Pay attention to the lantern festival lights.
Different customs have different rules, and how to light a lamp on the fifteenth day of the first month is also particular. Different lights have different meanings, and what lights are placed in what position will also be said. Twelve lotus lanterns should be placed under the niche of heaven and earth; Putting lights on the steps of the building can illuminate the steps, and the whole roof should be placed in a square circle, which means that it can become square only if there are rules; Five lights should be placed in the center of the yard in a circle, which means that the five grains are golden and the whole family is reunited. Although the custom of lighting the Lantern Festival is simplified now, the place where the lights should be turned on should still be open.
The moral of Lantern Festival lights
Lamp is light, which symbolizes hope and can dispel darkness. Therefore, people often light small lanterns at the door when it is dark on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the one hand, it is used for lighting, on the other hand, it is used to ward off evil spirits in the dark, so as to achieve the purpose of exorcism. Besides, lighting a lamp also means praying for peace. Most of the lanterns hung on the fifteenth day of the first month are red lanterns, on the one hand, because red lanterns look very bright, and on the other hand, because red is a very auspicious and festive color, hanging on the fifteenth day of the first month often means praying for peace and happiness, so hanging lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first month also means praying for peace. Lantern Festival has a long history, and China has a vast territory, so it will have many different meanings, but it will never be divorced from its primitive religion. This is to pray for peace and success.
The origin of lighting custom
Lantern Festival lighting custom has a long history and many versions, among which the most widely spread is in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Ming Di advocates Buddhism. He heard that on the fifteenth day of the first month, monks observed Buddhist relics and lit lamps to worship Buddha. He ordered that lights should be lit in palaces and temples to worship Buddha that night, so that all the gentry and ordinary people could hang lights. Later, this Buddhist ceremonial festival gradually formed a grand folk festival. This festival has experienced the development process from the court to the people, and from the Central Plains to the whole country.
Pay attention to the lanterns on the Lantern Festival.
In the custom chapter of Shangyuan, the Tongzhi edition of Jimo County Records in the Qing Dynasty has the saying that "steamed noodles are lamps, oil is lamps, and it is called snuff-puff" to regard its blooming flowers as a supplement to the abundance of grains. Qingdao folks have had the custom of "sending lanterns" since ancient times.
Lantern Festival became the Lantern Festival and became a custom in the middle of the Tang Dynasty. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty reopened the curfew on the fifteenth day of the first month of the second year of his birth, and ordered thousands of lanterns to light for three nights, which became a temporary prosperity. During the Kande period in the Northern Song Dynasty, the lighting time increased to five nights.
Bean powder lights are divided into bucket lights, dragon and phoenix lights, zodiac lights and various animal and plant lights. Radish lamp is carved out of green radish, carved out a lamp bowl, stuck with cotton core, and lit with cooking oil.
In foreign countries, Lantern Festival is also called Lantern Festival. On the evening of the 15th day of the first month, people in China have a series of traditional folk activities, such as watching lanterns, eating glutinous rice balls, solve riddles on the lanterns and setting off fireworks.
The origin of lighting candles on Lantern Festival
Legend has it that a long time ago, there were many fierce birds and beasts everywhere that hurt people and livestock, so people organized to defeat them. A god bird was trapped and landed on the earth, but was accidentally shot by an unsuspecting hunter. The Emperor of Heaven was very angry when he learned that. He immediately issued a decree, ordering the heavenly soldiers to set fire to the land on the fifteenth day of the first month, burning all the people, livestock and property. The daughter of the Emperor of Heaven is kind-hearted. She couldn't bear to see the innocent suffering of the people, so she risked her life and secretly rushed Xiangyun to the world to tell people the news. When people heard the news, it was like a blow to the head. I'm so scared that I don't know what to do. After a long time, an old man came up with an idea. He said: "On the 14th, 15th and 16th of the first month, every family decorated their houses, set off firecrackers and set off fireworks. In this way, the emperor will think that people have been burned to death. " Everyone nodded and said yes, and they were ready to go separately. On the night of the fifteenth day of the first month, the emperor looked down and found that for three consecutive nights, the world was red and the noise was deafening. He thought it was the flame of a big fire, and soon. In this way, people saved their lives and property. In order to commemorate this success, every household hangs lanterns and sets off fireworks on the fifteenth day of the first month to commemorate this day.