[Dugu Yiren's Words]
---When there are no Yuanxiao to savor during the Yuan Festival and no lantern riddles to guess during the Lantern Festival, I have no choice but to bring you my blessings: Valentine's Day II Happy Valentine's Day II Note: The first Valentine's Day in 2011 was 02.14. The Lantern Festival was often attended by boyfriends and girlfriends.。Ha, so…The third Valentine's Day would be the Chinese Valentine's Day. It would be the day when the cowherd would meet the Weaver Girl. Buy chocolates, forget it, you'll get fat, light candles, forget it, no lovers; Valentine's Day, may you, who doesn't have a lover, spend Happy Valentine's Day with me!
The Lantern Festival was also known as the Shangyuan Festival, the Yuanxi Festival, and the Lantern Festival. Qin Shihuang's name was political, so he avoided taboo, so he was also called the fifteenth day of the month. That day is the full moon, which symbolizes reunion and happiness.
legend
a Legend of the lamp
Legend has it that a long time ago, there were many ferocious birds and beasts that harmed people and livestock everywhere. People organized themselves to fight them. There was a divine bird that landed in the human world because it was lost, but it was accidentally shot to death by an unsuspecting hunter. The Emperor of Heaven was furious and immediately issued an edict to order the heavenly soldiers to set fire to the human world on the 15th of the first lunar month and burn all the human and animal property to death. The daughter of the Heavenly Emperor was kind-hearted. She could not bear to see the innocent people suffer. She risked her life and secretly rode the auspicious cloud to the human world to tell the news. When everyone heard this news, it was as if a bolt of lightning had struck their heads. After a long time, an old man thought of an idea. He said," On the 14th, 15th, and 16th of the first lunar month, every family will decorate their homes with lanterns and streamers, light firecrackers, and set off fireworks. In this way, the Emperor of Heaven will think that everyone has been burned to death."
Everyone nodded in agreement and went to prepare separately. On the night of the 15th day of the first lunar month, the Emperor of Heaven looked down and saw a red light in the human world. The sound shook the sky for three consecutive nights. He thought it was the flames of a big fire burning fast. Thus, people were able to preserve their lives and property. In order to commemorate this success, every family would hang lanterns and set off fireworks to commemorate this day.
It was set up to commemorate "Ping Lu" during the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty.
Another legend is that the Lantern Festival was set up during the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty to commemorate "Ping Lu". After the death of Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, Liu Ying, the son of Empress Lu, ascended the throne as Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty. Emperor Hui was weak and indecisive, and power gradually fell into the hands of Empress Lu. After the death of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, Empress Lu monopolized the government and turned Liu's world into Lu's world. The old ministers in the court and the Liu imperial clan were deeply indignant, but they were afraid of Empress Lu's cruelty and dared not speak out.
After Empress Lu died of illness, the Lus were afraid of being hurt and ostracized. Therefore, they secretly gathered at the home of General Lu Lu to plot a rebellion in order to completely seize the Liu family's territory.
This matter spread to the ears of Liu Nang, the King of Qi of the Liu family. In order to protect the Liu family, Liu Nang decided to raise an army to crusade against the Lü. Then, he contacted the founding ministers Zhou Bo and Chen Ping and plotted to remove Lü Lu. The "Rebellion of the Lü" was finally completely pacified.
After the rebellion, the ministers supported Liu Bang's second son, Liu Heng, to ascend the throne and called him Emperor Wen of Han. Emperor Wen deeply felt that peace and prosperity were not easy to come by, so he set the fifteenth day of the first month, which was to quell the rebellion of the Lü family, as a day to celebrate with the people. From then on, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month became a folk festival celebrated by the whole world--
c Dongfang Shuo and the Lantern Festival girl
This legend was related to the custom of eating Yuanxiao: It was said that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a favorite minister named Dongfang Shuo. He was kind and funny. One winter day, after a few days of heavy snow, Dongfang Shuo went to the imperial garden to pick plum blossoms for Emperor Wu. As soon as he entered the garden, he found a palace maid with tears streaming down her face, ready to throw herself into the well. Dongfang Shuo rushed forward to save her and asked her why she wanted to commit suicide. It turned out that this palace maid was called Lantern. She had parents and a younger sister at home. Ever since she entered the palace, she had no chance to meet her family again. Every year, when spring came, she missed her family even more than usual. He felt that he could not be filial to his parents, so he might as well die. Dongfang Shuo heard about her experience and felt deeply sympathetic. He promised her that he would find a way to reunite her with her family.
