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 Lantern Festival Lantern Festival
review is one of China's traditional festivals, as early as 2,000 years ago existed in the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Ming Lantern Festival lanterns began in the Eastern Han period, Buddhism flourished, heard that Buddhist monks would watch the fifteenth Buddha relics, light lanterns to worship practice, to command this day in the imperial palace and temples night light lanterns to worship, so that common people are hanging lights Gentry. Later, the Buddhist ritual evolved folk festival grand festival. The festival went from court to civil society, from the central plains to the development of the country.
the Han Emperor, has been ordered to fifteenth named the Lantern Festival. Han Dynasty, . (too one: master of the universe of all of God). Qian create a ;; first month on the 15th for the Lantern Festival, July 15 for the Hungry Ghost Festival, Oct. 15 as Ha Yuen section. in charge, the middle and lower ternary respectively heaven, earth, the three officers who, the day official joy, so to Lotus Lantern Lantern Festival.
Festival Lantern Festival and the Festival of the activities are extended with the development of history, extended. for the duration of festival, the day before the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty for three days, the Song is up to five days, from the eighth day of the Ming Dynasty is lighting until the night before the first month off the seventh light, a full ten days. and Spring phase, the day for the city, crowded, night EEP, spectacular. especially the delicate, colorful lights, but also make it the climax of recreational activities during the Spring Festival. to the Qing Dynasty, but also increased the dragon dance, lion dance, Pao Hanchuan, walking on stilts, Yangko such as ; content, only the shortening of section four to five days.
Spring, the new year with the first full moon of the mean. Lantern Festival's Origin, Taoist stereotypes. Taoist fifteenth day of the year once known as the Lantern Festival, July 15 for the Ghost Festival, Oct. 15 to Xiayuan Festival, collectively, the Five major factions Dou worship God for the day officials, local officials, water officials said, days of the official blessing to the official forgiveness, water officials in helping, and to triple with three officers, said the official first month on the 15th day of Spring born Meta Health and local officials on July 15, Xiayuan water officials October 15 students. In this way, the first month on the 15th is called Lantern Festival. Song Wuzi Mu in the Lantern Festival Day, is the official blessing of Chen Spring day. specific time period to express their desire to live.
Festival Lantern Festival
the formation history of a long process, according to historical and folk legends, the fifteenth day has been taken seriously in the Western Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty the first month Night at the Oasis Palace symplectic worship Wei later. the introduction of the Eastern Han Dynasty Buddhist culture, the customs for the formation of the lantern festival is very important to promote the significance.
Yongping Han Emperor Ming period (AD 58--175 years), to promote Buddhism by Emperor Ming, Cai Yin falls from obtain the return of Indian Buddhism, India, Morocco, said the country during the fifteenth day of drinking Tuo, the monks gathered visited the relics, the Buddha is a good day to participate in really good time. Han Emperor Ming to promote Buddhism, ordered the fifteenth night in the palace and the temple, Table Buddha. field holding a torch driving the countryside pest animals, want to reduce the pest, praying good harvest. Even today, people in some parts of southwest China still fifteenth with reed torches made of wood or tree branches, groups hold high the torch in the Agrocybe or dried grain field to dance. Sui, Tang, Song, is very popular. to participate in singing and dancing were enough to tens of thousands, from dusk until dawn, to the dark and strike. When with the community and the changing times, the customs of the Lantern Festival has long been has made significant changes, but still a Chinese folk festivals.
