In the first month, in the streets of Dizhai Town, Baqiao District, Xi'an, and Jiaodai Town, Lantian County, red lanterns become a beautiful scenery, and among the colorful lanterns, fire gourd lanterns from Bailuyuan have become the most popular lanterns.
On the streets of Dizhai Town, a family of three is selling red lanterns, and the hostess is sorting out the fire gourd lanterns to make this lantern woven with bamboo more rounded and stylish, she said: "In addition to selling our own fire gourd lanterns, we also sell lanterns from other places, fire gourd lanterns are our original specialties of the white deer, everyone likes it more, and it sells well." ”
South of Bailuyuan, Jiaodai Town at the foot of Qinling Mountain, there are many old farmers selling their own woven fire gourd lanterns, in addition to the surrounding villagers to come here to catch the market, many Xi'an people will also drive here to catch the market, see the beautiful fire gourd lanterns, will also buy a pair to take home.
Fire gourd lanterns are woven with a ring of red paper in the middle, also called bamboo lanterns. Bamboo is evergreen all year round, and fire gourd lanterns woven with bamboo symbolize longevity and wealth. Bailuyuan weaving fire gourd lanterns has a history of more than 300 years, Shaanxi Guanzhong circulated such a saying "nephew hit the lantern - as usual (uncle)", every year in the first month, the uncle to the nephew of the New Year gift has such a traditional bamboo lantern, to wish the nephew, niece a bright future, happiness and health.
The bamboo forest in Bailuyuan is very beautiful, and the villagers who live in Bailuyuan use local materials to weave lanterns from the bamboo in front of their homes.
The White Deer Plain Fire Gourd Lantern has become a unique cultural symbol on the White Deer Plain, which has been passed down for hundreds of years, and was included in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage list of Shaanxi Province in 2007. Now some old craftsmen on the White Deer Plain still maintain the tradition of weaving fire gourd lanterns with bamboo, and the fire gourd lanterns woven by the old craftsmen are exquisite and beautiful, and the exquisite fire gourd lanterns not only bring people beautiful artistic enjoyment, add a strong New Year's flavor, but also bring good blessings.
People buy red lanterns on the streets of the town, many Guanzhong people will buy White Deer Original Fire Gourd Lanterns, and the red lanterns on the streets add joy and New Year's flavor to Guanzhong Town. In the Guanzhong region of Shaanxi Province, there is a custom of "sending lamps" in the first month, paying attention to the sixth day of the first month to the fourteenth day of the first month, the mother's family should send lanterns to the newly married daughter or nephew and niece under the age of twelve before this, sending the previous generation full of blessings to the next generation.