What does "sending lanterns" mean during the Lantern Festival?

Lantern Festival "send lanterns" is short for "send lanterns", that is, send children lanterns. Because "Deng" and "Ding" are homophonic, before the Lantern Festival, the bride's family will send lanterns to the newly married daughter's house, or ordinary relatives and friends will send them to the newly married infertile house, so as to increase Ding's good luck. Expressing the hope that her daughter will be lucky after marriage and have a son as soon as possible; If the daughter is pregnant, in addition to the big palace lantern, one or two pairs of small lanterns should be sent to wish her a safe pregnancy.

Other customs of Lantern Festival:

1, solve the riddle on the lantern

Every Lantern Festival, riddles are hung everywhere. Because riddles are inspiring and interesting, they are very popular in all walks of life.

Step 2 walk on stilts

Stilts meetings are generally organized spontaneously by the masses. On the 11th and 12th day of the first month, people began to take to the streets, which means to tell people that many folk flowers will be hung up this year. On the fifteenth day of the first month, I officially went to the streets until the eighteenth day of 2008.

3, offering doors, offering households

There were "seven sacrifices" in ancient times, which were two of them. Generally, poplar branches are inserted above the door, a pair of chopsticks are inserted in a bowl filled with bean porridge, or wine and meat are placed directly in front of the door.