Another is the custom of the Lantern Festival Lotus Lantern Taoism originated in the for the Hungry Ghost Festival on the 15th, October 15th for the Ha Yuen section. in charge, the middle and lower ternary respectively heaven, earth, the three officers who, day official joy, so the Lantern Festival to Lotus Lantern. Lantern Festival Day and Festival of the event is extended with the development of history, extended. For purposes of section length of the Han Dynasty was a day for three days to the Tang Dynasty, Song is up to five days, is from the Ming Dynasty lighting eighth day until the seventh of the night before the first month off the lights, a full ten days. and Spring phase, the day for the city, bustling, Enlightening night, spectacular. especially the delicate, colorful lights, more so it becomes the climax of recreational activities during the Spring Festival. to the Qing Dynasty, but also increased the dragon dance, lion dance, Pao Hanchuan, walking on stilts, Yangko and other > Lantern point of origin related to the legend

legend in the long, long ago, Xiongqin beast a lot of harm to people and animals everywhere, people organized to fight them, there is a Bird in the fall because of lost world, but accidents was unaware of the hunters to shoot.
very angry after the God of Heaven, immediately edicts, ordered that heavenly world in the first month on the 15th to the fire, the world's people and livestock all the property burned. the Emperor's daughter good-natured, bear to see innocent people suffering, to risk their lives, secretly drove clouds come to earth to tell people the news. all heard the news, as the head of a ring Maggiore, I do not know how to be scared good.
long while, only old people come up with another way, he said: firecrackers, fireworks. In this way, the Emperor would think that people were burned to death. a look and found a piece of red earth, the sound of thunder, is true for three consecutive nights, thought it was a fire burning flame, the hearts of a large fast. people keep their way of life and property. To commemorate this success, from Every fifteenth day, every household hung lanterns, fireworks to mark the occasion.
Jinian Ping Lu Han Emperor Han Emperor
legend when the Lantern Festival is to commemorate the death, Empress ascended the throne as the son of Liu Ying Han Emperor Hui. Huidi naturally weak, indecisive, power gradually fell Empress hands. Han Emperor Hui died after the monopoly of the political affairs of the Empress Lu Liu Lu world into the world, North Korea the veteran, Liu deeply resent the royal clan, but are afraid of Empress cruel and silent resentment.
Empress died, the Zhulv panicky fear of being hurt and marginalized. Thus, in the home of General Lu Lu secret collection of conspiracy as a matter of chaos, in order to fully capture Liu country.
this spread to the ear capsule Liu Liu Clan King of Qi, Liu Liu Bao capsule for the country, decided to raise an army and the subsequent founding veteran crusade Zhulv Bo Zhou, Chen Ping to get in touch, designed to lift the Lu Lu, . Emperor deeply hard-won peace and prosperity, he gave the calm, Five has become a folk festival to celebrate - Lantern Festival, July 15 for the Hungry Ghost Festival, Oct. 15 as Ha Yuen section. competent, middle and lower ternary respectively heaven, earth, the three officers who, day official joy, so Lantern Festival To Enlightening.
Festival Lantern Festival and the Festival of the event is extended with the development of history, extended. for the duration of festival, the day before the Han Dynasty to Tang Dynasty for three days, then the long Song up to five days, from the eighth day of the Ming Dynasty is lighting until the night before the first month off the seventh light, a full ten days. and Spring phase, the day for the city, bustling, Enlightening night, spectacular. In particular, it delicate, colorful lights, but during the recreational activities make it the climax of the Spring Festival. to the Qing Dynasty, but also increased the dragon dance, lion dance, Pao Hanchuan, walking on stilts, Yangko and other for the four to five days.
Dongfang Shuo and the Lantern Festival and the girl
the legend on the custom of eating Lantern: According to legend, there is a favorite of the name of Han Dongfang Shuo, He was kind and funny. One winter, a few days under the snow, Dongfang Shuo to go to the Emperor to the Imperial Garden plum off. When he first entered the park gates, it finds a ready Toujing ladies burst into tears. Dongfang Shuo rescue hurriedly approached and asked her to commit suicide tomorrow reasons. Originally, the palace called the Lantern Festival, also at home parents and a sister, since she entered the palace after the missed
and family no longer met the Prince to do spring each year to the season to miss his family more than usual . that can not be in front of parents, filial piety, it is better to commit suicide. Dongfang Shuo listened to her face, deeply sympathetic to assure her, will try to get her and their families.
