What is it about lighting candles on the fifteenth day of the first month?

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the traditional Lantern Festival for Han people in China. The first month is January, and the ancients called the night "Xiao". The fifteenth day is the first full moon night in a year, so the fifteenth day of the first month is called the Lantern Festival. Also known as "Shangyuan Festival". According to the folk tradition in China, on the festival night of Spring Festival, the moon is high in the sky and thousands of lanterns are hung on the ground. People will watch lanterns, solve riddles on the lanterns, eat Yuanxiao and have family reunion.

Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China, which is celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month and at the end of the Spring Festival every year.

In the north, especially in Tianjin, Lantern Festival is not just about eating Yuanxiao and enjoying lanterns. Beijingers and Tianjin people also like to hang Chinese knots at home. Lantern Festival, also known as Xiaoyuanyue, Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival, is the first important festival after the Spring Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month every year. Qiantang Qu You's Double-headed Peony Lantern: "There are five night lights in Mingzhou every year. Women in the whole city have to see it. "

The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called night "night", so they called the fifteenth day of the first month "Lantern Festival". The fifteenth day of the first month is the night of the first full moon in a year, and it is also the night of spring return, so people celebrate it and celebrate the continuation of the Spring Festival. Lantern Festival is also called "Shangyuan Festival" or "Lantern Festival".