1. Poems about the Lantern Festival
1. On the Lantern Festival last year, the lights in the flower market were as bright as day. On the top of the willow tree in the moonlight, people meet at dusk. ——Song Dynasty Ouyang Xiu's "Shengchazi·Yuanxi"
Translation: During the Lantern Festival last year, the flower market was illuminated like daylight. Make an appointment with the beautiful woman after dusk, when the moon is above the willow branches, and talk about your heart.
2. The trees and flowers bloom together, and the iron locks of the star bridge open. ——Su Weiwei of the Tang Dynasty, "The Fifteenth Night of the First Month"
Translation: The bright lights are scattered around, and the bright light is reflected in the depths of the garden, like delicate flowers; because it is accessible everywhere, the iron cables of the city gate are also opened.
3. BMW car-carvings are all over the road. The phoenix flute sounded, the jade pot turned light, and fish and dragons danced all night. ——Xin Qiji, Song Dynasty, "The Green Jade Case·Yuan Xi"
Translation: A luxurious carriage passed through the fragrant streets. The melodious sound of phoenix flute echoed everywhere, the bright moon like a jade pot gradually turned to the west, fish lanterns and dragon lanterns danced non-stop all night long, and laughter and chatter were noisy.
2. Lantern Festival Proverbs
1. Clouds cover the moon on August 15th, and snow lights up the lights on the 15th day of the first lunar month.
2. The rain hits the Yuan lanterns, and the clouds cover the Mid-Autumn moon.
3. On August 15th, clouds cover the moon, and next year’s Lantern Festival rain lights up the lights.
4. The bright moon shines brightly on thousands of doors, and thousands of households have spring lanterns.
5. The mellow moonlight illuminates the city, and the misty spring color fills the night city.
3. Couplets of the Lantern Festival
1. The first couplet: The bright moon is round, the sky is clear; the second couplet: Thousands of spring lanterns, people are happy and peaceful; the horizontal line: Fire trees and silver flowers
2. The first couplet: a bright future, the beauty of spring. The second couplet: the blazing age, the lanterns are red. The horizontal batch: spring in my heart
3. the first couplet: a good night of lights, a hundred plays of fish and dragons. the second couplet: a world of colored glaze, a splendid scene. Three Spring Festival: Silver Flowers on the Treetops
Extended information
The formation of the Lantern Festival has a long process, which is rooted in the ancient folk custom of turning on lights to pray for blessings. According to general information and folklore, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has been taken seriously in the Western Han Dynasty, but the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month truly became a national folk festival after the Han and Wei dynasties.
The rise of the custom of lighting lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is also related to the spread of Buddhism to the east. Buddhism flourished in the Tang Dynasty, and officials and common people generally "lighted lanterns to worship Buddha" on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Buddhist lights spread among the people. Starting from the Tang Dynasty, lighting up lanterns during the Lantern Festival has become a legal matter.
The Lantern Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, the Chinese cultural circle and overseas Chinese. The Lantern Festival mainly includes a series of traditional folk activities such as viewing lanterns, eating glutinous rice balls, guessing lantern riddles, and setting off fireworks. In addition, many local Lantern Festivals also include traditional folk performances such as dragon lantern parade, lion dance, stilt walking, land boat rowing, Yangko dancing, and Taiping drum playing.