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The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, also known as the Lantern Festival, is a traditional Chinese folk festival. The first lunar month is the first month of the lunar calendar, and the ancients called it "Xiao", and the 15th is the first full-moon night of the year, so the 15th day of the first lunar month is called the Lantern Festival. Also known as Xiaozhengyue, Yuanxi or Lantern Festival, it is the first important festival after the Spring Festival. China has a vast territory and a long history, so the customs of the Lantern Festival are different across the country. Among them, eating Yuanxiao, admiring lanterns, dancing dragons, etc. The Lantern Festival is one of China's traditional festivals. It began in the Western Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. Lantern viewing began in the Eastern Han Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Ming advocated Buddhism and heard that on the 15th day of the first lunar month, monks viewed Buddha relics and lit lanterns to worship the Buddha. He ordered that on this night, lanterns be lit in palaces and temples to worship the Buddha. The gentry and the common people hung lanterns. Later, this kind of Buddhist ritual festival gradually became a grand folk festival. This festival has experienced the development process from the palace to the folk, from the Central Plains region to all parts of the country. Every year on the 15th day of the first lunar month, just after the Spring Festival, comes the traditional Chinese festival - the Lantern Festival. The first month of the first lunar month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called night "xiao", so the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called the Lantern Festival. The 15th day of the first lunar month is the first full-moon night of the year. It is also the night when the Yuan Dynasty begins and the earth returns to spring. People celebrate this and it is also the continuation of celebrating the New Year. The Lantern Festival is also called the "Shangyuan Festival". According to Chinese folk tradition, on this night when the bright moon hangs high in the sky, people light up thousands of colored lanterns to celebrate. People go out to enjoy the moon, light lanterns and set off flames, guess lantern riddles, and eat Yuanxiao. The family reunites and celebrates the festival together, and it is a joyful time[1]. During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, he ordered the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to be named the Lantern Festival. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities for "Taiyi God" were held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. (Taiyi: the God who controls everything in the universe). When Sima Qian created the "Taichu Calendar", he had already identified the Lantern Festival as a major food festival. Another theory is that the custom of lighting lanterns during the Lantern Festival originated from the Taoist "Three Yuan Theory"; the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Shangyuan Festival, the fifteenth day of July is the Zhongyuan Festival, and the fifteenth day of October is the Xiayuan Festival. The three officials in charge of the upper, middle and lower elements are heaven, earth and man respectively. The heavenly officials are happy, so lamps must be lit on the Lantern Festival. The festival period and customary activities of the Lantern Festival have been extended and expanded with the development of history. In terms of the length of the festival, it was only one day in the Han Dynasty, three days in the Tang Dynasty, and five days in the Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, the lights were lit from the eighth day of the lunar month until the lights were turned off on the night of the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, a full ten days. Connecting with the Spring Festival, the city is bustling during the day, and the lights are lit at night, which is spectacular. Especially the exquisite and colorful lights make it the climax of entertainment activities during the Spring Festival. By the Qing Dynasty, "hundred operas" such as dragon dance, lion dance, land boat running, stilt walking, and Yangko dancing were added, but the festival period was shortened to four to five days. Shangyuan means the first full moon night in the new year. The origin of the Shangyuan Festival is recorded in "Sui Shi Za Ji" that it is due to the stereotypes of Methodism. Taoism once called the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the year the Shangyuan Festival, the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Zhongyuan Festival, and the fifteenth day of the tenth lunar month the Xiayuan Festival, collectively known as the "Three Yuan Festival". The gods worshiped by Wu Dou Mi Dao, an important sect of Taoism in the late Han Dynasty, are Tianguan, Diguan, and Shuiguan. It is said that Tianguan blesses blessings, Diguan forgives sins, and Shuiguan relieves misfortune. It also uses three yuan to match the three officials, saying that the Tianguan first month of the Yuan Dynasty Born on the 15th day of the month, Zhongyuan Diguan was born on the 15th of July, and Xiayuan Shuiguan was born on the 15th of October. In this way, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called the Shangyuan Festival. Wu Zimu of the Southern Song Dynasty said in "Mengliang Lu": "The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month is the time when the heavenly officials of the Shangyuan Dynasty bestow blessings." It is said that the heavenly officials grant blessings and the earthly officials forgive sins, and the real driving force of the Lantern Festival customs is Because it is at a new point in time, people make full use of this special time stage to express their life wishes.

