(1) Eating Yuanxiao: Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month, as a food, has a long history in China. In the Song Dynasty, a novel Lantern Festival food was popular among the people. This kind of food was originally called "Floating Zi Yuan", later called "Yuanxiao", and merchants also called it "Yuanbao".
(2) Watching lanterns: In the Yongping period of Emperor Hanming (58-75 AD), in order to promote Buddhism, Emperor Hanming ordered "burning lanterns to show Buddha" in palaces and monasteries on the 15th night of the first month. Therefore, the custom of burning lanterns on the fifteenth night of the first month, with the expansion of the influence of Buddhist culture and the addition of Taoist culture, gradually spread in China.
(3) Yingzigu: In ancient times, Yingzigu was an important folk custom on the fifteenth day of the first month. Zigu, also known as Zigu, Toilet Valley, Maogu and Keng Valley, is the legendary Ce Shen.
(4) Valentine's Day in China: Lantern Festival is also a romantic festival. In the feudal traditional society, Lantern Festival also provides unmarried men and women with opportunities to get to know each other. In traditional society, young girls are not allowed to go out for free activities, but they can go out to play together on holidays.
(5) Walking away from all diseases: In addition to celebrations, there are also religious activities in the Lantern Festival. That is to say, most of the participants in "walking all diseases", also known as "baking all diseases" and "eliminating all diseases" are women. They walk together or against the wall, or cross the bridge through the suburbs, with the aim of driving away diseases and eliminating disasters.
(6) Setting off fireworks: the most gratifying activity of the Lantern Festival. Fireworks will be set off in the square on the night of Lantern Festival. At that time, the whole family would go out to see the beautiful fireworks. Fireworks will become more and more beautiful, bigger and bigger, with higher and higher technology content and more and more beautiful colors.
(7) Solving riddles on lanterns: "Solving riddles on lanterns", also known as "playing riddles", is an activity added after the Lantern Festival. Lantern riddles were first developed from lantern riddles, and all over playing riddles. I hope this year is festive and safe. Because riddles are enlightening and interesting, they are welcomed by all walks of life in the process of communication.
(8) Playing Dragon Lantern: Playing Dragon Lantern, also known as Dragon Lantern or Dragon Dance. Its origin can be traced back to ancient times. Legend has it that as early as the Yellow Emperor, in a large-scale song and dance in the suburbs of Qing Dynasty, there was a leading bird image played by a man, and then a dance scene with six dragons interspersed with each other was arranged.
(9) Walking on stilts: Walking on stilts is a popular mass performance. Stilts, originally one of the hundred plays in ancient China, appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period.
(10) Lion Dance: Lion Dance is an excellent folk art in China. Every Lantern Festival or assembly celebration, people come to the lion dance for entertainment. This custom originated in the Three Kingdoms period and was popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It has a history of 1000 years.
2, Yuanxiao Feng Shui taboo:
(1) According to folklore, this day is the birthday of the Emperor of Tiangong, and it should be mainly festive. On the day of Lantern Festival, there must be no contradiction between husband and wife. Try to avoid children crying, so as not to bring bad luck to the family.
(2) Lantern Festival is a festival celebrated by the whole people. No matter how busy people are, they must rest on this day, so as to avoid the damage of working tools, which will bring bad luck, wealth and unfavorable things.
(3) Avoid seeing a doctor on the day of the Lantern Festival, and avoid going to the wild, cemeteries, ancient tombs and other places with heavy yin and bad luck. People who are weak and unlucky should take preventive measures to avoid bad luck.
(4) If you lose your property during the Lantern Festival, it means that you are unable to manage your purse and it is difficult to seize the opportunity all year round. Therefore, special attention should be paid to preventing property losses.
(5) On the Lantern Festival, you'd better not lend money to others, otherwise others will easily borrow your luck this year.
(6) On the Lantern Festival, the rice jar and the noodle jar should not bottom out, because there is an old saying that it is dangerous to break the cooking.
(7) On the Lantern Festival, be careful not to break your clothes. Otherwise, it is easy to lose your reputation and have a bad year.
(8) Lantern Festival, no killing, no blood. Otherwise, this year will easily lead to financial bankruptcy, illness and injury.
(9) During the Lantern Festival, swearing and swearing should be avoided. Otherwise, this year, it is easy for disaster to come out of your mouth and inadvertently say the wrong thing, which will bring disaster to your health.
(10) During the Lantern Festival, you should avoid washing your hair and cutting your hair. Because "hair" is like hair that makes a fortune, it is easy to wash away wealth when you wash your hair and cut your hair on this day, and you can't save any savings in a year.