day, Dongfang Shuo Chugong in Chang'an put a fortune on the street stalls. many people scrambling to find Gua fortune to him. Unexpectedly, the share of each person sought, are instrumental in panic. People have inquired of the solution approach to disaster. Dongfang Shuo said: the copy of the Jiyu to you, think of a way that allows the current emperor. Han took a look, saw that says: Dongfang Shuo's thought for a moment pretend, said: Herald Kyoto every family to do glutinous rice balls, fire gods worship together. Chuanyu subjects together again in the fifth night, hanging lights, the city point of firecrackers, fireworks, like the city is the fire, so that you can fool the Jade Emperor. In addition, notice people outside the city, fifteen lanterns at night into the city, mixed in the crowd worries and difficulties. city decorated, tourists bustling, robust. odalisque Lantern Festival lanterns parents took my sister into the city. When they see the words ! Lantern! fire gods for glutinous rice balls, the fifteenth day the city still hanging lights fireworks. because the Lantern dumpling do best, so this day is called Lantern Festival.
Kai and Lantern
legend Qieguodadao results Yuan usurped Revolution After the restoration of the throne when the Emperor bent, afraid of the people against the day, on tenterhooks. One day, he heard on the street who sells Lantern elongated voice shouting: homophonic word ; pink fruit. After the formation of all the fifteenth dynasty lanterns lanterns as a major event. Emperor Jianwen wrote a the Longchuan. inclined to pay Hui Ying, Cheng fresh reflection. * Music more numerous, the night, enjoy fun, very lively. unprecedented in the Tang Dynasty to become the city lights, in the Tang Dynasty, has developed into a universal carnival. Emperor (AD 685--762) when Kaiyuan Prime, Changan city lights large, EEP fifty thousand, lantern variety, the emperor ordered to do huge floor lamps, Quanta 20, 150 feet high, golden bright, very spectacular. Tang Dynasty was a curfew , the night the sound of drums ban on the prohibition of travel, made the night to be punished; only in the Lantern Festival, the emperor license lifting the ban for three days, known as the five nights, also outside the Illumination fireworks, performing a variety of juggling, a more lively scene. phase radio, Fairview Jiao Hui. Kyoto girl singing and dancing, Peoples crowd. Qi burning candle tea house wine shop, sound of drums, firecrackers, lights do not absolutely Barry
to the Ming Dynasty, the emperor ascended the throne in Nanking, in order for the bustling heart of the capital, also provides that the lights eighth day the first month, seventh off lights, and even tens night, every household hung colored Lantern, lantern painted on a variety of characters, Fluttering and dancing, birds and flowers bloom. Dragon diving, lantern fireworks light up the night. drum play. noisy Titan, and this is the longest The Lantern Festival, Qing Dynasty, Manchu Central Plains, the court will not do the Lantern Festival, the private sector is still spectacular lantern. Date shortened to five days, continues today.
riddles
called Literary game. riddle hanging of the lights for people to guess the shooting, began in the Southern Song Dynasty. Beijing jest language, teasing pedestrians. riddles. > Song began to appear when the lights all kinds of juggling skills ShangXi. Ming and Qing dynasties light Shangwang addition to riddles and acrobatic dance, it had also added the contents of opera performances.
ages than people outside the city lights tour , another festival toilet Welcoming God, walk across the bridge touched the nail diseases such as customs, there is peace drum hit, Yangko, stilts, dragon, lion and other game.
Lantern Festival is a traditional society, rural and urban folk great importance Festival, the Lantern Festival in the city noise particularly warm, it reflects the unique carnival spirit of the Chinese people. the traditional Lantern Festival hosted by the function of digestion has been the daily life, people gradually lose the spirit of common interest, the complex has been simplified Festival ; eat Lantern large-scale song and dance to the people playing there have been leading bird body image, which had been scheduled after the six dragon dance scenes interspersed with each other. found in written records of the dragon dance, Zhang Heng of the Han Dynasty, The narration in the movie made for a vivid portrayal of the dragon dance. As far as place. Chinese Chongshang Long, the dragon as a symbol of good luck.

