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Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the annual Lantern Festival, as one of the traditional festivals in China, it is also known as New Year's Eve, Shangyuan Festival, New Year's Eve and so on.
Lantern Festival, originally meaning "the night of the Shangyuan Festival", because the main activity of the "Shangyuan Festival" on the fifteenth day of the first month is to eat the Lantern Festival at night, which later evolved into the "Lantern Festival". ”
Lantern night, people watch the lanterns, eat lanterns, guess the riddles, one after another celebrations pushed the festival to a climax, but also let people immersed in a happy and happy time.
The Lantern Festival has arrived, I want to send the most sincere wishes, I wish everyone: more money, less anger, more joy, long peace!
Traditional customs, remembered
Eat the Lantern
Lantern, the earliest called "floating Yuanzi", businessmen also called "Yuanbao", is a popular folk novelty food, it can be seen that "Lantern" as a food, in China has a long history.
The north "rolls" the Lantern, the south "wraps" the tangyuan, although the two foods are different in practice and taste, but they all mean reunion, harmony and happiness.
Ying Zi Gu
Zigu is also called Qigu, and legend has it that she was a kind and poor girl.
On the fifteenth day of the first month, she died of poverty, and in order to remember her, people sacrificed Zigu on this day, and also expressed people's sympathy for the weak.
Guess the riddle
Every Lantern Festival, people put written puzzles on the lanterns for people to guess.
Guessing riddles inspire people's wisdom, stimulate everyone's interest, not only create a festive atmosphere, but also show people's yearning for a better life.
Mouse-by-mouse
This activity is mainly said to silkworm farmers, because rats often eat large areas of silkworms at night.
People have heard that on the fifteenth day of the first month, when they feed rice porridge to mice, they will not eat silkworms for a year, which also means that in the new year, people are pursuing the hope of a good harvest.
Go a hundred sick
"Walking a hundred diseases", also known as traveling hundred diseases, is a custom in the north since the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it is also an activity to eliminate disasters and pray for health.
On this day, the women wore festive costumes, went out together, traveled together, and saw that the bridge would be crossed, thinking that this would dispel the disease and prolong the year, which also meant that people hoped to live this life in good health and health.
Look at the flower lanterns
According to the "Tokyo Dream Record", "Every Lantern Festival, on the royal street of Kaifeng, ten thousand colorful lanterns are built into a mountain of lights, and the fireworks of the flowers are illuminated, and the gold and blue shine together, and the splendid embroidery shines." ”
Lantern Festival, also known as the "Festival of Lights", on this day every household is illuminated, a variety of lanterns, the silent night decorated brilliantly, but also means to get rid of the darkness, drive away troubles.
Lion Dance
Every Lantern Festival or gathering ceremony, the folk come to the lion dance to help, this custom originated in the Three Kingdoms period, has a history of more than 1,000 years.
The "lion dance" is generally completed by three people, two people dressed as lions, one person acts as a lion head, the other person acts as a lion body and hind feet, and one person acts as a lion usher, often with actions such as pedaling, leaping, rolling color balls and so on.
A greeting, a blessing
Lin Yutang said: "Happiness in life is nothing more than four things. ”
One is to sleep in their own bed, the second is to eat meals made by their parents, the third is to listen to their lovers to talk about love, and the fourth is to play games with their children.
Today is the Lantern Festival, if you are spending with your parents, then you must cherish it.
Because around our parents, we don't need to be careful, just eat hot meals, sleep until we wake up naturally, and play unscrupulously.
If you are alone, then be kind to yourself and have a bowl of hot rice balls.
No matter how many setbacks you have experienced this year, how many mud pits you have walked, whether your mood is happy, you must always believe that you are the best and tomorrow will be better.
Let's wrap happiness in the Lantern, eat the Lantern, and smile often on the face;
Let's put happiness in the flower lantern, look at the flower lamp, and happiness surrounds us;
Let's put blessings into our phones, read text messages, and warm up to our hearts.
May 2022, everyone happy Lantern Festival, good health and harmony, smooth work and financial resources, family happiness and happiness for a long time.