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In the Commentaries on the Interpretation of Texts, there are:
"Yuan, for the beginning; supper, for the night."
Lantern, meaning the first full moon night of the New Year.
Since this night,
The moon moves west, and spring returns to the earth.
Fire tree honeysuckle, incense car BMW.
The lights are dimmed, and the sweetheart between the eyebrows.
At a time of great beauty, I wish:
People are round, things are round, reunion is round;
Human popularity, blessings, and fates continue;
Wish, wish, wish.
In the long ancient times without electric lights,
The stars and moons as the brightest and most vast landscape in the night sky,
Not only does it give light to the night,
It is also people who look up to the sky and know the universe.
An important carrier for wishing and thinking about life.
People do it by observing
The relationship between the moon and the sun, the earth and other stars,
Observe its profit and loss changes on climate geography, agricultural production
and the influence of the human body and mind, invented to change with the moon
A series of astronomical, calendar, and sacrificial systems such as the lunar calendar of timekeeping.
As the first full moon day of the new year,
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month naturally has extraordinary significance.
At this time, people are reunited with relatives and friends under the moon,
Make a wish, send blessings from afar,
Pray for a happy reunion in the new year and all things will go smoothly.
At the same time, the full moon is always
Inseparable from reunion.
After the fifteenth day of the first month, the students are going to school,
The wanderers have also started work.
People are about to leave, so they will gather together,
Look up at the sky and the moon, and look at the lights to the ground.
Because every full moon moment
They are all reminding us:
Man is in the midst of a gathering and dispersing
Balance and have this life.
Take advantage of the gentleness of the moon tonight,
Cut a paragraph to fall asleep together.
May tomorrow after waking up from a dream,
All beings are joyful, auspicious and healthy, and blessed with happiness.
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the last day of the year.
In ancient times, every fifteenth day of the first month,
Families compete to hang flower lanterns with different shapes,
The government will also fund the establishment of a large-scale light market for the whole people to see.
The streets and alleys are illuminated endlessly.
Fire trees and silver lanterns are like day, and BMW carved cars are fragrant all over the road.
People use the brightly lit way,
Drive away the exhaustion of the year and welcome a new beginning.
We took to the streets, admiring the lights, racing lights, buying lights,
Watch songs and dances, write lantern couplets, guess lantern riddles, enjoy lantern poems...
Feel it in the bustling crowd
"Fire tree honeysuckle never sleeps" of the prosperity of the world,
Savor the joy of family and friends reuniting.
The multitudes looked for him a thousand times, and looked back,
But the man was in the middle of the night.
In the traditional society of ancient feudalism,
Lantern lights will be one full
Poetic and love-colored days.
It is for young men and women who crave love
Provides a fantastic opportunity.
On the day of the Festival of Lights,
It is the moment when young men and women meet their sweethearts,
So the Lantern Festival is
The Chinese style of "Valentine's Day".
Even in modern times, in Taiwan, there are still unmarried women
Steal green onions or vegetables on the night of the Lantern Festival
The traditional custom of marrying a good husband.
And the vegetable stealing festival popular in guizhou Miao,
It is also held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the lunar calendar every year.
On the day of the festival, girls
In droves to steal other people's vegetables,
Stealing vegetables is not afraid of being discovered, and the families of those who are stolen do not blame.
It is said that whoever steals the most dishes will be able to get the good guy early.
The most beautiful encounter in the world is like this,
Meet you among millions of people,
Collect sweet hearts in the sky full of fireworks.
Under the light of the stars,
People who are in love with each other pray for long-lasting love.
People looking for a good partner pray for peach blossoms to arrive.
The Lantern also has the tradition of "walking a hundred diseases",
The stars and the moon in the sky shine together,
Underground people walk a hundred diseases.
In ancient times, women dressed in festive costumes and went out in groups,
Or walking on the side of the wall, or seeing the bridge must be crossed, called "crossing the danger".
After passing through the door nails on the temple door, you still have to touch it,
It is believed that this can eliminate the disease and prolong the life.
Nowadays people are traveling outdoors,
Because the Lantern Festival is at the turn of winter and spring,
Walk around and breathe in the fresh air,
Helps to get rid of ominous diseases.
On the night of the full moon when the yang qi first sprouts,
Peace and health, no pole Tai Lai.
Lantern Festival is also known as "Shangyuan Festival",
The fifteenth day of the first month is the upper yuan, and the fifteenth day of July is the middle yuan,
October 15 is the next dollar.