stilts stilts, is a mass popular folk art performances. stilt acrobatic This is the kind of ancient China as early as the Spring and Autumn Time has taken place. The earliest description of stilts is the folk art, or assembly during the Lantern Festival celebrations, ordinary people have come to the lion dance performances. This custom originated in the Three Kingdoms period, when the Northern and Southern became popular and has been a thousand years of history.
program Hanchuan
Plan Han Chuan, folklore is to commemorate the meritorious Yu's flood control. zoned Han Chuan, also known as Pao Hanchuan, that is, imitation of the land for ship power, performance Pao Hanchuan mostly girls. Hanchuan not the real thing, the use of two pieces of sheet, sawn boat, tied into the wood, and then kept to color cloth, sets of lines in the girl's waist, like sitting in the same boat, paddle in hand, to do paddling position, made a running, her singing at some local minor, side edge of dance songs, which is zoned Han Chuan. Sometimes also a man dressed as another boat of the Chuan Ke, partner with the performance, the most dressed as clowns, a variety of antics to amuse the audience happy. draw a lot of popular Hanchuan area.
offering door, offering households
ancient a pair of chopsticks, or directly on the front of the wine and meat.

this activity by mouse mainly for sericulture people said. because the mice often large tracts in the night to eat the silkworm, people heard rats fed with rice porridge fifteenth, it can not eat a silkworm. So, these people in a large pot boil the fifteenth day of slimy porridge, some still covered with a layer of meat, the soup bowl Sheng good, into the rat-infested roof, wall, put his mouth side edge recited a curse on the Budehaosi silkworms eat mice.
A fairy came down to a family surnamed Chen, said to them: If you can worship me, let your silkworms harvest this year. Later on the customs form.
send baby light
referred to as ;, also called high in the sky, early child-lin; such as daughter pregnancy, then the exception of the lanterns, but also to send twelve pairs of small lanterns, and wish her safe during pregnancy.
Welcoming
Zigu also called Qi Kou, northern China, said Regardless toilet, pit Sangu. ancient folk customs fifteenth toilet to meet God Zigu Erji, divination, sericulture, and accounting for all the things. legends Zigu for the people of the concubines, for large women are jealous, the fifteenth day being killed cubicle, a toilet god. Every night Welcoming this day, people with straw, cloth, tied into life-size Zigu first class portrait, and night in the toilet rooms meet the worship of the pigsty. This custom is popular all over Taiwan, found in Northern and Southern Dynasties to early records.
take sickness
activities. Lantern Festival Night Meet women travel, travel in pairs, the bridge will ever see that this can illnesses and sickness.
go north since the Ming and Qing riddled with customs, some in the 15th, but more conducted in the 16th. That day the women dressed in festive costumes, crowds out of the house, take the risk crossing the bridge, the city board, touch nail Praying for Children, until the middle of the night, before return.

popular to steal food festival Huang Ping, Guizhou Miao steal food section of the area in the annual Lunar New Year is also held. festive day, the girls will flock to steal other people's dishes, is strictly prohibited to steal the family, same-sex friends can not steal home , for stealing food and their love affair on. the stolen food is limited to cabbage, can eat a quantity enough for everyone. steal food not afraid of being found, people do not blame stolen. everyone to focus on food stolen together, make cabbage meal. It is said that who eat the most, who can see more than a loved one, while the strongest support of the silkworm, silk is also best to spit up.