The formation of the Lantern Festival customs has a long process. According to historical materials and folklore, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has been taken seriously in the Western Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty worshiped "Taiyi" in Ganquan Palace on Xinye night of the first lunar month ( Taiyi: the god who dominates everything in the world), is regarded by later generations as the precursor to offering sacrifices to the gods on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. However, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month really became a folk festival after the Han and Wei dynasties. The introduction of Buddhist culture in the Eastern Han Dynasty played an important role in forming the custom of celebrating the Lantern Festival.

Lanterns for the Lantern Festival

During the Yongping period of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty (AD 58-175), Emperor Ming promoted Buddhism, which coincided with Cai Min's return from India to seek Buddhism. Fifth, monks gather to pay homage to the Buddha's relics, which is an auspicious day to visit the Buddha. In order to promote Buddhism, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty ordered that on the fifteenth night of the first lunar month, lanterns should be lit in palaces and temples to represent the Buddha. Therefore, the custom of lighting lanterns on the fifteenth night of the first lunar month gradually expanded in China with the expansion of the influence of Buddhist culture and the addition of Taoist culture. It is also said that the Lantern Festival originated from the "Torch Festival". People in the Han Dynasty held torches in the countryside to drive away insects and beasts, hoping to reduce insect pests and pray for a good harvest. To this day, people in some areas of southwestern China still make torches out of reeds or tree branches on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and hold the torches high in groups to dance in fields or drying fields. Since the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties, it has become even more prosperous. Tens of thousands of singers and dancers participated in the performance, from dusk to dusk, and then stopped at dusk. With the changes of society and times, the customs and habits of the Lantern Festival have already undergone major changes, but it is still a traditional Chinese folk festival. Another theory is that the custom of lighting lanterns during the Lantern Festival originated from the Taoist "Three Yuan Theory"; the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Shangyuan Festival, the fifteenth day of July is the Zhongyuan Festival, and the fifteenth day of October is the Xiayuan Festival. The three officials in charge of the upper, middle and lower elements are heaven, earth and man respectively. The heavenly officials are happy, so lamps must be lit on the Lantern Festival. The festival period and customary activities of the Lantern Festival have been extended and expanded with the development of history. In terms of the length of the festival, it was only one day in the Han Dynasty, three days in the Tang Dynasty, and five days in the Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, the lights were lit from the eighth day of the lunar month until the lights were turned off on the night of the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, a full ten days. Connecting with the Spring Festival, the city is bustling during the day, and the lights are lit at night, which is spectacular. Especially the exquisite and colorful lights make it the climax of entertainment activities during the Spring Festival. By the Qing Dynasty, "hundred operas" such as dragon dance, lion dance, land boat running, stilt walking, and Yangko dancing were added, but the festival period was shortened to four to five days.

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The origin of the lanterns

Legend has it that a long time ago, there were many ferocious birds and beasts, hurting people and livestock everywhere, so people organized Get up and fight them. A magical bird landed on earth because it got lost, but was accidentally shot to death by an unsuspecting hunter. The Emperor of Heaven was very angry when he found out. He immediately issued a decree and ordered the heavenly soldiers to set fire to the human world on the 15th day of the first lunar month and burn all the human and animal property in the human world. The daughter of the Emperor of Heaven was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see the innocent people suffer, so she risked her life and secretly came to the world on auspicious clouds to tell people the news. When everyone heard the news, it was like a thunderclap above their heads, and they were so frightened that they didn't know what to do. It took a long time before an old man came up with an idea. He said: "On the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth of the first lunar month, every household will decorate their homes with lanterns, light firecrackers and set off fireworks. This way. Once it comes, the Emperor of Heaven will think that everyone has been burned to death." After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement and went separately. On the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Emperor of Heaven looked down and saw a red light and loud noises in the world. This happened for three consecutive nights. He thought it was the flames of a fire and was very happy. In this way people saved their lives and property. In order to commemorate this success, from then on every fifteenth day of the first lunar month, every household hung lanterns and set off fireworks to commemorate this day.

