What are the customs on the fifteenth day of the first month?

Apart from the well-known customs of China people, such as watching lanterns, solve riddles on the lanterns, dragon and lion dances and eating the Lantern Festival, some Asian countries adjacent to China also have a colorful Lantern Festival.

1. North Korea; South Korea

The fifteenth day of the first month in Korea is called "King Day of the First Month", which means "Looking at the Moon". Different from China, they don't eat Yuanxiao on this day, but eat mixed grains such as glutinous rice, sorghum rice, red beans, yellow rice and black beans, and eat all kinds of nuts, peanuts, walnuts, pine nuts, chestnuts and ginkgo. It is said that it can make teeth stronger and prevent skin diseases such as boils. Besides, we should drink "Qing Er wine" and pray that we won't suffer from ear diseases in the new year, and we will hear good news all the year round.

2. Malaysia

Lantern Festival is one of the main traditional festivals of Chinese in Malaysia, and its custom of "throwing oranges to catch bananas" is lively, romantic and unique. On the night of the Lantern Festival, single men and women in China came out one after another and flocked to the riverside or lakeside of the park. Men throw bananas, women throw oranges, and write down contact numbers on fruits in order to find a good marriage.

3. North Korea

North Korea's Lantern Festival, also known as the full moon in the first month, or simply referred to as the "full moon", has customs such as stepping on a copper bridge, stealing rich soil (stealing mud from fields), biting nuts, drinking ear wine, tug-of-war and dancing lions, and also divining farming according to the color and position of the moon.

4. Japan

Japan calls the solar calendar 65438+ October as the first month and 65438+ October 15 as the first month. Contrary to the first lunar month (New Year's Day), there are many folk activities in Japan. I have the habit of eating red bean porridge on the morning of the first lunar month. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhonghua Street in Japan is very lively. For example, the Lantern Festival is held every year in Zhonghua Street in Yokohama, and some local Chinese and overseas Chinese will join in the fun. Lantern viewing will begin in the evening, and the whole street will be decorated with colorful colors.

In new york, Chicago, Los Angeles and other cities in the United States, Chinese communities hold various forms of Lantern Festival every year, enjoying glutinous rice balls, lanterns and dragon and lion dances to celebrate festivals. Many people in China will choose to make a wish at the temple fair, hoping for good health in the new year and all their wishes will come true. In Chinatown, the festive atmosphere is particularly strong, gongs and drums are loud, firecrackers are ringing, lion dance teams take to the streets and wave blessings in front of shops, wishing people a rich life and good luck again and again.