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fifteenth eat Lantern, Floating Motoko , nuts, date paste for the filling, etc., glutinous rice flour bag into a round, can be prime meat, different flavor. can soup boiled, fried, steamed food, meaning there is a happy reunion. Shaanxi rice balls is not a package, but glutinous rice flour in the or Beans Congee. but the food is mainly used for worship, but also far from a holiday food. to the Tang Dynasty, Zheng Wang of the Oil hammer the system of law, according to Lantern Festival food is the Tang Dynasty
surface silkworm. Wangren Yu (eighty-eight thousand nine hundred fifty-six) of the The festive food is more abundant than the Tang Dynasty. Soy. twist the first mixed meat soup, that the salt soy soup, and if the person-days made Silkworm, all Spring diet of it. the predecessor of the.
at least to the Ming Dynasty, people with 'Lantern' to refer to this glutinous rice dumpling. James JY Liu (born one thousand five hundred forty-one) of the with thin rice noodles, the use of walnut, sugar, rose for the filling, roll into the water spray, such as a large walnut, the South called sweet rice balls are ;, is famous politicians and public taste. Ma Siyuan system is the Lantern Festival was a master of Beijing city. He drops powder produced Lantern alike. character who (born one thousand six hundred eighty-eight) of the Xiang Xiang walnut stuffing, glutinous rice, such as beads of well water scouring. see that Ma drops powder is good, try to sell Lantern Light wind. Lantern Festival's production has become increasingly sophisticated. light on the dough, the river there is rice, sorghum sticky surface, yellow rice and grain shell surface. filling is savory and sweet content of meat and vegetables, everything. the so-called sweet osmanthus sugar, hawthorn sugar, assorted, red bean, sesame, peanut and so on. salty meat with lard, can be used for frying fried rice balls. prime of mustard, garlic, leek, ginger composition Wuxin Lantern Festival, there are that hard-working, long-term, upward meaning.
methods produced different north and south. North Lantern and more ways to use baskets of hand-rolling, the South is more glutinous rice balls rubbing his hands heart groups. Lantern can be big like walnuts, there are small like soybeans, cooking methods are with soup, fried food, oil, boil, steamed food and so on. with or without fillings, are equally delicious. Currently, the Lantern Festival has become a four seasons snacks are prepared at any time since the bowl can be greedy self.
Science
Lantern Lantern Festival is coming to eat a lot of people home already prepared on the Lantern Festival, eat a meal, or even on the table for a few days are
the saying goes too far, in fact, the Lantern Festival to talk about eating the same. From the nutritional point of view, rice Piga on the red bean paste, sesame, jujube paste, peanuts and other sweet filling or fresh meat, Cornish and other salty variety, are high in sugar , high-calorie non-health food. So in the end how to eat the Lantern Festival, to ensure delicious and healthy integrated it?
breakfast inedible
Lantern is a high calorie, high sugar foods, but also contains oil, but the lack of nutrients , in addition to calories and sugar, not too many other nutrients outside. This is not suitable as first food for breakfast. In addition to the lack of nutrition, but also because people get up early is the weakest of gastrointestinal function, and Yuan Xiao skin of the parts are glutinous rice, sticky high, do not digest. so there is easy breakfast indigestion Lantern Festival, which led to pantothenic acid, heartburn, etc., affect the day's work and life. [2]

customs all over China Lantern Festival Lantern Festival Day customs around the country are not the same old

】 【Beijing Beijing is not the most popular New Year festival, but the Lantern Festival. from thirteen to the first month of seventh lunar month, people in Beijing five days and nights to a full entertainment . Old Lantern Festival in Beijing, the most important activity is the main attraction. Ming Dynasty City in light of Beijing Dongcheng Dengshikou, Yuanxiaoye, out city streets, from jade jewelry, down to the daily necessities, readily available, the both the display of silk yarn shop operators, burning beads, Ming Kok, wheat straw, through the grass made all kinds of lanterns for people to watch. to the Qing Dynasty, the city lights all over the city of Beijing.
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Yongping Prefecture, Hebei Province Lantern Festival, the kiln under the cluster of women sick, guilt, diet. QINGYUN Please Wuzu teach Quanbang Lantern man, woman please Zigu BU Xiujiu.