Emperor Wen of Han commemorated Ping Lu

It is said that the Lantern Festival was established during the reign of Emperor Wen of Han to commemorate "Ping Lu". After the death of Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ying, the son of Empress Lu, ascended the throne as Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Hui was weak and indecisive by nature, and his power gradually fell into the hands of Empress Lu. After Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty died of illness, Empress Lu took over the affairs of the country and turned the Liu family into the Lu family. The senior officials in the court and the Liu family were deeply indignant, but they were all afraid of Empress Lu's cruelty and dared not speak out. After Empress Lu died of illness, Zhu Lu was in panic and feared being hurt and excluded. Therefore, they secretly gathered at the home of General Lu Lu to plot a rebellion in order to completely seize the Liu family.

This matter reached the ears of Liu Clan, King of Qi, Liu Nang. In order to protect the Liu family, Liu Nang decided to launch an army to attack Zhu Lu. Then he contacted the founding veterans Zhou Bo and Chen Ping, and designed to eliminate Lu Lu, and the "Zhu Lu Rebellion" Finally, it was completely pacified. After the rebellion was over, the ministers supported Liu Bang's second son Liu Heng to ascend the throne and became Emperor Wen of Han. Emperor Wen was deeply aware that peace and prosperity were hard-won, so he designated the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the day when the "Zhu Lu Rebellion" was quelled, as a day of fun with the people. Every house in the capital decorated with lights and colors to celebrate. Since then, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has become a popular folk festival - "Lantern Festival". Another theory is that the custom of lighting lanterns during the Lantern Festival[2] originated from the Taoist "Three Yuan Theory"; the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Shangyuan Festival, the fifteenth day of July is the Zhongyuan Festival, and the fifteenth day of October is the Xiayuan Festival. . The three officials in charge of the upper, middle and lower elements are heaven, earth and man respectively. The heavenly officials are happy, so lamps must be lit on the Lantern Festival. The festival period and customary activities of the Lantern Festival have been extended and expanded with the development of history. In terms of the length of the festival, it was only one day in the Han Dynasty, three days in the Tang Dynasty, and five days in the Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, the lights were lit from the eighth day of the lunar month until the lights were turned off on the night of the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, a full ten days. Connecting with the Spring Festival, the city is bustling during the day, and the lights are lit at night, which is spectacular. Especially the exquisite and colorful lights make it the climax of entertainment activities during the Spring Festival. By the Qing Dynasty, "hundred operas" such as dragon dance, lion dance, land boat running, stilt walking, and Yangko dancing were added, but the festival period was shortened to four to five days.

Dongfang Shuo and the Yuanxiao Girl

This legend is related to the custom of eating Yuanxiao: According to legend, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a favorite named Dongfang Shuo, who was kind and funny. One winter, it snowed heavily for several days, so Dongfang Shuo went to the Imperial Garden to pick plum blossoms for Emperor Wu. As soon as I entered the garden gate, I found a palace maid with tears streaming down her face and ready to throw herself into the well. Dongfang Shuo hurriedly stepped forward to rescue her and asked her why she wanted to commit suicide. It turns out that the palace maid's name is Yuanxiao, and she has parents and a younger sister at home. Since she entered the palace, she has never met her family again. Every year, the spring season comes. , I miss my family even more than usual. I felt that if I could not fulfill my filial piety in front of my parents, it would be better to die. Dongfang Shuo felt deeply sympathetic after hearing her experience, and assured her that he would try to reunite her with her family. One day, Dongfang Shuo left the palace and set up a divination stall on Chang'an Street. Many people are vying to ask him for divination. Unexpectedly, what everyone wanted was the sign of "burning the body with fire on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month". Suddenly, there was great panic in Chang'an. People have been asking for solutions to the disaster. Dongfang Shuo said: "On the evening of the 15th day of the first lunar month, Lord Vulcan will send a red-clothed goddess down to earth to investigate. She is the envoy who was ordered to burn Chang'an. I will give you the copied verses so that you can think of a solution today." After finishing, he threw down a red post and walked away. The common people picked up the red sticker and hurriedly sent it to the palace to report to the emperor. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took it and took a look and saw that it read: "Chang'an is in disaster, the Emperor's Palace is burned, fifteen days of fire, flame red supper." He was shocked and quickly invited the resourceful Dongfang Shuo. Dongfang Shuo thought for a while and said, "I heard that Lord Vulcan loves glutinous rice balls the most. Doesn't the Yuanxiao in the palace often make glutinous rice balls for you? You can ask Yuanxiao to make glutinous rice balls on the night of the 15th. Long live the incense and offer it to Kyoto. Every family makes glutinous rice balls and worships the God of Fire together, and then orders the subjects to hang up lanterns on the night of the 15th, light firecrackers and set off fireworks all over the city, so that the Jade Emperor can be hidden. Common people, on the night of the 15th, go to the city to watch the lanterns and mingle with the crowd to resolve misfortune.” After hearing this, Emperor Wu was very happy and ordered to follow Dongfang Shuo's method. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Chang'an City was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and it was very lively with tourists coming and going. The parents of the palace maid Yuanxiao also took their sister to the city to watch the lanterns. When they saw the big palace lantern with the word "Luanxiao" written on it, they shouted in surprise: "Lanxiao! Yuanxiao!" Yuanxiao heard the shout and was finally reunited with her relatives at home. After such a lively night, Chang'an City was indeed safe and sound. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed and ordered that glutinous rice balls be made as offerings to the God of Fire every fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Lanterns and fireworks would still be hung throughout the city on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Because the dumplings made during the Lantern Festival are the best, this day is called the Lantern Festival.

