It turns out that the Lantern Festival originated in this way
Speaking of lantern festivals, how many people today can learn more about its origins? Today, Liu Yali will talk about the Lantern Festival and the allusion of eating tangyuan for you.
As a traditional Chinese festival, the Lantern Festival existed as early as the Qin Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. When Emperor Wen of Han was in power, he had ordered that the fifteenth day of the first month be designated as the Lantern Festival. It is said that the Lantern Festival was set up during the reign of Emperor Wen of Han to commemorate "Pinglu". According to legend, Lü Hou's clan was afraid of the fall of power after Lü Hou's death and plotted a rebellion, which was learned by Liu Nang, the king of Qi, and together with zhou Bo, the founding minister of the founding state, he quelled the "Rebellion of Zhu Lü". After quelling the rebellion, the courtiers proclaimed Liu Bang's second son, Liu Heng, on the throne as Emperor Wen of Han. Emperor Wen deeply felt that the prosperity of the Taiping Dynasty was not easy to come by, so he set the fifteenth day of the first month to quell the "Rebellion of Zhulu" as a day of rejoicing with the people, and every house in the capital was illuminated to celebrate. Since then, the fifteenth day of the first month has become a folk festival celebrated by the whole world - "Lantern Festival".
Why is there a tradition of eating lanterns on the Yuan Festival?
The custom of eating the Lantern on the fifteenth day of the first month has a long history in the mainland, but the custom originated when and where, and folk accounts are different.
It is said that at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, King Chu Zhao passed through the Yangtze River on his way back to the country, and saw something floating on the surface of the river, white and yellowish, with a red like rouge inside, and the taste was sweet. The people did not know what it was, so King Zhao sent someone to ask Confucius. Confucius said, "This duckweed fruit is also a sign of revival by the Lord of the One who obtains it." "Because this day is the fifteenth day of the first month, on this day, King Zhao ordered his men to imitate this fruit with noodles, and boil it with hawthorn into a red filling and eat it. There is also a saying that the Lantern was originally called Tang Yuan, when Emperor Wu of han arrived, there was a palace girl in the palace called The Lantern, who was very good at making Tang Yuan, and from then on, the world named after this palace girl.
The earliest record of the Lantern Festival eating the Lantern festival is found in the Song Dynasty, when it was called "Floating Yuanzi" and later called "Lantern", and businessmen also called it "Yuanbao". Judging from historical materials such as the "Pingyuan Continuation" and the "Chronicle of the Years", the Lantern Festival, as a timely food for celebrating the Lantern Festival, began in the Song Dynasty. Because the "Lantern" and "Tangyuan" are reunited in appearance, the filling is sweet, and there are beautiful metaphors such as "reunion" and "sweetness", so it has always been widely loved by the people, symbolizing the reunion of the whole family, harmony and happiness, and at the same time pinning people's good wishes for future life.
With a long history of more than 2,000 years, the Lantern Festival has always passed on the beautiful meaning and the desire for harmony to this day, no matter how different the food and customs of The north and south of the Chinese river are, but the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month is a custom that the whole country celebrates.
The Spring Festival has passed, the hard work in the field of people have also been put into busy work, the Lantern Festival is timely, for the people who are on the move to offer a good expectation, the fifteenth month of the first month, will also illuminate every happy road home reunion. Liu Yali took advantage of this festival to make a beautiful promise to the future life with everyone.