Can you hang lanterns all year round?
1. You can basically hang lanterns for one year every Spring Festival. It is important that this year's lanterns can't be hung until next year.
2. In ancient times, it was generally "touching lights", that is, lanterns collided with each other and went out after catching fire. Turn off the lights after the off-year (the fifteenth day of the first month) and don't leave them for next year. They should be destroyed. In the past, candles were lit in lanterns, but after the Chinese New Year, the two lights collided and touched each other.
Red lanterns are hung in the New Year to welcome the prosperous atmosphere of the New Year, and there are some auspicious folk customs. Therefore, we must know the delicate and auspicious meaning of hanging red lanterns in the new year. Hanging red lanterns in the New Year is to welcome the arrival of the New Year and have a prosperous and auspicious year.
Hang a lantern or a pair of lanterns for the Spring Festival?
Lanterns have even numbers, not single numbers. Even-numbered lanterns represent the longevity and double happiness of yes-men. Anyway, lanterns must not be registered.
Additional: Pay attention to hanging lanterns:
First: hang high without hanging low, hang south without hanging north.
In terms of orientation, generally speaking, it is best to hang lanterns in the south. However, there are few single-family houses facing south in modern buildings. If there is no south direction, you can hang lanterns in the east or west direction. Never hang them in the north. Because from the traditional academic point of view, the water in the north is not conducive to good luck, or unlucky.
Second: Hang lanterns from New Year's Eve to 15th.
Generally speaking, the time to hang lanterns is from New Year's Eve to the fifteenth day of the first month. The time to start hanging lanterns is before sunset on New Year's Eve, and the time to take down lanterns is after the fifteenth day of the first month.
Third: Do you want to go with the lantern or stay?
Let's talk about the past treatment separately. In the past, after taking off lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first month, people would knock two lanterns open and throw them away directly. This custom is called "touching lanterns". In the past, candles were lit in lanterns. When two lanterns collide, the candle will light the whole lantern, thus "taking it away". In other words, in the past, on the 16th day of the first month, many children played with lanterns, and when the lanterns were broken, they were disposed of conveniently.
This paper mainly introduces whether lanterns can be hung all year round, whether to hang a lantern or a pair of related contents in the New Year. Hanging lanterns in the New Year is definitely for happiness and auspiciousness, but everyone should understand the feng shui of hanging lanterns clearly, so as not to hang the wrong feng shui that affects the family.