Lantern Festival customs.

The Lantern Festival is an extension of the Spring Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival, the Lantern Festival, the Little New Year Festival or the Lantern Festival, etc. As we all know, China has a vast territory, rich resources, a long history, and rich and colorful customs.

Therefore, the Lantern Festival customs vary across the country. I grow flowers and green plants, and let’s take a look at the colorful, festive and lively cultural traditions of the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month. Below I have carefully compiled 5 customs of the Lantern Festival, let’s take a look.

1. Lantern Festival

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the "Lantern Festival", also known as the Lantern Festival. On this day, the most common and most prominent traditional custom is the inseparability of lights. Check it out! There are traditional customs such as hanging lanterns, lighting lanterns, viewing lanterns, appreciating lanterns, etc., and there are also very lively lanterns.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the climax of the annual festival comes with lanterns and fireworks. Whether in rural areas or urban areas, before the Lantern Festival, the streets, villages, and communities are filled with red lanterns, which are beautiful and beautiful.

On the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, lantern viewing has become a favorite traditional activity for people. On the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, red lights are hung high, the lights are bright, the streets and alleys are filled with people, the flow is endless, and the people coming and going are lingering.

Making lanterns is a traditional custom of the Lantern Festival and is deeply loved by the people. This activity began in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The style of lanterns has been popular in the past dynasties, and it has been continuously passed down and innovated and has been passed down to this day.

2. Playing with dragon lanterns

Playing with dragon lanterns is also a local characteristic project. Many places retain the traditional custom of playing dragon lanterns on the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month. It has been passed down.

To put it simply, it is dragon lantern dance, or dragon dance. Playing with dragon lanterns originated very early. Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has admired dragons and regarded them as a symbol of auspiciousness, which can be traced back to ancient times.

During the Lantern Festival, all kinds of dragons are made in advance in various places. On the night of the Lantern Festival, the giant dragons take off and dance up and down. There are huge crowds of people, singing and dancing, celebrating the festival with joy, and everyone’s face is full of joy. Smiling from ear to ear.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, dragon lantern dancing is popular in many places in China. The dragon dance performance is very exciting, which means that the dragon appears to be auspicious, good luck and happiness.

3. Lion Dance

Lion dance is an excellent folk art in China, which began in the Wei and Jin Dynasties and flourished in the Tang Dynasty. During the Lantern Festival or gatherings and celebrations, people perform lion dances to cheer up the festival, which is a symbol of good luck and beauty.

Lion dance is also called "lion dance", "taipingle", "lion dance" or "lion lantern" and so on. The dance method can be divided into civil and martial arts. Wen dance is a tame lion, mainly with gentle movements such as shaking its hair, rolling, etc.; martial arts is a lion with ferocious movements, mostly with intense movements such as leaping, kicking, rolling colored balls, etc. Usually, it consists of three people, one person is the lion's head, one person is the lion's body, and the other person is the lion leader. The three people cooperate and move and fly to the beat of the drum, making it vivid.

Every year during festivals or major festive events, there are lion dance performances to show welcome and celebration. Lion dance symbolizes good luck and good wishes for good luck.

4. Stilt walking

Stilt walking is a popular mass performance among the people. Group cultural and sports activities with local characteristics that are generally organized spontaneously by the masses.

Usually, stilt-walking enthusiasts have to start walking on the streets in advance and make their debut in advance, so that the people can observe and visit in advance. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, stilt walkers began to perform in the streets, which lasted for several days before ending.

Of course, at some temple fairs, folk skills such as stilt walking, dragon and lion dancing, etc. coordinate with each other and perform with each other, presenting wonderful artistic performances to the people, forming a strong festival atmosphere.

Stilt walking is a local characteristic art popular with the people. It is one of the 100 ancient Chinese operas. It has begun to appear as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and has a very long history.

5. Land boating

Land boating is lively and exciting. The entire land boating team works closely together to sing and dance. It is also an artistic performance with local characteristics.

A land boat is also called a land boat, but a land boat is not a real boat. It is mostly made of two thin plates, sawed into a boat shape, tied with bamboo and wood, and then covered with colorful cloth to form a land boat. In fact, the performance is performed on flat ground by imitating the movements of rowing.

Most of the people running land boats are girls, who tie the condoms around their waists as if they were sitting on a boat. Holding the oar in his hand, he made a rowing motion.

On land boats, sometimes there is a man dressed as a clown, acting as a passenger on the boat and cooperating with the performance. It is running, singing, dancing and marching forward and backward, which is very interesting. This is our common land boating, and it is popular in many places among the people.

After the Lantern Festival, the New Year is over, so people cherish this festival especially. I have compiled some customs of the Lantern Festival above. If you have anything to add or want to say, please leave a comment below. Leave a message for discussion.