Lantern Festival

According to one legend, once in ancient times, a celestial swan came into the mortal world where it was shot down by a hunter. The Jade Emperor, the highest god in Heaven, vowed to avenge the swan. 

He started making plans to send a troop of celestial soldiers and generals to Earth on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, with orders to incinerate all humans and animals. 

But the other celestial beings disagreed with this course of action, and risked their lives to warn the people of Earth. 

As a result, before and after the fifteenth day of the first month, every family hung red lanterns outside their doors and set off firecrackers and fireworks, giving the impression that their homes were already burning. 

By successfully tricking the Jade Emperor in this way, humanity was saved from extermination.

有一个传说是这样的，在古代，有一位神界天鹅闯入人间被猎手误杀。天界最高的神玉皇大帝因此发誓为这只天鹅报仇。

他开始制定计划，派出一支天兵天将于农历正月十五来到人间，命令他们火烧所有的人和动物。但是其他神仙并不赞同这一计划，他们冒着生命危险提醒人间的人们。

结果，在正月十五这一天前后，每一个家庭在门外挂起灯笼，并燃放烟花爆竹，给天兵天将造成各家各户起火的假象。

通过这种方式，人们成功骗过了玉皇大帝，人类也因此逃过灭绝的危险。

the Lantern Festival customs:

1. Guess the riddle

Lantern riddle is a word game derived from the Lantern Festival, also known as Lantern Tiger. The riddles are pasted on the lanterns for people to guess and shoot. The answers to the riddles mostly focus on the meaning of the text, and there are 24 kinds of riddles.

2. Playing dragon lanterns

Also called dragon dance, also called dragon lantern dance. It is a unique traditional folk entertainment in our country. It was quite common in the folk of the Han Dynasty in my country. There are two kinds of performances: single dragon playing with beads and double dragon playing with beads. In the play method, the styles vary from place to place, and each has its own characteristics.

3. Eat Lantern Festival

"Happy skin, happy stuffing, round and round and pinch together; greeting soup, blessing fire, happy cooking together". Eating Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, "Yuanxiao" as a food, is an important custom of the Lantern Festival. Tangyuan, also known as dumplings, Yuanxiao. The custom of eating glutinous rice balls began in the Song Dynasty. At that time, the glutinous rice balls were called Fuyuanzi, also known as Tangyuanzi, Lactose Yuanzi, and "Tangyuan". Businessmen also euphemistically called them Yuanbao