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As the Lantern Festival approaches, there is always a scene of singing and dancing, ladies-in-waiting playing and joy. A few days before the Lantern Festival, from the East Garden (that is, the inner garden) of the Town God Temple to the area outside the back door, all kinds of vendors gathered, and the most striking thing was all kinds of lanterns, which was the lantern market of the Town God Temple.

Lantern Festival lanterns, according to "Taiping Yulan" records, originated in the Han Dynasty to worship Taiyi God. In the second year of Jing Yun (A.D. 7 1 1), Li Dan of Tang Ruizong burned thousands of lanterns on the 15th day of the first month, and relaxed the curfew for the people to watch the lanterns. When his son Tang Xuanzong lived in Li Longji, he lit lanterns every year. In the Song Dynasty, the Lantern Festival was extended to the 13th to 18th night of the first month. The Lantern Festival in the Ming Dynasty was extended from the eighth night to the seventeenth night. Of course, there are changes in the middle. After the Ming dynasty, it was mostly thirteen nights to eighteen nights. The lights were turned on from Shanghai 13 to 18.

On the thirteenth day of the first month, people at home and abroad hang lanterns at night. The styles of lights are really colorful: there are gold ingot lights, bat lights, lotus lights, golden toad lights, cornucopia, downwind boats and other names. This kind of lantern can be made of glass or bright corners. Famous lantern shops include Wang Changxing, a four-arched building in Xiaodongmen. There are also lanterns made of silk or paper with characters' stories written on them, as well as carp lanterns and clam shell lanterns, which are also exquisite.

All kinds of lanterns compete with each other. There is a light shed tied with bamboo and cypress in the street of Shanghai. On the Huangpu River, lights are lit on the masts, and the river is flushed and bright. The lampstand in front of the temple is tied into a tower with bamboo poles and hung with lights, which is called "Taliao". In front of the rural land temple, one or two tall Chinese fir trees are erected everywhere, surrounded by bamboo circles from bottom to top, which are connected by ropes and controlled by pulleys. During lighting, there are often hundreds of Chinese fir and bamboo rings as high as masts, which look like lighthouses from a distance, and are called masthead lights or tower lights. The mast lamp is the center of the rural Lantern Festival. Farmers hang lanterns with bamboo poles in front of their homes, which is called "looking at the fields".

Farmers also have the custom of "smashing flowers" on the Lantern Festival. Before cooking, put glutinous rice or pearl rice into boiling water. If the fallen grain blooms and breaks into powder, it is a sign of good luck. It's called an explosion. This kind of divination is fleeting, so it is also called "divination". Newlyweds who visit their parents' homes in the new year must return to their homes on 13, because the Lantern Festival has arrived, and the most taboo in the old custom is the so-called "marrying a woman without looking at her parents' lights".

In the old customs, there is also the matter of welcoming the daughter-in-law in the toilet during the Lantern Festival. According to legend, Zi Gu's surname is He, Mei and Li Qing. According to Significant Difference, she was Li Jing's concubine in Shouyang, jealous of Li Jing's wife Cao Shi, and killed her in the toilet. God pitied him and named him Ce Shen. Rural women sacrifice incense, tea and wine to their children's aunts, commonly known as "invited aunts"; There is also singing while tapping the beat: "Aunt Ling, Aunt Sheng, Aunt." As for asking good or ill luck, it has something to do with my aunt being good at guessing riddles.

As for solve riddles on the lanterns, it is a beneficial activity of the Lantern Festival. During the reign of Xianfeng and Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, there was a Hu Wenshe behind the main hall of Shanghai Hongyinxuan, which was the place where solve riddles on the lanterns was on the Lantern Festival. Ask the tourists to guess. Anyone who guesses the paper puzzle stuck under the lamp will knock gongs to congratulate and send stationery and other items. I'll tell you if I don't win, which makes everyone laugh. There are Yi Temple, Siyuan Simeixuan Tea Room, Deyuelou Fan Jian Store, Chen Gong Temple, etc.

On the fifteenth day of the first month, midnight snack and Lantern Festival reached a climax. The lights, the fire tree, the silver flowers and the firecrackers are all ringing, and the orchestra is boiling. The most lively parade is a street parade with lanterns and military lights. Lantern is an umbrella lamp. Mao Xianglin's Black Remains in Qing Dynasty said: "The lanterns on the beach are the most important. The lamp is umbrella-shaped, round or hexagonal, salty and decorated with colorful brocade, as thin as cicada wings, decorated with flowers and birds, as thin as silk. Eden's system was made at the age of eighteen, although it cost one hundred yuan. " (Volume 15 "Umbrella Lantern") Exquisite lanterns are carried by women in fashionable clothes, followed by silk and bamboo bands. The lanterns are gorgeous and melodious, which is very eye-catching. Military lanterns are dragon lanterns, made of silk and bamboo. The dragon has thirteen knots and nine short knots, and the dragon dancers roll along the street, which is spectacular. There is a light sign in front of the dragon, which reads the words "abundant grain". At the same time, there is also a beautifully woven paper ball, which is very big and has lights in it. When rolling, the light does not go out and the paper does not burn, which is called "rolling light". When the dragon lantern meets the rolling lantern, it is really lively to queue up for pearls, and it is inevitable that the audience will flood. "Song of the Year of Shanghai": "Yan said that the year is full of five grains, and the colorful clouds are steamed in a dragon pan. At a glance, it is like a sound rushing, and the fire trees are vying for lanterns."

/kloc-On the night of 0/5, fireworks were set off at Jiuqu Bridge of Shanghai Chenghuangmiao, including Dahuaguan, Kowloon, Flower, Golden Pot Fishing for the Moon, Moon Gun and other places of interest. After the fire was ignited, the flames soared into the sky, colorful and dazzling. In the past, the fire tree and silver flowers of the Lantern Festival could not cover up the hardships of the poor. This is just like someone said on the poem lamp of the Lantern Festival in ancient times: "A rich man has a lamp, but Taicang is a drop in the bucket;" The poor family is a lamp, and the father and son cry each other. Do you know romantic satrap? I still hate singing songs that are not wonderful. " ("Chao Hua")