The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival. What customs do the Han people have for celebrating the Lantern Festival?
Introduction: The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, which is also a very important and festive day for the Chinese. So what customs do the Han people have for celebrating the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month? Let’s follow the editor to find out. During the first month of the lunar calendar, you will have a good year. The first month is the most important month of spring. Mr. Shui Mo will share with you some knowledge about January.Eat YuanxiaoYuanxiao is eaten on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. As a food, "Yuanxiao" has a long history in my country. In the Song Dynasty, a novel food for the Lantern Festival became popular among the people. This kind of food was first called "Fuyuanzi" and later called "Yuanxiao". Businessmen also called it "Yuanbao". Yuanxiao, also known as "tangyuan", is filled with sugar, rose, sesame, bean paste, osmanthus, walnut kernels, nuts, jujube paste, etc. It is 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. The glutinous rice balls in Shaanxi are not wrapped but "rolled" in glutinous rice flour and then boiled or fried. They are hot and round.Lantern FestivalThe fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival. During this festival, people have the custom of hanging, lighting and watching lanterns, so it is also called the Lantern Festival. [17]Playing with lanterns is a traditional festival custom of the Lantern Festival, which originated in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the custom of lighting lanterns became popular and was passed down to later generations. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the climax of the annual lantern and fireworks festival. That's why the Lantern Festival is also called the "Festival of Lanterns". In Shanxi's county towns and even villages and towns, which are densely populated and prosperous areas, before the arrival of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the streets are hung with lanterns, flowers are in bloom and lights are swaying, reaching a climax on the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. "Watching lanterns" on the 15th day of the first lunar month has become a spontaneous activity representing the Lantern Festival among the Shanxi folks. On the night of the 15th day of the first lunar month, red lanterns are hung high in the streets and alleys, including palace lanterns, animal head lanterns, revolving lanterns, flower lanterns, bird lanterns, etc., attracting people to watch the lanterns. In the Taiyuan area, the lanterns of Taigu County are very famous. Taigu's lanterns are famous for their wide variety, exquisite workmanship and attractive appearance. Guessing lantern riddles, also known as playing lantern riddles, is a traditional folk cultural and entertainment form unique to China with rich national style. It is a special activity of the Lantern Festival that has been passed down since ancient times. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, traditional people would hang up colorful lanterns and set off fireworks. Later, some people wrote riddles on pieces of paper and posted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because riddles can enlighten the wisdom and cater to the festive atmosphere, many people responded to them, and guessing riddles gradually became an indispensable program of the Lantern Festival. Riddles add to the festive atmosphere and showcase the ancient working people’s wisdom and wisdom and their yearning for a better life. Dragon Dance LanternAlso known as dragon lantern dance or dragon dance. Its origin can be traced back to ancient times. Legend has it that as early as the Yellow Emperor period, in a large-scale song and dance called "Qingjiao", there appeared an image of a human playing a dragon head with a bird body. Later, a dance scene of six dragons interweaving with each other was choreographed. The first recorded dragon dance was in the "Fu of Western Capital" by Zhang Heng of the Han Dynasty. The author gave a vivid description of the dragon dance in the narration of a hundred plays. According to the "Book of Sui·Music Records", during the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui, the "Yellow Dragon Change" performance, which was similar to the dragon dance in various acrobatics, was also very exciting and dragon dance became popular in many places in China. The Chinese nation worships the dragon and regards it as a symbol of good luck.Walking on stiltsStilt walking is a popular mass performance among the people. Stilt walking is a type of acrobatics in ancient China and appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. The earliest introduction of stilts in China is in the Liezi Shuo Fu chapter: "In Song there was a man named Lan Zi, who used his skills to compete with Song Yuan. Song Yuan summoned him and showed him his skills.Traditional folk performance - lion danceLion dancing is an excellent Chinese folk art. During the Lantern Festival or gatherings and celebrations, people perform lion dancing to add to the fun. This custom originated in the Three Kingdoms period, became popular during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and has a history of more than a thousand years. [1]"Lion dance" originated in the Wei and Jin Dynasties and flourished in the Tang Dynasty. It is also known as "Lion Dance" and "Taiping Music". It is usually performed by three people. Two of them dress up as lions, one acts as the lion's head, one acts as the lion's body and hind legs, and the other acts as the lion's leader. There are two types of dance: civil and martial. The civil dance shows the lion's tameness, with movements such as shaking hair and rolling. The martial lion dance shows the lion's ferocity, with movements such as leaping, kicking high, and rolling colorful balls. Land BoatingAccording to folklore, rowing the land boat is to commemorate Dayu, who made great contributions to flood control. Land boat rowing is also called land boat running, which is to imitate the movement of a boat on land. Most of the people who perform land boat running are girls. The land boat is not a real boat. It is made of two thin boards, sawn into a boat shape, tied with bamboo and wood, and covered with colorful cloth. It is tied around the girl's waist. It is like sitting in a boat. She holds oars in her hands and makes rowing gestures while running, singing local tunes and dancing at the same time. This is land boat rowing. Sometimes there is another man dressed as a passenger on the boat, and his partner in the performance is mostly dressed as a clown, using all kinds of funny actions to amuse the audience. Land boat rowing is popular in many areas of China.Eat Yuanxiao"Yuanxiao" as a food has a long history in China. Song