One day, Dongfang Shuo set up a fortune-telling stall on Chang 'an Street. Many people were vying to ask him for divination. Unexpectedly, everyone's request was the sign of 'burning on fire on the 16th of the first lunar month.' All of a sudden, Chang 'an was in a panic. People began to ask for a way to resolve the disaster. Dongfang Shuo said," On the evening of the 13th day of the first lunar month, the Fire God will send a red-robed goddess to the mortal world to investigate. She is the messenger who was ordered to burn Chang 'an. I will give you a copy of the gatha so that the current emperor can think of a way."”With that, he threw down a red invitation card and left. The commoners picked up the red invitation card and quickly sent it to the Imperial Palace to report to the Emperor.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took it and saw the words: " Chang 'an is in a crisis. The Imperial Palace is on fire. 15 days of fire. Flaming red supper." He was shocked and quickly invited the resourceful Dongfang Shuo. Dongfang Shuo pretended to think for a moment and said,""I heard that the Fire God loves to eat glutinous rice balls. Doesn't the Lantern Festival in the palace often make glutinous rice balls for you? On the evening of the 15th, Yuanxiao could make the glutinous rice balls. Wansui burned incense and ordered every family in the capital to make glutinous rice balls to worship the Fire God. Then, he ordered his subjects to hang up lanterns on the night of the 15th, light firecrackers and set off fireworks all over the city, as if the whole city was on fire. This way, he could hide from the Jade Emperor. In addition, inform the people outside the city to enter the city to watch the lanterns on the 15th night and mix in with the crowd to eliminate disasters." After Emperor Wu heard this, he was very happy and ordered Dongfang Shuo to do it.
On the 15th day of the first lunar month, Chang 'an City was decorated with lanterns and streamers, and tourists came and went. It was very lively. The parents of the palace maid Lantern also brought her sister into the city to watch the lanterns. When they saw the big palace lantern with the words "Lantern Festival" written on it, they shouted in surprise,"Lantern Festival! Yuanxiao! Lantern heard the shouts and finally reunited with its family.
Chang 'an Fortress was indeed safe and sound after such a lively night. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed and ordered that Tangyuan would be made for the Fire God on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the whole city would hang lanterns and set off fireworks. Because Yuanxiao made the best Tangyuan, people called it Yuanxiao. This day was called the Lantern Festival.
According to a legend, ancient swans descended to the human world and were shot by hunters. The Jade Emperor took revenge for the swans. On the 15th day of the first lunar month, he sent heavenly troops to the mortal world to burn all the people and animals to death.
The immortal thought it was inappropriate and risked his life to tell the people. He made people hang red lights around the 15th day of the first lunar month, set off sparks and cannons, and pretend that they were on fire. Only by deceiving the Jade Emperor could the human world avoid a disaster.
Another legend believed that during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the palace maid couldn't fulfill her filial piety in front of her parents on the 15th day of the first lunar month and wanted to commit suicide by throwing herself into a well. Dongfang Shuo, in order to fulfill the wish of the palace maid, spread the news that on the 16th day of the first lunar month, the Fire God was ordered by the Jade Emperor to burn down Chang 'an. Emperor Wu sought a way to save him, and Dongfang Shuo said that the God of Fire loved to eat glutinous rice balls. He hung red lights and encouraged the emperor, empresses, and civil and military officials to watch the lights on the streets to avoid disaster. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did as he was told, and Lantern had the chance to go home and reunite with his parents.
There was also a saying in the southern Fujian region: There was a top scorer god in the sky who descended to the mortal world. He was a child, and he also liked all the children to play games with lights, turning the night into day, thus forming the Lantern Festival.
The rumors were not credible. In fact, the origin of the Lantern Festival was very ancient. It could be traced back to the ancient humans who used torches to exorcise evil spirits during festivals. This festival also offered sacrifices to the gods or the Taiyi God. "Records of the Historian·Music Book":"In the Han Dynasty, people often sacrifice to Taiyi Ganquan on the first day of the first month, and sacrifice at night at dusk until dawn." Since it was held at night, it was natural to carry torches. Later, it evolved into the Lantern Festival. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Buddhism was introduced into China. The ruling class advocated burning lanterns to worship Buddha on the night of the Yuan Dynasty, and the Lantern Festival had a new meaning. Because Taoism had the saying of " Three Yuan ", the Heavenly Official of Shangyuan, the Fire Official, was born on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so the Lantern Festival was also known as Shangyuan Festival.
Habits:
1. Guess the lantern riddles
"Guessing lantern riddles" was also known as "playing lantern riddles". It was an activity added after the Lantern Festival. The lantern riddles were first developed from riddles and originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It was a literary game full of ridicule, admonition, humor, and laughter. Riddles were hung on lamps for people to guess and shoot, which began in the Southern Song Dynasty. "Wulin Old Story·Lamp Grade" records: "He used silk lamps to write poems, sometimes mocking, and painting people, hiding their heads in argot, as well as the old capital's buffoons to tease pedestrians.”During the Lantern Festival, there was no night in the Imperial City. During the Spring Night Lantern Festival, the common people would write poems and riddles on the lanterns, reflecting them on the candles, and listed them on the streets for people to guess. That was why they were called "lantern riddles". Every Lantern Festival, lantern riddles would be played in various places, hoping that this year would be happy and peaceful. Because riddles could inspire wisdom and interest, they were popular among all levels of society.