Yuan Shikai and the Lantern Festival

Legend has it that after the thief Yuan Shikai usurped the achievements of the Revolution of 1911, he wanted to be restored to the throne and become emperor, but he was afraid of the people's opposition and was always in fear. One day, he heard a person selling Yuanxiao on the street shouting in a long voice: "Yuanxiao." He felt that the word "Yuanxiao" was a homophony of "Yuanxiao", and it was suspected that Yuan Shikai had been eliminated. Thinking of his own fate, So before the Lantern Festival in 1913, it was ordered that it was forbidden to call it "Yuanxiao", and it could only be called "tangyuan" or "pinguo". However, the word "Yuanxiao" was not canceled due to his will. The people did not buy his account, and it was still spread among the people.

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Since the formation of the custom of lighting up lanterns during the Lantern Festival, viewing lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has been a major event in all dynasties. Emperor Jianwen of Liang Dynasty once wrote a poem "Ode to Lamps": "The oil in the south is full, and the paint in the west is burning. Su Zheng rests in peace, and the wax comes out of Longchuan. The slanting light shines on each other, and the reflection is clear and fresh." It depicts the palace at that time in the Lantern Festival. The spectacle of lights. During the reign of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, a grand party was held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year to entertain guests and envoys from all over the world. According to "Book of Sui Dynasty Music Chronicles": The Lantern Festival celebration is very grand, with lights and colors everywhere, singing, dancing and playing music day and night. There are more than 30,000 performers and more than 18,000 music players. The stage is eight miles long. Countless people watched the lanterns. They stayed up all night and had fun. It was very lively. In the Tang Dynasty, it developed into an unprecedented lantern market. After the mid-Tang Dynasty, it has developed into a national carnival. During the prosperous Kaiyuan period during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (AD 685-762), the lantern market in Chang'an was very large, with 50,000 lanterns burning in a variety of lantern styles. The emperor ordered a huge lantern tower to be built, with 20 rooms in total and 150 feet high. The golden light is dazzling and extremely spectacular. In the Tang Dynasty, a curfew was implemented. Traveling was prohibited when the drum was sounded at night, and people who broke the night were punished. Only on the Lantern Festival, the emperor granted permission to lift the curfew for three days, which was called "night release". In the Song Dynasty, the lantern display was extended from three nights to five nights. In addition to the lanterns, fireworks and various acrobatics were performed, making the scene even more lively. "Tokyo Menghualu" records: During the Lantern Festival, thousands of colorful lanterns are piled up into a mountain of lanterns on Kaifeng's Imperial Street, with lanterns and fireworks, gold and green shining on each other, and splendid brilliance. Kyoto girls sang and danced, and thousands of people watched. "Visitors gathered under the two corridors of the Royal Street, performing miraculous magic, singing, dancing, and dancing, and the music was noisy for more than ten miles." In the streets and alleys, teahouses and restaurants were lit with lights, gongs and drums were beating, and firecrackers were blasting. Hundreds of miles of lights are on, and compatriots from all over the country celebrate the Lantern Festival

