Lunar fifteenth day is the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival Festival, the festival activities during the festive period will also be on this day reached a climax. Dynamism nights, decorated the streets, people point from the 10,000 lantern carrying out pro-tours with Friends of the moon, fair-goers to keep fireworks, dancing and singing to celebrate the Spring Lantern Festival.
"Guess lantern riddles," is known as the "fight riddles," from the ancient began with the spread of the Lantern Festival activities. During the Lunar fifteenth day, individual households should be hung lanterns, fireworks, but there are Haoshizhe riddles written on the note, affixed to the bright lights of the lanterns available for people guess. Because riddle to the wisdom and inspiration to meet the festive atmosphere, so many people respond to, then guess gradually become indispensable Lantern Festival programme.
"Fifteenth day eat Dynamism", as the Lantern Festival features food, in my country a long time, initially known as the "dumpling", due to more consumption in the Lantern Festival, also known as the "Lantern Festival", the businessmen also euphemistically called " ingots. " Dynamism common with glutinous rice powder packets into shape, a variety of fillings, such as sugar and roses, sesame, red bean paste, Huanggui, walnut, nuts, Zaoni etc., can-meat flavor vary. Soup can be boiled, fried, steamed food, symbolic red hot fire, pummeled by the round.
Lantern Festival
Lantern Festival is a traditional festival of China's major, also known as Yuan Yu, Yuan night, also known as the Spring Festival, the New Year because it is a full moon night. Because of a history of this festival Guanding practices, it is also called the Festival of Lights. Lantern Festival custom of the formation of a longer process, according to general information and folk legends, the 15th day of the first month in the Western Han Dynasty has been to the Han Emperor Wu Xin nights on the day of the first month in Ganquan Palace worship "too one", as was later for the fifteenth day of worship gods harbinger. However, the fifteenth day is really a folk festival in the Han after. The introduction of the Eastern Han Dynasty Buddhist culture, and to make the Lantern Festival is an important part in promoting vulgar meaning.
Han Ming Di Yongping years (Year 58 - 75), due to Mingdi promote Buddhism, Cai Yin coincides with Buddhism from India seek return, saying India and Morocco drink every fifteenth day of Pretoria, visited Buddhist monks gathered Sarira, the Senate Dover Jiri Liang. Han Ming Di to foster Buddhism, the 15th day of the first month ordered the night in the palace and temple "Randeng Table Buddha." Therefore fifteenth day with the custom of the night Randeng Buddhist cultural impact of the expansion and the addition of Taoist culture gradually opening to expand in China. Popular and the Lantern Festival is the real driving force because it is in a new point in time, people take full advantage of this special time to express his stage of life wishes.
Dynamism put lights custom, in the Tang Dynasty as unprecedented development in the light, after the Tang Dynasty, has developed into an All of Carnaval. Xuanzong (AD 685 - 762), the Kaiyuan Spirit, the Chang'an city lights a large scale, and Randeng 50,000, lantern GREat variety, the emperor order people to do a huge, floor lamps, Quanta 20, 150 feet high, Glamorous gold, it is spectacular.
After the successive carnivals continuous development of the Festival of Lights was also increasing. Tang Dynasty's carnival is "Spring before and after a day", and the Song Dynasty in the 16th, after the two days, would be extended to the Ming Dynasty by Chuba full 10 days to 18.
To the Qing Dynasty, Manchu entered the Central Plains, the court will not do carnival, the carnival folk are still spectacular. Date shortened to five days, until today.
"Guess lantern riddles," is known as the "fight riddle" after the Lantern Festival is a growing, appeared in the Song Dynasty. Southern Song Dynasty, during the Lantern Festival, the capital of Lin'an fan guess many people. Haoshizhe is at the beginning of the riddles written on the note, affixed to the bright lights of the lanterns available for people guess. Because riddle to enlightenment and wisdom and humor, in the spreading process by all sectors of the community welcome.
