Introduction: The Lantern Festival is a very important day for every Chinese. It symbolizes family reunion. In some areas, it is believed that the New Year is over only after the Lantern Festival. So, how do Hakka people celebrate the Lantern Festival? What customs do Hakka people have for celebrating the Lantern Festival? Now, let’s follow the editor to learn about it. The first month of the lunar calendar is the beginning of spring, and there are beautiful festivals everywhere in this month. Mr. Shui Mo lists these traditional Chinese festivals and customs for you one by one.Lantern FestivalThe Lantern Festival has a history of more than 400 years in our city. It was originally a folk dance popular in Shakou Town, Yingde County, Qingyuan City. The Lantern Festival was introduced from the Central Plains, and this custom can be found in villages such as Qingxi and Hongfeng in Shakou Town. Among them, Qingxi Village is the main one. In Hakka dialect, "deng" and "ding" have the same pronunciation. During the Lantern Festival, the lantern teams (organized by each village) set out at dusk. Every time he arrives at a house, he will shout loudly: "The lights are here, the lights are here, take the lights, take the lights..." It means that there will be a new baby this year, so he is very welcomed by the villagers. The host family will set off firecrackers to welcome the lantern team.Phoenix DanceFengwu, also known as Shuangfengwu, is popular in various towns and villages in Qingyuan City (abbreviated as "Qingcheng", also known as "Fengcheng"). Fengwu performances are held during folk festivals such as the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and on occasions such as people moving into a new house and getting married. The Fengwu performance mainly uses props, with percussion accompaniment, and suona (instead of the shepherd's earthen flute) playing the introduction and interlude. The percussion music plays a role in setting off the atmosphere, making the whole scene quite lyrical, cheerful and warm.Spring Ox DanceThe Spring Ox Dance was introduced to Guangdong as the Central Plains culture moved southward, and was widely spread in Qingyuan, Xinyi and other places. The "Spring Ox Dance" is usually performed from the Beginning of Spring to the Lantern Festival every year, expressing people's expectations and wishes for "spring". The characteristics of the Spring Ox Dance are its strong flavor of life, simple movements, and mostly simulations of daily movements and the habits of cows, which are vivid and natural. The scenes and images depicting farming activities are lifelike and basically reproduce life. The actors perform "circular steps", "small steps" and "cross steps" to the rhythm of gongs, drums and music, which are easy to master and use. During the period from the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival, the bull-dancing teams would beat drums and gongs during the day and dance the spring ox to visit various villages and towns to wish a happy new year. They would first perform on a large square in the village, and then visit every household to wish a happy new year. Generally speaking, Hakka people are warm and pay attention to reciprocity, so every village has a bull-dancing team, and they visit each other to wish each other a happy New Year. Therefore, during this period, all towns and villages are very lively.Lion danceThe lion dance was first popularized by the Liu family in Weizhen Village, Tangtang Town, Fogang County of our city. It was formed in the long-term farming customs. This traditional folk cultural activity aimed at entertaining gods and people has a history of more than 200 years. The lion dance activity starts on the sixth day of the first lunar month every year when lanterns are lit (according to Hakka custom, families who have just added a male child must place a lantern in the ancestral hall). On the fifteenth and sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the lion dance will be performed in the village to all families who have added male children or married new daughters-in-law in the previous year. After 2:30 p.m. on the 16th day of the first lunar month, families with new babies or newly married daughters-in-law in the village would bring firewood and arrange them in the shape of a dragon at the entrance of the ancestral hall, light incense and dance with lions, and enter a carnival.Welcome the Ancient Events"Welcoming ancient events" is also an important project. "Gushi" is a parade in which children are dressed up as various ancient figures and fixed on iron frames. The most famous one is the "Walking Ancient Stories" in Luofang, Liancheng. It is characterized by its large scale and strong competitiveness. It takes more than 80 able-bodied men to carry the ancient things, and 18 of them take turns to carry and run. After carrying the animals on land in the morning on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people carried them upstream in the river in the afternoon. There were huge crowds of people on both sides of the river, chasing each other amid the sounds of gongs, drums, firecrackers, muskets and shouts. The event was tense, exciting and thrilling, and was described by the media as the "Hakka Village Carnival." Some towns and villages in Changting, Yongding and other counties also hold this kind of "welcoming ancient events" activities, but they are just parades without racing or competition.Summary: Through the above article, we know some customs and habits of Hakka people in celebrating the Lantern Festival. I hope you will like the above content. I wish you all good luck and prosperity in the new year! 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