Dynasty,A novel food is popular among the people for eating during the Lantern Festival. This kind of food was originally called "Fuyuanzi" and later called "Yuanxiao". Businessmen also gave it a nice name "Yuanbao". In ancient times, Yuanxiao was quite expensive. There is a poem that says: "The distinguished guest hangs the curtain to look at the Imperial Street, and all the treasures in the market come at once. There is no way to pass the flower stand in front of the curtain, and you cannot return without money." In the north, people “roll” Yuanxiao, while in the south, people “wrap” glutinous rice balls. These are two foods with different preparation methods and tastes. Door and doorThere were "seven sacrifices" in ancient times, and these are two of them. The method of sacrifice is to insert a willow branch above the door, insert a pair of chopsticks into a bowl of bean porridge, or directly place wine and meat in front of the door.Rat chaserChasing rats away is a traditional folk activity during the Lantern Festival that began in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. This is mainly said to people who raise silkworms. Because mice often eat large numbers of silkworms at night, people say that if you feed mice with rice porridge on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, they will stop eating silkworms."Jingchu Sui Shi Ji" said that on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a god came down to a family surnamed Chen and said to them: If you can offer sacrifice to me, you will have a good harvest of silkworms. Later it became a custom. Send a lamp to your childIt is abbreviated as "sending lanterns" or "sending flower lanterns", which means that before the Lantern Festival, the daughter's parents send flower lanterns to the family of the newly married daughter, or relatives and friends send lanterns to the family of a newly married couple without children, in order to pray for a good omen of having children, because "lantern" and "ding" are homophones. This custom exists in many places. In Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, lanterns are sent between the 8th and 15th day of the first lunar month. In the previous year, a pair of large palace lanterns and a pair of painted glass lanterns are sent, hoping 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 lanterns, one or two pairs of small lanterns are also sent, wishing the daughter a safe pregnancy.“Walking Away All Diseases” on Lantern Festival to Pray for Good Health Welcome ZiguZi Gu is also called Qi Gu, and in the north it is often called Toilet Gu or Keng San Gu. According to ancient folk customs, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people would welcome the toilet goddess Zi Gu and offer sacrifices to her, and predict silkworms and other matters. Legend has it that Zi Gu was originally a concubine of a family. She was envied by the eldest wife and was killed in the toilet on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. She became the toilet god. On the night of the Zigu Festival, people would make a life-size portrait of Zigu out of straw and cloth, and worship her in the pigpen between toilets at night. This custom is popular in all parts of the north and south, and was recorded as early as the Southern and Northern Dynasties.Get rid of all diseases"Walking away all diseases", also known as touring all diseases, dispersing all diseases, roasting all diseases, walking on a bridge, etc., is an activity to eliminate disasters and pray for health. On the night of the Lantern Festival, women make appointments to go out together. They walk together and cross every bridge they see, believing that this can cure diseases and prolong life.Walking away all diseases has been a custom in the north since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Some people do it on the 15th day, but most of them do it on the 16th day. On this day, women dressed in festive attire, went out of their homes in groups, walked across dangerous bridges, climbed up city walls, and touched nails to pray for children, and did not return until midnight. Summary: Through the above article content, we learned about the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and the customs of the Han nationality celebrating the Lantern Festival. I hope you will like it. I wish you all a happy and prosperous 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! |
<<: Lantern Festival Carnival What are the customs of the Lantern Festival in Suzhou?
>>: Enjoy the Lantern Festival and take a look at the interesting Foshan Lantern Festival customs
Recommend
Is it a good idea to move into a new house the day before the first snow in 2019? Analysis of Feng Shui considerations regarding moving!
Introduction: It is generally necessary to choose ...
Is it okay to pray for a child on the twelfth day of the seventh lunar month in 2019? When is the due date?
The seventh month of the lunar calendar was a very...
What is suitable to eat during the Grain in Ear solar term? What are the taboos to pay attention to during the Grain in Ear solar term in 2018?
Introduction: Grain in Ear is one of the 24 solar ...
Is May 18th of the lunar calendar 2021 a good day? Can I make the bed that day?
There are certain Feng Shui considerations when se...
Is it possible to move house on the ninth day of the eleventh lunar month in 2017? Is it a good idea to move to a new house?
Winter months are cold, but when everything goes ...
Query the 15th day of the fourth lunar month in 2020 (do's and don'ts)!
You can check the daily hexagrams, taboos, good a...
Is it a good idea to hold a funeral on the third day of the fifth lunar month in 2018? Is it an auspicious day?
China is a particularly traditional country, and p...
What is the zodiac sign and destiny of people born on October 18th of the lunar calendar in 2022?
Everyone knows their zodiac sign, but they may not...
Is the 27th day of the eighth lunar month in 2019 a good day? Is today a suitable day for decorating?
Introduction: Decoration is an important matter, s...
Choosing an auspicious day: Is Qingming Festival a fixed good day? How to choose an auspicious day?
Choosing an auspicious day requires analysis based...
Is May 11th of the lunar calendar in 2017 a good day to start renovation?
Introduction: Nowadays, residential decoration sty...
Which day is best to be born in May 2020? Analysis of auspicious days in May 2020
Which day is best to be born in May 2020? Analysis...
Can I travel on July 28th of the lunar calendar in 2022? What is the fortune for today?
In the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the we...
Can I get married on the seventh day of the tenth lunar month in 2017? Is an engagement certificate good enough?
Good things always happen in winter, because peop...
Do people born on the eleventh day of the first lunar month have a strong life?
Do people born on the eleventh day of the first lu...