How to write a brief introduction to the origin of the Lantern Festival

The formation of the Lantern Festival customs has a long process. According to general information and folklore, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has been taken seriously in the Western Han Dynasty. "The activity was regarded by later generations as the precursor to offering sacrifices to the gods on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

The customs and habits of the Lantern Festival have already undergone major changes, but it is still a traditional Chinese folk festival. When the Lantern Festival was formed in the early stages of the festival, it was only called the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the first half of the first lunar month or the first day of the month. After the Sui Dynasty, it was called Yuanxi or Yuanye.

Influenced by Taoism in the early Tang Dynasty, it was also called Shangyuan, and it was occasionally called Yuanxiao in the late Tang Dynasty. But since the Song Dynasty, it has also been called Dengxi. In the Qing Dynasty, it was also called Lantern Festival. Abroad, Lantern Festival is also known as The Lantern Festival. On the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Chinese people are known to enjoy a series of traditional folk activities such as viewing lanterns, eating glutinous rice balls, guessing lantern riddles, and setting off fireworks.