City lights at the beginning of the Tang and Song dynasties in all kinds of acrobatic skills. City of the Ming and Qing dynasties lights except for the 100 show riddles and dance, and opera performances additional content.
In addition to ancient people travelled from the city lights, there Ying Zi Gu Festival flushing God, the bridge take-all feel practices such as nails, blow peaceful drums, Yangge, stilts, dragon and lion dances, games. At the same time, but also eat festive food: the Northern and Southern Dynasties era of the Lantern Festival with eating meat and animal oil and decoctions of Douyu or watery gruel, eat a Tang Dynasty called "cocoon of" pasta and coke DUI (that is, scones) , a Song Dynasty salt soy sauce and bean soup powder to the bucket by piece, and the emergence of a "maroon", the South and the North since the Lantern Festival for the Lantern Festival are eating practices.
During the Lantern Festival, Valentine's young men and women meet with the timing, the Lantern Festival and become China's "Valentine's Day."
The Lantern Festival is a traditional society attaches importance to the urban and rural folk large festival, the Chinese Lantern Festival in the city noise particularly warm, it reflects the Chinese people's unique spirit of Carnival. By the carrier, the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival popular features have been daily digestion, people gradually lose the spirit of common interest, complex festival has been simplified as vulgar "eat the Lantern" Sisu.
Born send lights
Referred to as "sending signals", also known as "Songhua lights", that is, before the Lantern Festival, home Songhua Jianu:er lights to the new home, relatives and friends gave the wedding or general sterile homes, in order to Tian-ding bode well, because "light" and "small" homonym. Many parts of this practice, is the first month in the vicinity of Xi'an in Shaanxi Chuba send signals to 15 during the first sent in a large palace lantern, the colored pattern of a glass lamp that Jixinggaozhao married daughter, son of early-CHU; If her pregnancy, in addition to the palace lantern, but also have to send 12 pairs of small lanterns, and wish her pregnancy safely.
Ying Zigu
Zigu also called Qi (7) Regardless, the North said more flushing Regardless, Hang Sangu. Ancient folk customs fifteenth day to welcome flushing God Ziguerji divination sericulture, and accounted for all things. The legend Zigu concubines for the people, has become the largest by UNIFEM, the 15th day of the first month of causing the death by flushing, flushing become God, so many people made Zigu woman to the shape of the toilet at night and welcome and worship of the pigsty . This vulgar popular throughout the South and the North, as early as in the Northern and Southern Dynasties period found on the records.
Take-all
You also known diseases, casual sickness, take bridges is a消灾pray healthy activities. Lantern Festival Evening women the same trips, will go hand in hand, will see a bridge that can cure illnesses such Yannian.
Stealing food festival
Prevalent in the area of Guizhou Province Miao Ping steal food in the annual Lunar New Year festival is the first month in 15. This festive days, girls will be intensely Qutou someone's home dishes, the family is prohibited stolen, we can not steal the same friend's house, because the stolen Levin and the marriage of the event. He is limited by the cabbage dish, the number of people eating enough can be treated. Steal vegetables not afraid of being found, the people were not to blame for. Members of the Discovery to the dish comes together, doing the cabbage feast. Who is said to eat up, who earlier in the YizhonGREn, by the strong support of the Silkworm, a silk also spit up best.
Bawu Festival
Yi traditional festival Bawu fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year. "Bawu" means "return of hunting." Heqing found in Yunnan branch of the Yi and living residential district. When this section was originally celebrate the return of hunting practices so dynamic, without a fixed holiday. Return to clear up old people hunting prey, hunting Shoutou to command, to Liehuo hides, meat, barbecue, which Shoutou ago, with the skins, from the public, Wai fire reproducibility hunting action. Cooked meat, the public water points. Later, gradually evolving into a fixed holiday. Bawu dance festival in the face by the 12-drums, gongs and thallium-12 12 suona (a leap year with 13 each) band accompaniment composed by the 36 young women put on the tiger, leopard, bear, deer , Huzi, rabbit, fox fur, such as the first or interpolation Caragana and various finch feathers. Herself as a Feiqinzoushou, pushing Tage dance around the fire, the performance of various animals gesture, imitate the sounds of various animals. Hunter who was carrying Gongnu or Gangcha, "prey" around North Korea "prey" to spin in the opposite direction, performing various hunting action. During the holiday season, but also to play the dragon, lion lights, crane lights and other activities.
