobles and common people hang lanterns. Later, this Buddhist ritual festival gradually became a grand folk festival. The Lantern Festival has gone through a development process from the palace to the people, and from the Central Plains to the whole country. During the Han Dynasty, people in the countryside held torches to drive away insects and animals, hoping to reduce pests and pray for a good harvest. To this day, people in some southwestern China still make torches out of reeds or branches on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and dance in groups in fields or threshing grounds with torches held high. Since the Sui, Tang and Song dynasties, it has been at its peak, with tens of thousands of people participating in the singing and dancing, from dusk to dawn. The custom of eating Yuanxiao, also known as glutinous rice balls, during the Lantern Festival has a long history in my country. In the Song Dynasty, a novel food for the Lantern Festival became popular among the people. This food was originally called "Fuyuanzi", and later called "Yuanxiao". Businessmen also call it "yuanbao". It is filled with white sugar, rose, sesame, bean paste, yellow osmanthus, walnut kernels, nuts, jujube paste, etc., and wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a round shape. It can be meat or vegetarian, with different flavors. It can be cooked in soup, fried, or steamed, symbolizing reunion and happiness. What are the things to pay attention to during the Lantern Festival?(1) Be careful not to tear your clothes on this day, as this is said to bring you bad luck for the whole year.(2) The damage of tools or other equipment means the loss of wealth in the coming year. Therefore, most businessmen will avoid operating large machinery on this day to avoid bad things from happening. (3) Do not kill any living creatures on this day. This is an ominous sign of seeing blood, and the problems that may arise include financial loss and illness. (4) Avoid going to places with heavy negative energy or bad luck, such as graves, desolate places, hospitals, etc. These places usually have weak yang energy, so people who are in poor health should try to avoid being exposed to bad luck. (5) Try to avoid wearing white and black clothes. These two colors are closely associated with death. Seeing these two colors on a big day will make the wearer's wishes come true. (6) Avoid using foul language. It is said that if you do so, you will be in big trouble this year, as you may accidentally say the wrong thing and end up in big trouble. (7) You cannot wash your hair because “发” (fa) in Chinese means “get rich”. If you wash your hair on this day, all your wealth will be washed away and you will not be able to save any money for the year. |
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