What activities will be held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in 2022? Is the Lantern Festival also the Torch Festival?

What activities will be held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in 2022? Is the Lantern Festival also the Torch Festival?
Different festival activities are also different. So, let’s take a look at what activities will be held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in 2022? Is the Lantern Festival also the Torch Festival? With the arrival of the new year, not only the fortune, but also the almanac and the content of good and bad luck have changed greatly. Click on the 2022 New Year's special topic on Shuimoxiansheng.com to learn more about the first month of the lunar calendar.

What activities will be held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in 2022?

1. Eat Yuanxiao
Yuanxiao is eaten on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. As a food, "Yuanxiao" has a long history in my country.
2. Lantern Festival
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.
3. Guess lantern riddles
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.
4. Rat chase
Chasing 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.
5. 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.

Is the Lantern Festival also the Torch Festival?

Yes, the Lantern Festival is also called the Torch Festival.
The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival since ancient times. It is said that the Lantern Festival began when ancient people held torches in the countryside to drive away insects and animals, hoping to reduce pests and pray for a good harvest. To this day, people in some southwestern China still make torches out of reeds or branches on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and dance in groups in fields or threshing grounds with torches held high. It flourished during the Sui, Tang and Song dynasties. There were tens of thousands of people participating in the singing and dancing, which lasted from dusk to dawn and ended at dusk. With the changes of society and times, the customs and habits of the Lantern Festival have undergone great changes, but it is still a traditional Chinese folk festival.
So, the Lantern Festival is also the Torch Festival.

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