The origin of lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first month is 1, which comes from the people.
There are also legends that the Lantern Festival originated from folk farming habits such as "keeping fire". Every year around the 15th day of the first month, spring ploughing is coming, and farmers all over the country are busy preparing for ploughing. Farmers in some areas went to the fields that night to pick up dead branches and weeds and set fire to kill pests.
The festivals and customs of Lantern Festival have been extended and expanded with the development of history. As far as the length of festivals is concerned, there is only one day in Han Dynasty, three days in Tang Dynasty and five days in Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, lights were lit from the eighth day of August until the seventeenth night of the first month, a total of ten days.
Connected with the Spring Festival, it is a city during the day, full of excitement, and brightly lit at night, which is spectacular. Especially the exquisite and colorful lights make it the climax of entertainment activities during the Spring Festival. In the Qing Dynasty, there were more "hundred operas" such as dragon dancing, lion dancing, dry boating, walking on stilts and yangko dancing, but the festival period was shortened to four to five days.
The origin of enjoying lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first month II. From Emperor Yang Di.
Some legends say that Emperor Yang Di was addicted to sex and wanted to marry his sister. My sister can't get married unless there is a miracle on the fifteenth day of the first month. Emperor Yang Di ordered people around the capital to light lamps in every household on the evening of 15, and those who disobeyed the orders would be beheaded. /kloc-On the evening of 0/5, my sister went upstairs and saw lights everywhere. She mistakenly thought that the stars really landed, so she threw herself into the river. In memory of this woman who is unwilling to be humiliated, the people light lamps on the fifteenth day of the first month.
The origin of enjoying lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first month 3. From Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Some legends say that the Lantern Festival originated from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. At that time, the maid-in-waiting Yuanxiao missed her parents at home after the first month, and it was strictly forbidden in the palace. How can she go out to meet? Dong Fangshuo, who was resourceful, expressed deep sympathy after learning about it, so he designed it to satisfy them. First, rumors were spread that Vulcan would send personnel to burn Chang 'an, and the city palace was in a panic.
Later, he offered a plan to Emperor Wu, and all the court personnel went out to avoid disaster on the fifteenth night. Red lights are hung on the streets and courtyard doors in the city, just like the fire in the city, in order to deceive Vulcan who is watching and monitoring in the sky. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty promised that the ladies-in-waiting would take the opportunity to meet their families during the Lantern Festival.
After a night of tossing, Chang 'an was safe and sound. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also led the queen, imperial concubine and maid-in-waiting to watch lanterns in casual clothes. When they first came, they were very lively and interesting, so they ordered to put lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first month every year.