In the Ming Dynasty, after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne in Jinling, in order to make the capital prosperous and lively, he also stipulated that the lights should be turned on on the eighth day of the first lunar month and turned off on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, for ten consecutive nights. Every household hangs five-color lanterns. The lanterns depict various characters, dancing gracefully, and birds flying and flowers blooming. Dragons soar and fish leap, and lanterns and fireworks shine all night long. Drumming and entertainment. This is the longest lantern festival in my country. During the Qing Dynasty, when the Manchus took over the Central Plains, the palace no longer held lantern festivals, but the folk lantern festivals were still spectacular. The date was shortened to five days and continues to this day. Guessing lantern riddles "Guessing lantern riddles", also called "playing lantern riddles", is an activity added after the Lantern Festival. Lantern riddles were first developed from riddles and originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It is a literary game full of ridicule, discipline, humor and laughter. Riddles hung on lamps for people to guess began in the Southern Song Dynasty. "Old Martial Arts·Lamp Products" records: "Using silk lanterns to cut out poems, sometimes to express ridicule, and to draw figures, hidden secrets, and old Beijing idioms to tease passers-by." On the Lantern Festival, the imperial city is never dark, and people enjoy the lanterns on the Spring Festival. At the meeting, people mixed together, wrote poems and riddles on lamps, reflected them on candles, and listed them on the thoroughfare for anyone to guess, so it was called "lantern riddles". Nowadays, every Lantern Festival, lantern riddles are played in various places. I hope this year will be joyful and safe. Because riddles can inspire wisdom and are interesting, they are very popular among all walks of life in the process of spreading. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, various juggling skills began to appear in the lantern market. In the lantern markets of the Ming and Qing dynasties, in addition to lantern riddles and opera songs and dances, opera performances were also added. In addition to visiting the lantern market, people in the past dynasties also had customs such as welcoming Zigu, offering sacrifices to the toilet god, crossing bridges and touching nails to remove all kinds of diseases. They also played Taiping drum, Yangko, stilts, dragon dance, lion dance and other games. The Lantern Festival in traditional society is a major folk festival that both urban and rural areas attach great importance to. The Lantern Festival is particularly noisy in cities and embodies the unique carnival spirit of the Chinese people.

The festival function carried by the traditional Lantern Festival has been eliminated by daily life, people have gradually lost their common spiritual interests, and the complex festival customs have been simplified into the food custom of "eating Yuanxiao". Dragon Lantern Dance

Dragon Lantern Dance Dragon Lantern Dance is also called dragon lantern dance or dragon dance. Its origins can be traced back to ancient times. Legend has it that as early as the Huangdi period, in a large-scale song and dance called "Qing Jiao", the image of a dragon head and a bird's body played by humans appeared. Later, a dance scene in which six dragons interspersed with each other was choreographed. The dragon dance can be seen in written records in "Xijing Fu" written by Zhang Heng of the Han Dynasty. The author gave a vivid description of the dragon dance in the narration of hundreds of operas. According to the "Book of Sui·Music Chronicles", during the Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang's reign, the "Huanglong Transformation", which was similar to the dragon dance performance in Baixi Opera, was also very exciting. Dragon dance was popular in many places in our country. The Chinese nation respects the dragon and regards it as a symbol of auspiciousness. Walking on stilts Walking on stilts is a popular folk performance. Stilts are one of the ancient Chinese operas and have appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. The earliest introduction to stilts in our country is from the chapter "Liezi·Shuofu": "There were Lanzi in the Song Dynasty who used their skills in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, they showed their skills. Lion dance is an excellent folk art in our country. During the Lantern Festival or gathering celebrations, Folks all come here to entertain themselves with lion dance. This custom originated in the Three Kingdoms period and became popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It has a history of more than a thousand years. Traditional folk show - lion dance

