What are the differences between the customs of the Lantern Festival in the north and the south?
my country is the third largest country in the world in terms of land area. Its territory is vast, and transportation was inconvenient in ancient times. As a result, although many ancient festivals were common, the ways of celebration in different places were different. What are the differences between the customs of the Lantern Festival in the south and the north? For more details about the 2018 Lunar New Year calendar, please visit the Fortune Teller website for consultation!What are the differences between the customs of the Lantern Festival in the north and the south?Hebei Province: During the Lantern Festival in Yongping Prefecture, sick women gathered under the kiln, which was called "Taojiu". Children cross the bridge in an alternating manner, which is called "overcoming a hundred disasters". Some people also cut paper into nine paper ropes and tie them into knots at random to predict good or bad luck, which is called "tying sheep intestines". Twelve dough bowls are filled with oil and steamed in a pot. The amount of water in the bowls is used to predict whether it will be sunny or rainy that month. The Lantern Festival in Jinghai County is celebrated with big steamed buns. During the Lantern Festival in Qingyun County, men ask the Fifth Patriarch to teach them boxing and martial arts, while women ask Zi Gu to predict good and bad luck.Henan Province: During the Lantern Festival in Xiangcheng County, wonton soup is eaten, which is called "reunion tea". The daughter's parents will invite her home to celebrate the festival. During the Lantern Festival in the county, all the sick people, young and old, will use fire to moxibustion on stone turtles. If there is a river bridge in the local area, everyone will cross it. If there is no bridge, a "sky bridge" several meters high is built with wooden planks, which is called "walking away all diseases." Shandong Province: In Zibo City's Zichuan District, people living near water often release river lanterns during the Lantern Festival. During the Lantern Festival, people in Ningyang County, Tai'an City, send lanterns to their ancestral graves. There is a custom of lighting lanterns during the Lantern Festival in Boxing County, Binzhou City. If a boy holds a lantern and walks around the jujube tree six times, chanting "Du Lao Du Lao, bloom and bear jujubes" six times, the jujube tree will have a good harvest. Men, women, old and young in Ju County of Rizhao City go out for an outing on the 16th day of the first lunar month. They call it "walking for an old look" and it is said that walking once a year can keep one young forever. Shaanxi Province: Fengxiang County entertains daughters and sons-in-law on the Lantern Festival, which is called "eating the fifteenth." Sending lamps and oil is called "adding oil". Jiangsu Province: In Wujin District, on the Lantern Festival, people tie reeds into torches about a meter long and stick them in the fields. This is called "lighting up the wealth in the fields" and is used to predict early floods. The white color of fire represents water, and the red color represents drought. On the Lantern Festival in Yixing, children wear ghost masks, bend their legs and shake their shoulders and dance, which is called "jumping ghosts." Zhejiang Province: In Hangzhou, it is said that the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the day when the Heavenly Official bestows blessings. People often fast and recite scriptures, and crawl to Wushan Mountain to worship. The most famous Lantern Festival in Haining County is the exquisite chrysanthemum lanterns. Young men from Shangyu County went to the Kanshi platform to compete in martial arts on the night of the Lantern Festival. In Jiande County, families who have a newly married daughter-in-law will set up wine and offer sacrifices to the bed on the Lantern Festival. Jiangxi Province: Residents of Xinjian County place bamboo lanterns when visiting graves during the Lantern Festival. All the villages in Wan'an County worship the Shangyuan Shenzhou on the Lantern Festival. Hubei Province: In Yunmeng County (now Jianghan), old farmers would hold torches and shine them on their fields on the night of the Lantern Festival, which was called "lighting up the silkworms in the wild." Children welcome the gods with field drums and predict events of the coming year. The "dragon-playing" activity in Wuchang lasts for three days. Men, women, old and young from the whole village follow the dragon lantern to the neighboring village for a banquet, which is called "dragon exchanging wine". |
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