This saying comes from the Taoist "three elements".
The upper, middle, and lower three elements correspond to the three officials of heaven and earth.
The Celestial Ruler is in charge of the fate of the world, presiding over the justice of life and death,
On the fifteenth day of the first month, he came to earth
Inspect good and evil and bless the world.
At the same time, on the night of the Lantern Festival, not only the street market is brightly lit.
Many places also go to Zumu to deliver lights during the Lantern Festival,
It is intended to illuminate the ancestors and spend the Lantern Festival together.
About the origin of the Lantern Festival,
There is "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sacrificed the 'Taiyi God' on the fifteenth day of the first month,
Pray for the peace of the people, the wind and rain, and the abundance of grain";
There is a "Hanming Emperor taking Indian customs, every year on the fifteenth day of the first month."
Worship the Buddha in order to promote the Dharma";
There is "When Eastern Han Taoism was formed, it was established on the fifteenth day of the first month."
For the Taoist 'three yuan' of the heavenly official Christmas"said;
There was "Emperor Liu Heng of Han for the celebration of the calm
'Rebellion of the Zhulu' and the establishment of ";
There is "the fifteenth day of the first month of the Eastern Shuo Dynasty, a famous minister of the Han Dynasty,
Helping the palace maids to reunite with their families";
There is also "the people of the world light up and set off cannons."
Dodge the Heavenly Emperor Soldiers" and so on.
Although there are many theories of its origins,
But it can be roughly seen that the Lantern Festival was originally
It is for "sacrifice", "worship of Buddha", "worship of gods", "prayer for blessings and avoiding disasters" and so on
Established for religious reasons.
Before the title "Lantern Festival" was officially formed,
The fifteenth day of the first month is also known as the "first moon look".
On this day, royal and folk
All will be held to worship the heavens or ancestors,
Pray for the New Year:
The wind and rain are smooth, the country is peaceful, and the heirs are long.
Since the Tang Dynasty, it has been passed down by the people
The Lantern worships the purple goddess and the custom of "welcoming the purple girl".
Zigu is also known as "toilet girl".
When people think that Yingzigu "can occupy the affairs of the people,
Bu will be a silkworm mulberry, and he is good at shooting hooks."
Later, he invited Zigu to ask about the silkworm farming
Extends to divination of birthdays, fertility and future
as well as the meritorious deeds, marriages and funerals,
Farming and commerce and many other areas of life.
People greet zigu's activities,
What is sought is only the consolation of the heart,
And take the opportunity to play and entertain.
Lantern is also known as tangyuan, floating yuanzi, yuanbao, pink fruit,
There are various theories about its origins,
The more popular view is that
The Lantern is similar to the sacrificial food contained in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
The moon is full in the sky, the reunion on earth, and the tangyuan in the bowl.
A few spoonfuls of soup in a white jade dish, the pearls are squeezed together to see convex and concave.
Squishing into the bite of the teeth, the black and white taste is difficult to describe.
By the Song Dynasty, the custom of eating the Lantern on the fifteenth day of the first month had been widely spread.
It symbolizes auspicious meanings such as reunion and consummation.
According to the different customs of various parts of the continent,
The ingredients, production process and taste of the Lantern are also different.
Generally speaking, the Lantern in the north is shaken out
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Then put the stuffing into a sieve or machine,
Pour in the rice noodles and let them bond with the rice noodles in the shaking,
Form a circular lantern.
This Lantern surface is a thin dry powder,
When the rice noodles are boiled in the pot, they absorb the water and become soft.
The Lantern festival in the south is wrapped up
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Add glutinous rice flour with water and wake up in a ball,
Then roll it into a round piece and continue like a dumpling
Add the filling and wrap into a round.
One south and one north, one dry and one wet, with a different flavor.
Sweet and round tangyuan,
Gradually it has become a symbol of people's sweet reunion back to life.
One year old on the festivals of the Yuan Qi,
A year begins today.
Lantern Festival, emotionally speaking,
It becomes the end of the "year".
It is also the beginning of the restoration of unity and the rejuvenation of the earth.
Shadowy figures, noisy cars and horses.
Fire tree honeysuckle, flower lanterns bloom.
The home swallow returns home, it is tianlun Shule.
The heart belongs, it is the affection that depends on it.
May every city have lights and watches,
May this year be the twilight of the four seasons,
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