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, various kinds of acrobatics began to appear in the lantern market. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, besides lantern riddles and songs and dances, opera performances were added.
In addition to the lanterns outside the city, there were also customs such as welcoming Zigu to sacrifice to the toilet god, crossing the bridge to touch nails and walk away all kinds of diseases, etc. There were games such as beating Taiping drum, Yangge, stills, dragon dance, lion dance, etc.
The Lantern Festival in traditional society was a folk festival that was valued by both urban and rural areas. The Lantern Festival in the city was particularly lively, reflecting the unique revelry spirit of the people of China. The function of the traditional Lantern Festival had been dispelled by daily life. People gradually lost their common spiritual interest, and the complex festival custom had been simplified into the food custom of "eating Lantern Festival".
2. Playing Dragon Lantern
Playing with dragon lanterns was also known as dragon lantern dance or dragon dance. Its origins could be traced back to ancient times. Legend had it that during the period of the Yellow Emperor, in a large-scale song and dance called Clear Horn, there was an image of a person playing the role of a dragon with the body of a bird. Later, a dance scene of six flood dragons interweaving with each other was arranged. The dragon dance that was recorded in the text was Zhang Heng's "Ode to Xijing" in the Han Dynasty. The author vividly described the dragon dance in the narration of the hundred plays. According to the Sui Shu Music Annals, during the reign of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, there was a dragon dance performance called " The Yellow Dragon Transformation ", which was also very exciting. The dragon dance was popular in many parts of our country. The Chinese people worshiped the dragon as a symbol of good fortune.
3. Stilts
Stilts walking was a popular folk art performance. Stilts were originally one of the hundred plays in ancient China and had already appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period. The earliest introduction of the stiletto in our country is the chapter "Liezi·Shuo Fu":"There was a man named Lan Zi in the Song Dynasty who used his skills to defeat the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Song and Yuan summoned him to see his skills.
4. Lion Dance
Lion dance is an excellent folk art in our country. During the Lantern Festival or gatherings, the people would come to liven up the atmosphere with lion dance. This custom originated from the Three Kingdoms period and became popular during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It had a history of more than 1,000 years.
5. Boat Rowing
According to folk legends, rowing a dry boat was to commemorate Yu the Great, who had made great contributions in controlling the flood. Boat rowing was also known as boat racing. It was an imitation of the boat's movements on land. Most of the people who performed boat racing were girls. The boat was not a real boat. It was made of two thin plates, sawed into the shape of a boat, tied with bamboo and wood, covered with colored cloth, and tied to the waist of the girl. It was as if she was sitting in a boat. She held an oar in her hand and made a rowing posture. As she ran, she sang some local tunes and danced. This was the boat. Sometimes, there would be a man dressed as a passenger on the ship, performing in partnership. Most of the time, he would dress up as a clown and use all kinds of funny movements to amuse the audience. Land-rowing is popular in many parts of our country.
6. Sacrificial Gate, Sacrificial Household
There were seven sacrifices in ancient times, and these were two of them. The method of offering sacrifices was to insert a poplar branch above the door, insert a pair of chopsticks into a bowl of bean porridge, or directly put wine and meat in front of the door.
7. Chasing Rats
This activity was mainly targeted at silkworms. Because rats often ate large amounts of silkworms at night, people heard that on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, rats could not eat silkworms if they were fed rice porridge. Therefore, these families cooked a big pot of sticky porridge on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Some people even covered it with a layer of meat. They put the porridge in a bowl and placed it on the ceiling or corner where the rats were. While putting it in their mouths, they would chant, cursing the rats to die a horrible death if they ate the silkworm babies again.
According to Jing Chu Sui Shi Ji, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, an immortal descended to the mortal world and said to a family surnamed Chen, If you can sacrifice to me, I will let you have a bumper silkworm harvest this year. Later on, it became a custom.
8. Gifting a Child Lamp
It was also known as "lantern". Before the Lantern Festival, the maiden family would send lanterns to the newly married daughter's family, or ordinary relatives and friends to the newly married infertile family, in order to have a good omen for the addition of children, because "lantern" and "Ding" homonym. This custom existed in many places. In Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, lanterns were given from the eighth to the fifteenth of the first month. In the first year, a pair of large palace lanterns and a pair of glass lamps with colored paintings were given, hoping that the daughter would be blessed with good luck after marriage and give birth to a child as soon as possible. If her daughter was pregnant, in addition to the big palace lanterns, she would also send one or two pairs of small lanterns to wish her daughter a safe pregnancy.
