TheformationofthecustomoftheLanternFestivalhasalongprocess.
(元宵节习俗的形成有一个较长的过程。)
Accordingtogeneralinformationandfolklore,thefifteenthdayofthefirstlunarmonthhadbeenvaluedinthewesternhandynasty.
(据一般的资料与民俗传说,正月十五在西汉已经受到重视。)
Inthefirstlunarmonthofemperorwudiofthehandynasty,thesacrificetotaiyiwasheldattheganquanpalace.
(汉武帝正月上辛夜在甘泉宫祭祀“太一”的活动。)
Itisregardedbylatergenerationsasthepreludetosacrificetothegodofheavenonthefifteenthdayofthefirstlunarmonth.
(被后人视作正月十五祭祀天神的先声。)
However,thefifteenthdayofthefirstmonthoftheLanternFestivalasafolkfestivalisreallyafterthehanandweidynasties.
(不过,正月十五元宵节真正作为民俗节日是在汉魏之后。)
ThecustomofburninglanternsonthefifteenthdayofthefirstmonthisrelatedtotheeasternBuddhism.
(正月十五燃灯的习俗与佛教东传有关。)
Duringthetangdynasty,Buddhismflourished.
(唐朝时,佛教大兴。)
Officialofficialsandpeoplegenerallyinthefifteenthdayofthefirstmonthofthisday"burninglightsforBuddha",thelightsofthebuddhistfamilythenthroughoutthefolk.
(仕官百姓普遍在正月十五这一天“燃灯供佛”,佛家灯火于是遍布民间。)
Fromthetangdynasty,theLanternFestivalbecamealegalthing,andgraduallybecameafolkcustom.
(从唐代起,元宵张灯即成为法定之事,并逐渐成为民间习俗。)