】 【Anhui Province, near the Lantern
the past few days, Datong District, Huainan City, the streets of the town on the kiln and rural communities fields, a variety of folk art performance after another. twisted huagudeng, playing the dragon, the lion Gunxiu Qiu, stilts, carrying the Court, flower stick, lantern, umbrella lights, Han Chuan, single pole bridges colorful performances, not only the New Year atmosphere to a climax, but also for ten young and old husband, Pat Heung, a unique taste of the Huai style culture. Huaihe River on both sides of the old three days, people are busy New Year, visiting friends and relatives, attend to eat no time for play, the Lantern Festival is the most concentrated flavor of the moment.
Fuyang people are industrious and intelligent, long-term production and life in practice, evolving creation, the formation of unique popular culture. there form of lively, rich folk, there are unique regional characteristics of the folk dance and drama. the annual Lunar New Year, these colorful unique converging mass culture Fuyang lantern. Fuyang Lantern Festival began in the Sui and Tang, popular in the Ming Dynasty. Prefecture Song Ouyang Xiu had any of the Yingzhou wrote the night with the lights still on, but last year, tears full of spring sleeves, to tie their own system of birds, of fish animal lights, lights, and so a variety of different style zodiac lanterns hanging in front of their own. During the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival also sing some opera, a drama or opera duet more than two , also known as Lantern Festival is the oldest festival of the night. According to legend, put down the Western Han Dynasty, lady took to the streets to see lanterns can also be fun.
Lantern Festival, every household made Lantern Festival (now a monopoly of specialized households). Lantern called as the civil population, snacks, pop country. No wonder this thing after the millennium, popular as ever.
hanging lanterns to celebrate the Lantern Festival, Shanxi People's essential form. every element of agricultural Xiao Festival approaching, every family hangs a wide range of light from fourteen to sixteen, are open every night from afar, the building end mining colorful lanterns will dress up the splendid glory of the city, the units also produced a variety of competing lanterns hang in the streets for people to enjoy, lantern style as much, and countless animals, there are Lunar New Year, a riddle guessing, there are lanterns, and with modern appliances, also praised the new modern life, aircraft, rockets, spacecraft, drums lights, run lights pie, fish duck and goose lamp, orange banana pineapple lamps, lanterns, wishful lights, material filament lamp, glass lamp, a revolving door ... ... diverse, colorful ..
fireworks, for the Shanxi People's Lantern section of the most gratifying activities. Lantern Festival fireworks night activities should be carried out in the square to the streets, when the whole family, to see the beautiful fireworks, fireworks have become increasingly more beauty, more and more, the more technology-intensive to the higher, more beautiful and more beautiful colors.
Art Parade, be called folk culture parade make-up. Joe Ming Yuan between art, ancient music, with its eight tones will have costume drama, many tricks, too numerous. to do a large light show. All units want to sound, light, color and taste of the big light show display in the streets. It was an auspicious , it was happy, it was an ancient legend, there are significant with inspiration.
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Shandong Province, Zibo City waterfront district Lantern Festival lanterns, extra people. Tai'an City Ningyang send light to the graves of the Lantern Festival. Boxing County, Binzhou City, the lights according to the custom of the Lantern Festival there. boy, lamp, six laps around a jujube tree, I read can make the jujube harvest. Rizhao Ju (jǔ) County men and women in the Sixteenth to the wild outing, called 】
Xiangcheng County Lantern eat wonton soup, known as locally River Bridge, the fraction bridge. If there is no bridge, places of wood take the high-Shu Zhang, Fengxiang dinner at the Lantern Festival, daughter, son, known as Zhang Xu at the torch strapped into a reed, inserted in the field, saying that vibration foot shoulder and jump, known as week. Haining County, as well as exquisite chrysanthemum Lantern lights to the most famous. Shangyu County, less than the Lantern Festival night to suppress the platform relies on martial arts contest. Jiande County, married people have a new wife, and the Lantern Festival Wine Festival set bed. 
new county of Jiangxi Province China stays on the Lantern Festival to light grave. Wanan County cities and villages are in the Spring Lantern Festival Shenzhou worship.

Yunmeng County, Hubei Province (now the Jianghan) old farmer in the field according to Yuanxiaoye side garden with torches, called The men and women have followed the dragon to the next village feast, known as the called