In Chaoshan area, such as families with boys, lanterns have been hung in large-scale word halls in rural areas since the eleventh lunar month. The light curtain of wealthy families has four or five floors, and ordinary families have one or two floors. The contents of the lamp screen are mostly myths and legends and historical stories, such as the fairy giving away the child, Guo Ziyi's birthday, the peach blossom party, Fengyi Pavilion and so on. All kinds of characters on the screen are made of clay sculptures and various colors of cloth, with different shapes and lifelike. The account name is written on the red paper pasted under each light screen for people to watch and compare. From the day 1 1 hangs the lamp, it is called "lighting", which is actually "lighting". This means that the ceremony of the newborn boy (male) entering the clan also means wishing a bright future. All families who light lamps go to the ancestral temple to light lamps every night from the day they light lamps to the 18th.
On the Lantern Festival, a red light is hung in front of every household, indicating good luck. In rural areas, people organize lantern festivals, and all kinds of lanterns take part, with different shapes and exquisite appearance. Such as lotus lamp, plum blossom lamp, carp lamp, lantern lamp, landscape painting lamp, palace lamp and other styles, merged into a fire dragon, brilliant as day. As Ouyang Xiu, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, described "Last year's Lantern Festival, the flower market was as bright as day". In addition, dressed up on stilts, Chaozhou gongs and drums are very lively.
On the fifteenth day of the first month, Chaoshan also has the custom of "the bride leaves the ancestral temple". Rural newlyweds go to the ancestral temple to watch the lights at night. The bride was powdered in advance and wore a red coat, a long skirt, a rockhopper and a beaded face. Ordinary people wear a "civilization hat" (tied in a half-moon shape with dyed feathers and colored velvet) and then use it for more than 20 feet. In the middle is a big flower HongLing tied on a "civilization hat". The red ribbon hangs from the sideburns to the feet, and she looks like a fairy in a red gown. Then the bridesmaids (one or two people) will accompany them to the ancestral hall to see the lights.
In the ancestral hall, the lights are bright and people are bustling, scrambling to see the lights and the bride. When the bride comes to the ancestral temple, the bridesmaid lights three candles first, so that the bride can bow down to her ancestors with top incense and pray for a child in the coming year. After the ancestor worship, the bridesmaid walked around the hall with the bride and looked at the lights screen by screen. Afterwards, the bride stepped out of the ancestral hall and stood in the ancestral hall to watch a play (Chao Opera) for people to watch. At this time, people flocked to watch, especially young men. You pushed me and squeezed me, eager to squeeze into the bride's eyes. The bride's going to the theatre was just a formality and didn't last long. Immediately, the bridesmaid escorted the bride home. This custom is called "the bride leaves the hall".
The next day, people who hang lanterns hold a banquet, and relatives and friends of Guangqing go to the banquet to celebrate their happiness, commonly known as "eating Ding wine".
18, the lantern hanging ceremony ended. When lanterns are lit, people take them home from temples to have another child next year, which is called "Xie Deng".