Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month in Xu Yang Village, Xiadao, Nanping City

Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month is a traditional festival in China. Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month is also called Shangyuan Festival, and Zhongyuan Festival on the fifteenth day of July.

Lantern Festival, or Shangyuan Festival, is on the first15th day of the first month of each year. This is one of the traditional festivals in China. The ancients called night night, because the fifteenth day of the first month is the first full moon, so it is called Lantern Festival. So, why is it also called Shangyuan Festival? This is inseparable from Taoism, which has three elements, one meaning, and the thought of eyes and ears, which are unified into one.

Heaven, earth and water mean three vitality. Three meanings, upper, middle and lower. Four senses, essence, qi and spirit. Five meanings, metaphysics, yuan and the beginning of these three ancestors. Six meanings, Tao gives birth to one, two, three and everything. According to the three elements of Taoism, Lantern Festival is also called Shangyuan Festival. Buddhism flourished in the Tang Dynasty, and the people would "light a lamp for the Buddha" on this day. The bright lights at night are a thriving scene. Therefore, there were later customs such as setting off fireworks and lanterns.