正月十五
农历正月十五是中国传统的元宵佳节，新春期间的节日活动也将在这一天达到一个高潮。元宵之夜，大街小巷张灯结彩，人们点起万盏花灯，携亲伴友出门赏月亮、逛花市、放焰火，载歌载舞欢度元宵佳节。
“猜灯谜”又叫“打灯谜”，是从古代就开始流传的元宵节特色活动。每逢农历正月十五，各家各户都要挂起彩灯，燃放焰火，后来有好事者把谜语写在纸条上，贴在五光十色的彩灯上供人猜。因为谜语能启迪智慧又迎合节日气氛，所以响应的人众多，而后猜谜逐渐成为元宵节不可缺少的节目。
“正月十五吃元宵”，元宵作为节日特色食品，在我国也由来已久，最初称为"汤圆"，后因多在元宵佳节食用，所以也称"元宵"，生意人还美其名曰"元宝"。常见的元宵用糯米粉包成圆形，馅料丰富多样，如白糖、玫瑰、芝麻、豆沙、黄桂、核桃仁、果仁、枣泥等等，可荤可素，风味各异。可汤煮、油炸、蒸食，象征红红火火，团团圆圆。
元宵节
元宵节是我国主要的传统节日，也叫元夕、元夜，又称上元节，因为这是新年第一个月圆夜。因历代这一节日有观灯习俗，故又称灯节。元宵节俗的形成有一个较长的过程，据一般的资料与民俗传说，正月十五在西汉已经受到重视，汉武帝正月上辛夜在甘泉宫祭祀“太一”的活动，被后人视作正月十五祭祀天神的先声。不过，正月十五真正作为民俗节日是在汉魏之后。东汉佛教文化的传入，对于形成元宵节俗有着重要的推动意义。
汉明帝永平年间（公元58——75），因明帝提倡佛法，适逢蔡愔从印度求得佛法归来，称印度摩喝陀国每逢正月十五，僧众云集瞻仰佛舍利，是参佛的吉日良辰。汉明帝为了弘扬佛法，下令正月十五夜在宫中和寺院“燃灯表佛”。因此正月十五夜燃灯的习俗随着佛教文化影响的扩大及道教文化的加入逐渐在中国扩展开来。而元宵节俗真正的动力是因为它处在新的时间点上，人们充分利用这一特殊的时间阶段来表达自己的生活愿望。
元宵放灯的习俗，在唐代发展成为盛况空前的灯市，中唐以后，已发展成为全民性的狂欢节。唐玄宗（公元685——762）时的开元盛世，，长安的灯市规模很大，燃灯五万盏，花灯花样繁多，皇帝命人做巨型的灯楼，广达20间，高150尺，金光璀璨，极为壮观。
以后历代的元宵灯会不断发展，灯节的时间也越来越长。唐代的灯会是“上元前后各一日”，宋代又在十六之后加了两日，明代则延长到由初八到十八整整十天。
到了清代，满族入主中原，宫廷不再办灯会，民间的灯会却仍然壮观。日期缩短为五天，一直延续到今天。
“猜灯谜”又叫“打灯谜”是元宵节后增的一项活动，出现在宋朝。南宋时，首都临安每逢元宵节时制迷，猜谜的人众多。开始时是好事者把谜语写在纸条上，贴在五光十色的彩灯上供人猜。因为谜语能启迪智慧又饶有兴趣，所以流传过程中深受社会各阶层的欢迎。
唐宋时灯市上开始出现各式杂耍技艺。明清两代的灯市上除有灯谜与百戏歌舞之外，又增设了戏曲表演的内容。
