Let's talk about how the Lantern Festival is spent.

Lantern Festival is a lively festival, and many important activities are as follows:

(1) Shangyuan prayed for blessings

People divide nature into three realms: heaven, earth and water, and personify it. Therefore, it is called heavenly officer, local officer and water officer. On the fifteenth day of the first month, Shangyuan is the birthday of Emperor Tianguan. The main duty of Tianguan is to bless, so the people prepare sacrifices to worship Tianguan early in the morning and pray for blessing.

(2) ancestor worship in Lantern Festival

Eating Lantern Festival may have started in the Song Dynasty, but it was called "floating Zi Yuan" at that time, and it was renamed "Yuanxiao" in the Ming Dynasty. Every family makes Yuanxiao. In ancient times, this was a good omen for the first year. Eating glutinous rice balls symbolizes family happiness. After the Lantern Festival is done, it is a happy reunion to respect the ancestors first and then have a family reunion to eat.

(3) Flower lanterns

Lantern Festival is also called Lantern Festival, so lanterns are the central activity of Lantern Festival. Folk call lanterns "drum lanterns" because the lanterns mentioned by children in the past are like drums and gongs. There are many kinds of Lantern Festival lanterns, including temple lanterns, shop lanterns and children's drum lanterns. There are many styles, which can be basically divided into two categories: first, image lights, such as knife-closing lights, rabbit lights, fruit lights, half lights and so on. The other is a movable lantern based on folk stories. At present, most of them are electric lanterns, such as the champion parade, the Eight Immortals celebrating their birthdays, and the Taoyuan ceremony, which all show the national traditions of loyalty, filial piety and justice.

(4) Solve riddles on lanterns

In the past, riddles were all in temples, because temples were places where people gathered in their leisure time, and there were riddles competitions and exhibitions. So in the past, a riddle was listed under the lamp, and the riddle on the lamp was solved by the relevant personnel in the temple at midnight. The scene was lively and warm, because it was a good sign to go home with the prize. The forms of modern riddles are disclosed in newspapers and newspapers. There are temple fairs riddles on TV, and some programs are interspersed with riddles. Various forms can meet the different needs of the people. This also reflects the diversity of traditional festivals in modern society.

(5) Dragon and lion dances

There are dragon lanterns in the Lantern Festival all over the country. Dragon is an auspicious mythical animal and a national totem. Early dragon lanterns, about seven or eight feet long, were tied to bamboo tubes. As a dragon-shaped lantern, a dozen candles are lit on the dragon's head and body, and then tied to a wooden stick. A dozen people carried it, and the dragon ball was chased by the dragon head, dancing gracefully, which was called "dragon control". /kloc-On the evening of 0/5, lion groups from all over the country also went out together, and were called "lions" to perform kung fu. Its purpose is to exorcise evil spirits and pray for peace, and it is also a festive significance to celebrate the New Year.

When dancing dragons and lions, gongs and drums are loud and firecrackers are endless, which brings a lively atmosphere to the Lantern Festival.