Legend at long time ago, the fierce birds fierce beasts is a lot of, hurting person and animal everywhere, people organize to beat them, there is an absolute being bird to trap to land for get lost the human life, but accident of is have no knowledge of hunter to shot to die.Day the shakes very after know that, spreading an aim immediately, issuing order to let for a day, soldier arrives the human life to set fire on the 15th in the January, making person's property of the human life burn the dead all. Day daughter's good natured of the , cant not bear to the heart see common people innocence suffer calamities, risk life of danger, drive secretly auspicious clouds arrive at the human life, tell this news people.Public hear this news, rang a burnt thunder on the like head.Frighten hard put is good, lead for a long time, just there is an old man's house to figure out a way, he say:"In the January 14,15,on 16th this three days, per family's somebody elseses hang up lanterns and festoons,order to ring a firecracker and set off firework in the home.By so doing, day the will think people are all burn to die".
Everyone's hearing all nod to call BE, divided a head to fix to go then.Arrived January 15 this eveningses, day downwards on see discover red light of the human life one, the sound earthquake day, continue all of three nights is such, think is wildfires combustion of flames with win greatly and quickly.People protected the own life and property so.In honor of this is successful, arriving January each time from now on 15, the all familieses all hang lantern, the fireworks display comes to memorial this day.
Lantern Festival is a Chinese traditional festival, as early as west of more than 2000 year agoses have, the rice glue ball appreciated a light to begin from clear of the east period, the clear promotes Buddhism, hearing the Buddhism has January on the 15th the monk view Buddhist relics, light-on respect the way of doing of the , orderany this night light-on respect in the imperial palace and the temples, all hang a light private's clan commons.This kind of Buddhism rite festival will become grand festival of folks gradually hereafter.That stanza experienced to go to from the palace folks, from Central plains arrive the development process of the whole country.
Lantern Festival is also a romantic festival, the rice glue ball light would the traditional society in feudalism is medium, also giving the single men and women acquaint with to provide an opportunity, the young girl of the tradition society's disallowing to go out a free activity, but observing a festival can accompany to play, Lantern Festival enjoy flower light exactly a make friends of opportunity, the single men and women borrow to enjoy flower a light and also can be an oneself conveniently the thing color object.The rice glue ball light stanza period is the opportune moment that men and women's youth meets with lover again.
