Happy Lantern Festival. LBest's Lantern Festival, this thing is necessary
on 2019-02-20
Happy New Year! Today is the Lantern Festival of our lunar calendar. It is the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar every year. It is the last important festival in Chinese Spring Festival customs. China has a vast territory and a long history, so the customs of Lantern Festival are different all over the country, among which eating Lantern Festival, watching lanterns, dancing dragons and lions are important folk customs of Lantern Festival. Chinese people have the custom of eating sweet dumpling. Sweet dumpling is made of glutinous rice, either solid or stuffed. The stuffing includes bean paste, sugar, hawthorn, various kinds of fruit, etc. It can be boiled, fried, steamed and fried when eating. At first, people called this kind of food "floating dumplings", later called "floating ball" or "sweet dumplings". These names "reunion" sound similar, take the meaning of reunion, symbolizing family reunion, harmony and happiness, people also miss their loved ones and place their good wishes on the future life. In the big family of LBest, the company also prepared sweet dumplings for us at lunch time. Although everyone is in the company, they are as warm as at home. Flower lanterns, also known as lanterns. Lantern is a traditional folk handicraft originated in China. In ancient times, its main function was lighting, which was made of paper or silk as the skin of lanterns. The skeleton was usually made of bamboo or wooden strips. Candles or light bulbs were placed in the middle as lighting tools. The lantern originated from Emperor Wudi of Han Dynasty who set up altars in the palace on the 15th day of the first lunar month to sacrifice the most noble Sun God at that time. Because it was held all night, it had to light all night, which was the beginning of the lantern node lamp. Dragon dancing is also called "playing dragon lanterns" and "dragon lantern dancing". From Spring Festival to Lantern Festival, dragon dancing is practiced in many places. The dragon represents auspiciousness, dignity and bravery in the Chinese nation and it is also a symbol of power. People use dragon dancing to pray for the protection of dragons on festive days, in order to achieve smooth weather and bumper grain. The main prop of dragon dance is "dragon". The lion is powerful in shape, vigorous in action and changeable in manner. There are many different legends among the people, which turn into myths and history for a time. It adds a lot of mystery to the lion dance and makes it more popular. People believe that lions are auspicious beasts and lion dancing can bring good luck, so every Spring Festival or other celebrations, lion dancing will help pray for good luck in the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers.
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