In the custom of Lantern Festival, is it the 15th or 16th day of the first month?

In the Lantern Festival custom, the custom of the Lantern Festival for maids is on the 16th day of the first month.

Dong Fangshuo set up a stall for divination, and everyone should do it. As a result, we were burned on the 16th day of the first month, which caused great panic in Chang 'an. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked Dong Fangshuo for advice, so on the fifteenth night of the first month, every family hung lanterns to eat Yuanxiao, and people outside the city went to town to see lanterns, fooling the Jade Emperor. On the fifteenth day of the first month, Chang 'an City was decorated with colorful lanterns. Tourists are bustling and lively, and ladies-in-waiting are also reunited with their families on the night of Lantern Festival.

Eating "Yuanxiao" on the Lantern Festival symbolizes family reunion. In the new year, the whole family is happy and everything goes well, which places people's good wishes for the future life.

The lion dance on the Lantern Festival symbolizes good luck, thus placing people's good wishes for eliminating disasters and seeking good luck in the lion dance activities.

On the Lantern Festival, branches of poplars are inserted on the door, symbolizing the birth of yang. There is also a custom in ancient times, that is, on the day of Shangyuan Festival, poplar branches are inserted on the doors of every household, which means that trees sprout in spring. "Yang" and "Yang" are homophonic and have the same meaning.

China has a vast territory and a long history, so the customs of celebrating the Lantern Festival are different all over the country, among which eating Yuanxiao, watching lanterns and dancing dragons and lions are several important folk customs.