1、According to one legend, once in ancient times, a celestial swan came into the mortal world where it was shot down by a hunter. The Jade Emperor, the highest god in Heaven, vowed to avenge the swan.
2、He started making plans to send a troop of celestial soldiers and generals to Earth on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, with orders to incinerate all humans and animals.
3、But the other celestial beings disagreed with this course of action, and risked their lives to warn the people of Earth.
4、As a result, before and after the fifteenth day of the first month, every family hung red lanterns outside their doors and set off firecrackers and fireworks, giving the impression that their homes were already burning.
5、By successfully tricking the Jade Emperor in this way, humanity was saved from extermination.
Yuanxiao is the special food for the Lantern Festival. It is believed that Yuanxiao is named after a palace maid, Yuanxiao, of Emperor Wu Di of the Han Dynasty. Yuanxiao is a kind of sweet dumpling, which is made with sticky rice flour filled with sweet stuffing. And the Festival is named after the famous dumpling. It is very easy to cook - simply dump them in a pot of boiling water for a few minutes - and eaten as a dessert.
Guessing lantern riddles is an essential part of the Festival. Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the lanterns. If visitors have solutions to the riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the lantern owners to check their answer. If they are right, they will get a little gift. The activity emerged during people's enjoyment of lanterns in the Song Dynasty (960-1279).
As riddle guessing is interesting and full of wisdom, it has become popular among all social strata.
The Lantern Festival is the first full moon day in the year, which symbolizes reunion, harmony and beauty. The fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar is the traditional Chinese festival Lantern Festival.
On this day, people will eat Lantern Festival, enjoy lanterns, guess lantern riddles, watch fireworks, and dance dragons and lions to express their best wishes for spring.
Colorful fireworks soared into the sky, chasing after me, dressing up the night sky with dazzling brilliance, as if competing with the sun and the moon. The colorful balls, like white snowflakes and splendid meteors, make the Lantern Festival night extremely beautiful.
The Lantern Festival is one of China's traditional festivals, also known as the Shangyuan Festival, the small first month, the new year's Eve or the Lantern Festival. The time is the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar every year.
The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called "night" as "Xiao". The fifteenth day of the first month is the night of the first full moon of the year, so it is called "Lantern Festival".
3、元宵节的形成有一个较长的过程,根源于民间开灯祈福古俗。
The formation of the Lantern Festival has a long process, which is rooted in the ancient custom of turning on lights and praying.
4、元宵节主要有赏花灯、吃汤圆、猜灯谜、放烟花等一系列传统民俗活动。
The lantern festival mainly includes a series of traditional folk activities, such as appreciating lanterns, eating dumplings, guessing lantern riddles, setting off fireworks and so on.
5、不少地方元宵节还增加了游龙灯、舞狮子、踩高跷、划旱船、扭秧歌、打太平鼓等传统民俗表演。
Many local lantern festivals have also added traditional folk performances such as dragon lanterns, lion dance, stilt walking, dry boat rowing, yangko dance and Taiping drum.
The Lantern Festival is one of the traditional Chinese festivals, also known as Shangyuan Festival, Little First month, Yuanxi festival or Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month.
The 15th day of the first lunar month is the night of the first full moon in a year, so the 15th day is called the Lantern Festival.
The formation of the Lantern Festival has a long process, rooted in the ancient custom of turning on lights to pray for good luck.
The Lantern Festival is mainly a series of traditional folk activities, such as watching lanterns, eating glutinous rice balls, guessing lantern riddles and setting off fireworks.