Do people in Jinan have any special customs for celebrating the Lantern Festival?
Introduction: Our country is vast and rich in resources and is a typical traditional cultural country. Therefore, many traditional folk festivals have emerged, and different regions have different differences. For example, the Lantern Festival has different customs in different regions. So, how do people in Jinan celebrate the Lantern Festival? Are there any customs and habits? Now, let’s follow the editor to learn about it. The first month of the lunar calendar is an important month. Let us pay attention to the traditional festivals and solar terms in the first month and have a good start of the month.Eat YuanxiaoEating Yuanxiao (Chinese glutinous rice dumplings) on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is a long-standing custom in China. Yuanxiao is also known as "tangyuan". Its preparation, ingredients and flavors vary, but the meaning of eating Yuanxiao is the same. It represents reunion, harmony and happiness, and a more prosperous life. There is a saying that harmony brings wealth. Family harmony and family reunion are such important factors for a complete family. Therefore, it is important to eat "Yuanxiao" with your family during the Lantern Festival.Sending flower lanterns "Sending flower lanterns" is abbreviated as "sending lanterns", and its actual meaning is to send lanterns to children. That is, before the Lantern Festival, the daughter’s parents would send lanterns to her family, or relatives and friends would send lanterns to the family of a newly married couple who are infertile, in the hope of having a child, because “lantern” and “ding” are homophones. It means that the daughter will be blessed with good fortune after marriage and give birth to a son soon. If the daughter is pregnant, in addition to the large palace lantern, one or two pairs of small lanterns should also be given to wish her a safe pregnancy. Walking on stiltsThere are many different forms of stilt performances, which are varied and eclectic. These stilt performances are usually held during the "red-hearted" activities around the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and stilts are a form of performance in the entire event. This type of activity is highly mobile and relatively free to move around. It can be performed in large venues or in the streets.Land Boat RaceLand boat is a common folk art form of the Han nationality in Shandong Province. Because its performance techniques are simple and the props are economical to make, it is a group performance form. It is said that the land boat was conceived based on the life of fishermen in water villages who used boats to fish on the water. Its performances and props and characters are concise, bright, and simple, with a strong flavor of life. It is a kind of folk art that the masses particularly like.Dragon Dance LanternThe legend goes that during the Tang Dynasty, there was a severe drought one year, and the Dragon King made the mistake of making clouds and rain, drowning many people in Chang'an. The Jade Emperor ordered Wei Zheng to supervise the execution of the Dragon King. Later, the Dragon King's ghost lingered and disturbed the palace every night, which frightened Emperor Li Shimin of Tang. So he asked his ministers for advice, and they thought that the Dragon King should be liberated. Hence, people started to have the custom of playing with dragon lanterns on the Lantern Festival. Dragon lanterns are usually made of bamboo, wood, colored paper, cloth, etc., with an odd number of sections and are several meters long. Those that can burn candles in the sections are called "dragon lanterns" and those that cannot are called "cloth dragons". When dancing the dragon, the lead dancer holds the dragon head, and dozens of people hold up wooden sticks connected to the dragon's body and follow behind. The whole dragon runs along the prescribed route and queue to the sound of music. The dragon is like alive, and people use this energy to pray for good weather and a good harvest.Around the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, in addition to viewing lanterns, the streets and alleys of Jinan are filled with people walking on stilts, racing on land boats, and dancing with dragon lanterns. These activities reached their climax on the Lantern Festival night. Among various performance teams, the stilt team has the most spectacular lineup. Summary: Through the above article content, we have a certain understanding of the customs of celebrating the Lantern Festival in Jinan. I hope you will like this content. I wish you all peace, prosperity and good luck 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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