9. Welcoming Aunt Zi
Zi Gu was also called Qi Gu, and in the north, they were called toilet Gu and pit three Gu. Ancient folk customs on the fifteenth day of the first month to welcome the toilet god purple aunt sacrifice, divination sericulture, and account for all things. Legend has it that Zi Gu was originally a concubine and was envied by the eldest wife. She was killed in the toilet on the 15th of the first month and became the toilet god. Every night on the day of welcoming Zi Gu, people used straw, cloth, etc. to make a life-sized portrait of Zi Gu, and at night in the pigsty between the toilets to welcome her. This custom was popular in the north and south, and it was recorded as early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
10. Walking All Sickness
"Walking all kinds of diseases" was also known as traveling all kinds of diseases, dispersing all kinds of diseases, roasting all kinds of diseases, walking bridges, etc. It was an activity to eliminate disasters and pray for health. On the night of the Lantern Festival, women made an appointment to go out and travel together. They would cross the bridge when they saw it, thinking that this could cure illness and prolong life.
It was a custom in the north since the Ming and Qing Dynasties to walk for all kinds of diseases. Some of them were carried out on the 15th day, but most of them were carried out on the 16th. On this day, women dressed in festive clothes walked out of their homes in groups, crossed the bridge, climbed the city, and prayed for children until midnight.
Stealing Food Festival
The Stealing Food Festival, which was popular among the Miao people in Huangping, Guizhou Province, was also held on the 15th day of the first lunar month. On the day of the festival, the girls would form groups to steal other people's vegetables. It was strictly forbidden to steal from their own family or from their same-sex friends, because stealing vegetables was related to their marriage. The stolen vegetables were limited to cabbages, and the amount was enough for everyone to eat. Stealing vegetables was not afraid of being discovered, and the people who were stolen would not blame them. Everyone gathered the stolen vegetables together and made a cabbage feast. It was said that whoever ate the most would be able to fall in love with someone early. At the same time, the silkworms they raised were the strongest and the silk they spat out was the best.
Bawu Festival
The traditional festival of the Yi people, the Bawu Festival, was on the 15th day of the first lunar month. "Bawu" meant "returning from hunting". It is found in the residential area of the black living people of the Yi branch in Heqing, Yunnan Province. At that time, this festival was originally a custom to celebrate the return of hunting, and there was no fixed festival.
Finally, Yiren held a small lantern riddle party for her friends, especially those who had no lantern riddles to guess
A. Lu Xun passed away a century ago. The answer to the riddle: A Hundred Years of Cultivation
B. Tears (idiom):
C. Ancestral Identity (Race Name 1): Hui
D. Making Foreign Things Work for China (Nation Name 1): Naxi
E-Rain--Pool
F Riddle: Little Zhuge Liang, sitting alone in the army tent, arranged into an eight-trigram array, specialized in catching flying generals. A common animal in life. Spider
G, another week of typing ancient literature named Zhouyi
H, hibiscus out of the water, guessing the flower name of the lotus
Seven to one daily necessities soap
The desert smoke is straight, the long river sunset is round, guess the idiom is calm
K flew into the homes of ordinary people to play two "Water Margins", named Yan Shun, Shi Qian
L, love at first sight, guess five Tang sentences, look at each other and never get tired of each other
M. Play together during the day, sleep together at night, and never separate when we are old. A good marriage in the world (beating an animal)--mandarin ducks
N good (idiom)-take advantage of others when they are unprepared
O Emperor-White Jade Flawless
P... impregnable--Baoding
Q. Comprehensive Rectification (Striking a Place Name in Yunnan)-Dali
The day before Women's Day (play a Chinese herbal medicine)-37
S7. Man in the Mirror (Guess One Word)--Enter
T Ancient City Sisters-Honeysuckle
When I woke up, I found out that I had a dream-Wukong
V: What is the top scholar?(First Person)
W. Reading (from the Analects of Confucius)-insatiable
X Helpless Flowers Fall (a commonly used phrase)-Thank You
Y-Red Lady, climb the tall building, heart hurts, tears flow (play a daily item name)-Candle
Z doesn't miss you on weekdays, but I miss you during the Mid-Autumn Festival. There are square and round, sweet and honey (making a daily item)--mooncake
Alright, that's it. You're making Yiren sound like a gossipy woman. Oh, the last message: Lantern Festival full moon, people round, everything perfect! Good flowers, good lights, good things! The Lantern Festival is full moon and people are reunited. The lantern beauty is even more beautiful! Eat glutinous rice balls for a reunion, enjoy the lanterns for a family reunion!
---Dugu Yiren by the side of autumn water
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