Banquet lantern slogan

Among the folk customs of traditional Spring Festival in China, Shaanxi folk customs are simple and rich in local characteristics.

It is an indispensable gift for my uncle to send lanterns to my nephew before the fifteenth day of the first month. The slang "nephew plays with lanterns-as usual (uncle)" comes from this custom. Let people feel the charm of northwest loess customs.

From the first Spring Festival after a daughter's marriage, her parents (the woman's parents or married brothers and younger brothers) should choose one day from the second day to the eighth day of the first month (mostly from the third day to the sixth day) to "send lights" to her married daughter. "Sending lanterns" mainly means sending two big lanterns and ten candles. "Sending a lamp" means a bright future and happiness. From the eleventh to the fifteenth day of the first month, women hang lanterns on their doors to show good luck.

After the daughter has a child, the bride's family will give this gift to her children, give each child a lantern and ten small candles, and the children will play with lanterns on the evening of the eleventh to fifteenth day of the first month. The lanterns given to children are smaller than those given to women, which is convenient for children to carry. This custom occurs every year until the child 12 years old, and the bride's family "lights up" the child for the last time, that is, "lights up", which is also the most grand one. Sending lanterns every year is usually done by children's uncles, so there is a saying "My nephew plays with lanterns-just take care of them".

When the lights are turned off, the children's parents will hold a banquet for their children and invite relatives and friends to attend. With the improvement of people's living standards, every family gives its eldest son a bright light. Coupled with the weakening of the traditional concept of son preference and the influence of the family planning policy, there are fewer and fewer children in the family. This kind of celebration will begin regardless of the size of men and women. As long as the children are old enough to finish the lights, they should be given a party and finish the lights. With the passage of time, the scope of this celebration has gradually expanded, and it has begun to be accepted by people in urban and rural areas, and its content has become more and more abundant.

It is estimated that there will be fewer and fewer children in the future, which will lead to the loss of uncles and aunts. Then this custom ... will soon disappear ... Ha!