Land boat rowing. According to folklore, it is to commemorate Dayu who made great achievements in flood control. The land boat is also called the land boat, which is to imitate the rowing of boats on land. Most of the performers are girls. The land boat is not a real boat, but is made of two thin plates, cut into a boat shape. It is made of bamboo and wood, covered with colorful cloth, and tied around the girl's waist, as if she were sitting in a boat. She holds an oar in her hand and makes a rowing posture. She runs and sings some local tunes. Side dancing is called land boating. Sometimes there is a man pretending to be a boat passenger, and most of them act as a clown, entertaining the audience with various funny actions. Land boating is popular in many areas of our country. In ancient times, there were "seven sacrifices" for offering sacrifices to doors and households. These are two methods of offering sacrifices: inserting poplar branches above the door, inserting a pair of chopsticks into a bowl of bean porridge, or directly putting wine and meat. In front of the door. This activity is mainly for people who raise silkworms. Because rats often eat large areas of silkworms at night, people heard that if you feed rats rice porridge on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, they will stop eating silkworms. So on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, these people cooked a large pot of sticky porridge, and some even covered it with a layer of meat. There was also a curse in the book, cursing the mice that they would die if they continued to eat silkworm babies. According to "Jingchu Suishiji", on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a god came down to the earth and said to a family named Chen: If you can offer sacrifices to them. I will give you a good harvest of silkworms this year. Later, it became a custom to send children's lanterns, also known as "send lanterns", etc., that is, before the Lantern Festival, the mother's family sends lanterns to the newly married daughter's family, or Relatives and friends usually give lanterns to newlyweds and infertile families in order to bring good luck to the family, because "lamp" and "ding" are homophonic in many places. In Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, lanterns are given between the eighth and fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the first year of the year is a big one. A pair of palace lanterns and a pair of glass lanterns with colorful paintings are given to wish that the daughter will be blessed with good luck and have a baby soon. If the daughter is pregnant, in addition to the big palace lanterns, one or two pairs of small lanterns will also be given to wish her a safe pregnancy. Zi Gu is also called Qi Gu, and is often called Lai Gu or Keng San Gu in the north. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people worship Zi Gu, the god of toilets, to divine sericulture, and to divine fortune. According to legend, Zi Gu was originally a concubine. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, she was killed in the toilet and became the toilet god. On the night of welcoming Zigu, people made life-size portraits of Zigu with straw, cloth, etc., and put them in the pig pen in the toilet at night. Welcome and worship. This custom is popular in the north and south. It can be seen in records as early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties. During the Lantern Festival, "walking away all diseases" to seek health

"walking away all diseases" is also called "walking away all diseases". , dispersing all diseases, roasting all diseases, walking on bridges, etc., is an activity to eliminate disasters and pray for health. On the night of the Lantern Festival, women meet to go out together and cross bridges whenever they see them, believing that this can cure diseases and prolong life.

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The Lantern Festival is approaching, and many people have already prepared Yuanxiao at home. They can’t finish it in one meal, and they even become “frequent guests” on the dining table for several days in a row. ”, breakfast, snacks and even late night snacks are all indispensable. As the saying goes, it's better to say it than it is to eat Yuanxiao. In fact, it's the same when it comes to eating Yuanxiao. From a nutritional point of view, glutinous rice skin with sweet fillings such as bean paste, sesame seeds, date paste, and peanuts, or salty fillings such as fresh meat and vegetables, are all unhealthy foods with high sugar and high calorie content. So how to eat Yuanxiao to ensure both deliciousness and health? Breakfast is not suitable. Yuanxiao is a high-calorie and high-sugar food. It also contains fat, but it lacks nutrients. It does not have many other nutrients except calories and sugar. First of all, such food is not suitable for breakfast. In addition to lack of nutrition, the gastrointestinal function is the weakest when people get up early, and the outer skin of Yuanxiao is made of glutinous rice, which is highly sticky and difficult to digest. Therefore, eating Yuanxiao for breakfast is easy to cause indigestion, which can lead to pantothenic acid, heartburn and other conditions, affecting the day's work and life. [3]

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Lantern Festival customs vary across the country. Beijing The most lively festival in old Beijing is not the Spring Festival, but the Lantern Festival. From the 13th to the 17th day of the first lunar month, people in Beijing have to entertain themselves for five days and nights. During the Lantern Festival in old Beijing, the most important activity was lantern viewing. During the Ming Dynasty, the lantern market in Beijing was located at the Dengshikou in Dongcheng City. During the Lantern Festival night, the streets were lined with markets ranging from jewelry and jades to daily necessities. Each shop hung silk yarn, burnt beads, bright horns, wheat straw, and Tongcao. Various lanterns are made for people to watch. By the Qing Dynasty, lantern markets were spread throughout Beijing. Agree 14 | Comment (1)