The origin of Shangyuan Festival

The 15th day of the first lunar month is the traditional Lantern Festival for the Han people in China. The first month is January, the ancients called the night "Xiao", and the fifteenth day is the first full moon night in a year, so the fifteenth day of the first month is called the Lantern Festival. Also known as "Shangyuan Festival". According to the folk tradition in China, on the festival night in spring returns, the moon is high in the sky, and there are thousands of lanterns on the ground. People watch lanterns, have solve riddles on the lanterns and have Yuanxiao, and have a happy family reunion.

The Lantern Festival, a traditional festival in China, is celebrated on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar and at the end of the Spring Festival every year.

The Lantern Festival, also known as the first lunar month, Yuanxi or Lantern Festival, falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month every year, which is the first important festival after the Spring Festival. Qiantang Qu You's "Double-headed Peony Lantern": "Every year, I put on lanterns for five nights in Mingzhou. All the women in the city have to look at it. "

The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called night "Xiao", so they called the fifteenth day of the first month "Lantern Festival". The 15th day of the first month is the night of the first full moon in a year, and it is also the night of spring returns, so people celebrate it and celebrate the continuation of the Spring Festival. Lantern Festival is also called "Shangyuan Festival" or "Lantern Festival".

The 15th day of the first month is called Shangyuan Festival, also known as Lantern Festival, which has a long history. The content of Shangyuan Festival is very rich, and people can "play with lanterns" at night, that is, put on lanterns, watch lanterns, play with lanterns, and set off fireworks. Yuanxiao, the festive food of Shangyuan Festival, is sweet and delicious, and is deeply favored by everyone.

The Lantern Festival is to commemorate the birthday of Shangguan.

2. It was set in memory of Pinglu when Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty

Legend has it that the Lantern Festival was set in memory of Pinglu when Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty was in charge. After the death of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, Lv Hou's son Liu Ying became Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty. Huidi was born weak and indecisive, and the power gradually fell into the hands of Lv Hou. After Emperor Huidi died, Lv Hou monopolized the state affairs of the Liu family and turned it into the world of the Lu family. The old courtiers and the Liu clan were deeply indignant, but they were all afraid of Lv Hou's cruelty and dared not speak out.

After Lv Hou died, Zhu Lu was in a state of anxiety and was afraid of being hurt and excluded. So, in the home of the general Lv Lu, they secretly assembled and conspired for the insurrection, so as to completely seize Liu Jiangshan.

The story reached Liu Nang, the king of Qi in the imperial clan of Liu. Liu Nang decided to fight against Zhu Lv in order to protect Liu Jiangshan. Later, he got in touch with zhou bo and Chen Ping, the founding elders, and designed to dissolve Lv Lu. The "rebellion of Zhu Lv" was finally completely put down.

After the rebellion, all the officials made Liu Bang's second son Liu Heng ascend to the throne, calling him Emperor Wen of China. Wendi was deeply impressed by the hard-won peace and prosperity. Since then, the fifteenth day of the first month has become a popular folk festival-"Lantern Festival".

3. In memory of Dong Fangshuo and Yuanxiao Girl

This legend is related to the custom of eating Yuanxiao: It is said that there was a favorite named Dong Fangshuo in Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who was kind and funny. One winter, it snowed heavily for several days, and Dong Fangshuo went to the Imperial Garden to fold plum blossoms for Emperor Wu. As soon as I entered the garden gate, I found a maid-in-waiting in tears ready to throw herself into the well. Dong Fangshuo rushed forward to help and asked why she wanted to commit suicide. It turns out that this maid-in-waiting is named Yuanxiao, and there are parents and a sister at home. Since she entered the palace, she has never seen her family again. Every year when spring comes, I miss my family more than usual. I think it is better to die than to be filial in front of my parents. Dong Fangshuo was deeply sympathetic to what happened to her and assured her that she would try to reunite her with her family.

One day, Dong Fangshuo left the palace and set up a divination booth on Chang 'an Avenue. Many people are vying to ask him for divination. Unexpectedly, what everyone wants is the signature of "the sixteenth day of the first month burns us". Suddenly, there was a great panic in Chang 'an. People are asking for solutions to the disaster. Dong Fangshuo said, "On the evening of the 13th day of the first month, Vulcan will send a goddess in red to visit the earth. She is the messenger who ordered the burning of Chang 'an. I will give you the transcribed poems, so that the emperor can do something." Say that finish, then dropped a red post and roared off. The common people picked up the red post and quickly sent it to the palace to report to the emperor.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took it and saw that it said, "Chang 'an is robbing, the imperial palace is being burned by fire, and the fire is burning for fifteen days, and the midnight snack is red." He was so frightened that he quickly invited Dong Fangshuo, who was resourceful. Dong Fangshuo thought for a while, and said, "I heard that Vulcan loves to eat glutinous rice balls. Doesn't Yuanxiao in the palace often make glutinous rice balls for you? Let Yuanxiao make dumplings on 15th night. Long live the incense and offerings, and command every family in Kyoto to make dumplings and worship Vulcan together. Then tell the subjects to hang lights together on the fifteenth night, light firecrackers and set off fireworks all over the city, which seems to be a fire all over the city, so that the jade emperor can be fooled. In addition, inform the people outside the city that they will go to the city to watch the lights on the fifteenth night, and they will eliminate disasters and solve problems in the crowd. " Upon hearing this, Emperor Wudi was very happy, so he ordered him to do it according to Dong Fangshuo's way.

On the fifteenth day of the first month, Chang 'an City was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and tourists were bustling and very lively. The parents of the maid-in-waiting Yuanxiao also took their sister to the city to watch the lights. When they saw the big palace lantern with the words "Yuanxiao" written on it, they shouted in surprise: "Yuanxiao! Lantern Festival! " When Yuanxiao heard the shouts, she was finally reunited with her relatives at home.

After such a busy night, Chang 'an was really safe. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed, so he ordered that glutinous rice balls should be made for Vulcan every fifteenth day of the first month, and the whole city would hang lights and set off fireworks on the fifteenth day of the first month. Because Yuanxiao makes the best dumplings, people call them Yuanxiao, and this day is called Lantern Festival.

Also known as Shangyuan Festival, Lantern Festival and Lantern Festival. There are many sayings about the origin of Lantern Festival in various places, and three kinds of sayings are widely circulated. It is said that the Lantern Festival was designed by Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty to commemorate "Pinglu", because it was the fifteenth day of the first month to quell the Lu rebellion; Second, the Lantern Festival is designed to celebrate the first full moon night in a year, also known as the "Shangyuan Festival"; Third, the Lantern Festival originated from the "Torch Festival". In the Han Dynasty, people held torches in rural fields to drive away insects and beasts, hoping to reduce pests and pray for a good harvest. To this day, people in some areas in southwest China still make torches out of reeds or branches on the fifteenth day of the first month, and hold them high in groups and dance in fields or grain drying fields. Since the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, it has been in full swing. Tens of thousands of people took part in singing and dancing, from faint to dull. With the changes of society and times, the customs of Lantern Festival have changed greatly, but it is still a traditional folk festival in China.