历代人们除游灯市外，又有迎紫姑祭厕神、过桥摸钉走百病等习俗，有击太平鼓、秧歌、高跷、舞龙、舞狮等游戏。同时，还要吃些应节食物：南北朝时代元宵节吃伴和肉与动物油熬煮的豆粥或米粥，唐代吃一种叫“面茧”的面食和焦饣追(即烤饼)，到宋代有盐豉汤和绿豆粉做的科斗羹，并出现了“圆子”，此后元宵节南北方均以吃元宵为习。
元宵灯节期间，是男女青年与情人相会的时机，所以元宵节又成了中国的“情人节”。
传统社会的元宵节是城乡重视的民俗大节，在城市元宵喧闹尤为热烈，它体现了中国民众特有的狂欢精神。传统元宵所承载的节俗功能已被日常生活消解，人们逐渐失去了共同的精神兴趣，复杂的节俗已经简化为“吃元宵”的食俗。
送孩儿灯
简称“送灯”，也称“送花灯”等，即在元宵节前，娘家送花灯给新嫁女儿家，或一般亲友送给新婚不育之家，以求添丁吉兆，因为“灯”与“丁”谐音。这一习俗许多地方都有，陕西西安一带是正月初八到十五期间送灯，头年送大宫灯一对、有彩画的玻璃灯一对，希望女儿婚后吉星高照、早生麟子；如女儿怀孕，则除大宫灯外，还要送一两对小灯笼，祝愿女儿孕期平安。
迎紫姑
紫姑也叫戚（七）姑，北方多称厕姑、坑三姑。古代民间习俗正月十五要迎厕神紫姑而祭，占卜蚕桑，并占众事。传说紫姑本为人家小妾，为大妇所妒，正月十五被害死厕间，成为厕神，所以民间多以女子做成紫姑之形，与夜间在厕所间猪栏迎而祀之。此俗流行于南北各地，早在南北朝时期就见于记载。
走百病
也叫游百病，散百病，走桥等，是一种消灾祈健康的活动。元宵节夜妇女相约出游，结伴而行，见桥必过，认为这样能祛病延年。
偷菜节
流行于贵州省黄平一带苗族的偷菜节也是在每年农历正月十五日举行。节日这天，姑娘们便成群结队去偷别人家的菜，严禁偷本家族的，也不能偷同性朋友家的，因为偷莱与她们的婚姻大事有关。所他的菜仅限白菜，数量够大家吃一顿即可。偷菜不怕被发现，被份的人家并不责怪。大家把愉来的菜集中在一起，做白菜宴。据说谁吃得最多，谁能早得意中人，同时所养的蚕最壮，吐出的丝也最好最多。
巴乌节
彝族的传统节日巴乌节在农历正月十五。“巴乌”意为“打猎归来”。见于云南鹤庆彝族支系黑活人居住区。时此节原本是欢庆狩猎归来的习俗话动，无固定节日。旧时人们狩猎归来收拾猎物，兽头给狩猎的指挥，兽皮给猎获人，肉则烧烤，其间兽头前、兽皮跟、众人从，围火堆重现打猎动作。肉熟以后，众人分食。后来逐渐演变成固定的节日。节日中的巴乌舞由十二面木鼓、十二面铊锣和十二支唢呐(闰年各用十三件)组成乐队伴奏，由三十六名年轻女子披上虎、豹、熊、鹿、虎子、兔、狐等的毛皮或者头插锦鸡和各种鸟雀的羽毛。装扮成飞禽走兽，围绕火推踏歌起舞，表现各种动物的姿态，模仿各种动物的叫声。猎手们则手持弓弩或钢叉，将“猎物”围住，朝“猎物”们旋转的相反方向，表演各种狞猎动作。节日期间，还要进行耍龙灯、狮灯、白鹤灯等活动。
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