Check out the customs of celebrating the Lantern Festival in different regions of my country
Introduction: The fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year is my country's traditional festival, the Lantern Festival. People from all over the country celebrate the Lantern Festival in their own unique ways. Next, the editor will take readers to understand how people in different regions celebrate the Lantern Festival! 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.Beijing Lantern Festival CustomsThe most lively festival in old Beijing is not the Spring Festival, but the Lantern Festival. From the 13th to the 17th day of the first lunar month, the people of Beijing have five full days and nights of entertainment. The most important activity during the Lantern Festival in old Beijing is watching lanterns. During the Ming Dynasty, the Lantern Market in Beijing was held at the Dengshikou in Dongcheng District. On the night of the Lantern Festival, markets were set up on both sides of the street, selling everything from jewelry and jade to daily necessities. Each shop hung up various lanterns made of silk, burnt beads, bright horns, wheat straw, and tongcao for people to admire. By the Qing Dynasty, lantern fairs were spread all over Beijing.Lantern Festival Customs in Hebei ProvinceDuring 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.Lantern Festival Customs in Anhui ProvinceIn the days leading up to the Lantern Festival, various folk art performances are held one after another in the streets, communities and rural fields of Shangyao Town, Datong District, Huainan City. The colorful performances such as twisting flower drum lanterns, dragon lanterns, lion rolling balls, stilts, pavilions, flower sticks, lanterns, umbrella lanterns, land boats, and single-pole bridges not only brought the New Year atmosphere to a climax, but also allowed people from all over the country to appreciate the unique Huaihe culture. On both sides of the Huai River, there is an old saying that "the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is like the New Year." During the three days of the New Year, from the first to the third day, people are busy bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, visiting relatives and friends, and have no time to eat or play. The Lantern Festival is the time when the New Year atmosphere is the strongest. The people of Fuyang are hardworking and intelligent. In the long-term production and life practices, they have continuously developed and created, forming a unique mass culture. There are folk art with lively forms and rich content, as well as folk dances and dramas with unique regional characteristics. Every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, these colorful folk cultures come together to form the unique Fuyang Lantern Festival. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year is the traditional lantern festival. On this day, people will spontaneously hang lanterns of various shapes, such as flower, bird, insect, fish, animal, and twelve zodiac animals, in front of their doors. During the Lantern Festival, some operas are performed, with one opera or two or more operas performed in duet, which is also called "stage opera". At the same time, each family also set off various fireworks to add to the fun.Lantern Festival Customs in Shanxi ProvinceHanging lanterns is an essential way for Shanxi people to celebrate the Lantern Festival. Whenever the Lantern Festival comes, every household hangs up various kinds of lanterns, which are turned on every night from the 14th to the 16th. From afar, the buildings are decorated with colorful lights, making the whole city magnificent. Various units also compete to make various kinds of lanterns and hang them on the streets for people to appreciate. There are countless styles of lanterns, including animals, zodiac signs, riddles, palace lanterns, modern electrical appliances, and also those that eulogize the new life of modern people, airplanes, rockets, and spaceships. There are drum lanterns, run pancake lanterns, fish, shrimp, chicken, duck, and goose lanterns, citrus banana and pineapple lanterns, palace lanterns, Ruyi lanterns, silk lanterns, glass lanterns, and revolving lanterns. There are all kinds of lanterns and they are colorful. Setting off fireworks is the most enjoyable activity during the Lantern Festival for the people of Shanxi. On the night of the Lantern Festival, fireworks are set off in the square. The whole family then goes to the street to watch the beautiful fireworks. The fireworks are becoming more and more beautiful, bigger and bigger, with higher and higher technological content, and the colors are becoming more and more beautiful and brighter. The literary and artistic street parade can be regarded as a grand parade of folk culture in costume. "Dressed up with stories, decorated with jewels, bells and drums roaring, the whole country is crazy." (Qiao Yuan's "Minshu" during the Ming Dynasty). From the 14th to the 16th, for three consecutive days, all counties and districts organized various large and small art performances to come to the city. There were folk art, modern art shows, traditional art, ancient music, music concerts, and costume dramas. The variety was too numerous to count. Organize a large-scale light show. All units want to display a large-scale light show with sound, light and color on the street. Some represent auspiciousness, some represent happiness, some represent ancient legends, and some have enlightenment significance.Lantern Festival Customs in Shandong ProvinceDuring the Lantern Festival, people living near the water in Zichuan District of Zibo City often release river lanterns. 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.Summary: The above article content is a detailed introduction to the customs of celebrating the Lantern Festival in different regions of my country. You can learn about it. I wish you all good luck and good fortune in the new year! After reading this article, there are more exciting contents in the special topic of the first month of the lunar calendar. Let’s take a look! |
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