The implication of hanging lanterns
Hanging lanterns in the New Year has many meanings. First, welcome the New Year and have a prosperous and auspicious year. Second, welcome lucky strike in the second year. On New Year's Eve, we paid two years to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Red lanterns are hung high above our heads, people walk under the lights and look up at good luck, which means we have good luck in the new year. Third, light is homophonic with Ding. Hanging red lanterns is another meaning, which means that the family is prosperous and the family is prosperous. However, there are some necessary stresses on hanging red lanterns, so we must pay attention to them, otherwise we may get the opposite bad results.
Pay attention to hanging lanterns
Hanging lanterns is also very particular. Pay attention to one or even numbers. Hanging red lanterns must be even, whether hanging on both sides of the gate or on the balcony, it must be counted as even, such as two, six, eight and so on. Pay attention to two points, symmetry. Hanging red lanterns must be symmetrical and have a moderate height distance. Pay attention to three, hanging south and not hanging north. Hanging a red light needs to be hung in due south, due east or due west, but avoid hanging in due north, which will not bring the above auspicious meaning, but will damage good luck because there is water in due north. Pay attention to four, follow the light. Touching the lamp is destroying it. After the off-year (the fifteenth day of the first month), you should take off the lights and destroy them, and don't use them for the next year. In the past, candles were lit in lanterns, but after the Chinese New Year, the two lights collided and touched each other. Nowadays, lanterns are all electric lights. There is no need to touch them, but they should be put away, put in a clean bag and then thrown away.
What are the taboos of hanging lanterns?
Hanging lanterns every year pays attention to hanging new ones. What was used last year can't be used again this year. In ancient times, it was usually handled in the way of "touching lights", that is, two lanterns collided with each other and burned. In China, lanterns are a combination of painting art, paper-cutting, sewing and other complex techniques, which represent happiness. Because the pronunciation of "Deng" and "Ding" is similar, it means that people are prosperous. So it is also used to pray for children. In the past, every household had a surname lamp hanging under the eaves and in the living room. Traditionally, temples are mainly yellow, and the size and color of lanterns are changed according to personal preferences, without much attention.