Shandong chuangyao Biotechnology Co., Ltd. takes you back to the Lantern Festival

Shandong chuangyao Biotechnology Co., Ltd. takes you back to the Lantern Festival, which is a traditional Chinese festival.

The Lantern Festival dates back to the Qin Dynasty more than 2000 years ago. According to materials and folklore, the 15th day of the first month has been paid attention to in the Western Han Dynasty. Emperor Wudi of Han Dynasty worshipped "Taiyi" in Ganquan Palace on the Xinye night of the first month, which was regarded as the forerunner of sacrificing God on the fifteenth day of the first month.

Yuanxiao was originally meant as "the night of Shangyuan Festival". Since the main activity of "Shangyuan Festival" on the 15th day of the first month is to eat dumplings and enjoy the moon in the evening, the name of the festival has evolved into "Lantern Festival". On the night of the Lantern Festival, people decorate the streets with lanterns and decorations. People enjoy the lanterns, guess the riddles and eat the Lantern Festival, which will continue from the new year's Eve to another climax, and become the custom of generations. Lantern Festival in the early formation of the festival, only known as the 15th day of the first month, the first half of the first month or the moon hope, after the Sui Dynasty called New Year's Eve or new year's Eve. Under the influence of Taoism in the early Tang Dynasty, it was also called Shangyuan, and it was occasionally called yuanxiao in the late Tang Dynasty. But since the Song Dynasty, it is also called dengxi. To the Qing Dynasty, also known as the Lantern Festival. In foreign countries, the Lantern Festival is also known as the Lantern Festival.

In memory of Ping Lu

The Lantern Festival was set up to commemorate emperor Lvping. After Liu Bang died, Liu Ying, the son of emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, became emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty. After the death of emperor Hui of Han Dynasty, empress Lu dominated the government and turned Liu's world into Lv's world. The old officials and Liu's clan were deeply indignant, but they were afraid of empress Lu's brutality. After the death of empress Lu, zhulv was in a panic, afraid of being hurt and ostracized. Therefore, in the upper general Lu Lu's family secret gathering, conspiring to make trouble, in order to completely seize the Liu's Jiangshan. The incident was reported to Liu Xiang'er, the king of Qi of the Liu clan. In order to protect the Liu family, Liu Xiang decided to attack Zhulu. Later, he contacted Zhou Bo and Chen Ping, the founding ministers of the country, and designed to relieve Lu Lu. After the rebellion, Liu Heng, Liu Bang's second son, was crowned Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty. Emperor Wen felt that peace and prosperity had not been easy, so he put an end to it“ On the 15th day of the first month of "the rebellion of Zhulu", families in the capital put on lanterns and decorations to celebrate. From then on, the 15th day of the first month has become a folk festival of universal celebration - "making lantern festival". During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities of "Taiyi God" were set on the 15th day of the first month. (Mt. 1: God of all things in the universe). When Sima Qian created the "Taichu calendar", he had identified the Lantern Festival as a major festival.

The custom of lighting lanterns on Lantern Festival originated from the "three yuan theory" of Taoism;

On the Lantern Festival, it means the first full moon night of the new year. The origin of the Shangyuan Festival, according to the records of Sui Shi Zaji, is based on the old rules of Taoism. Taoism once called the 15th day of the first month of the year as Shangyuan Festival, July 15th as Zhongyuan Festival, and October 15th as Xiayuan Festival, collectively known as "Sanyuan". Wudoumi Dao, an important sect of Taoism in the late Han Dynasty, worshipped the gods of Tianguan, diguan and Shuiguan. They said that Tianguan was blessed by Tianguan, forgiven by diguan, and Shuiguan was compensated by Shuiguan with three yuan. In this way, the 15th day of the first month is called Shangyuan Festival. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Wu Zimu said in his Meng Liang Lu: "on the 15th day of the first month, the festival of new year's Eve is the time of blessing by the heavenly officials of the upper Yuan Dynasty." Therefore, the Lantern Festival should be lit.

Emperor Ming's reverence for Buddhism originated from Buddhism.

This view is mainly in the 300 topics of social customs edited by Mr. Hu Shensheng: "in the Buddhist doctrine, fire is compared to the power of the Buddha; in the wuliangshou Sutra, there is a saying of" unlimited flame, shining boundless. ". In Buddhist doctrine, the lamp has always been one of the offerings before the Buddha. Moreover, the Buddhist scriptures repeatedly publicize that "a hundred thousand lanterns repent" (Bodhisattva Sutra) and "the most blessed land of the world's Lantern Festival" (wuliangshou Sutra). Every time you meet a Buddhist event, you have to light up. In Buddhist legends, the 15 lanterns on the first month are related to the deeds of the Buddha God. According to a brief history of monks, Buddha Sakyamuni showed the change of God and subdued the gods and demons on December 30 in the west, that is, the 15th day of the first month of the eastern earth. In order to commemorate the change of the Buddha's God, a lamp lighting ceremony was held on this day. During the reign of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Mo Teng Zhu came to preach in the East. Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty decreed to light a lamp on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar month, and personally went to the temple to set up a lamp to show the Buddha's worship. Since then, the Lantern Festival has become popular. " However, some scholars believe that this view does not hold water and that Buddhism only uses people's festival atmosphere to expand its influence on this day.