Folk customs of Lantern Festival

Solve riddles; solve lantern riddles; guess riddles on hanging lanterns

Solve riddles on the lanterns, also known as playing riddles, is a unique form of entertainment with national style in China. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, every household hangs lanterns, writes riddles on paper and sticks them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because solve riddles on the lanterns can enlighten wisdom and cater to the festive atmosphere, many people responded. Later, solve riddles on the lanterns gradually became an indispensable program for the Lantern Festival.

Enjoy this lamp

There was a huge lantern market in Chang 'an in Tang Dynasty, with 50,000 lanterns of all kinds. The emperor ordered 20 giant lantern buildings with a height of 150 feet, resplendent and magnificent. Watching lanterns usually lasts for several days, and this time is very lively. This custom has been preserved until now.

Fireworks

In fact, it is equivalent to fireworks now. It must be nice to set off fireworks on such a busy day.

Mouse chase

Mainly what sericulture families need to do. Because mice often eat silkworms in large areas at night, it is said that they can stop eating silkworms by feeding them rice porridge on the fifteenth day of the first month.

Yingzigu

Zigu is also called Gucci. In the north, it is usually called Aunt Toilet and Aunt Pit, Ce Shen. The ancient folk custom is to offer sacrifices to Ce Shen Zigu on the 15th day of the first month, and to offer sacrifices to silkworm and mulberry, which shows many things.

Send the child here.

It is also called "sending lanterns", which is the abbreviation of "sending lanterns". Before the Lantern Festival, in order to add auspiciousness, the bride's family will send lanterns to the newly married daughter's house or the newly married infertile family, because "lamp" is homophonic with "Ding".