Legend has it that after Jiang Ziya sealed the gods, he had no job, only a certain fairy gave him a replacement. In the New Year's Eve, the gods were all in place, but Jiang Ziya had no place to go. When the people saw him pitiful, they lit a lamp at the head of the club and let him squat under the lamp overnight. Over time, the custom of silk lanterns was formed.
Silk lanterns are a kind of ancient lamps and lanterns. As early as the eighth century, the Tang Dynasty recorded the reasons for using silk lanterns. China has lanterns after the Qin and Han dynasties, and the existence of paper silk lanterns may be after the invention of the Western Han Dynasty paper. The custom of watching lanterns in the Lantern Festival originated in the early years of the Han dynasty, but it is also said that Emperor Tang Ming of the Lantern Festival at the Shangyang Palace on the Lantern Festival was to celebrate the Cathay People ’s Peace, and the lanterns were tied. "Xiang, the people are rich and the country is strong", and the style of the lantern is still popular today.
There are many opinions about the origin of silk lanterns. One of the more widespread sayings is that the custom of silk lanterns during the Lantern Festival began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Eastern Han Dynasty Emperor Liu Zhuang advocated Buddhism. The practice of lighting up to worship the Buddha ordered the night to light up the temple and worship the Buddha in the palaces and temples, so that all the people of the gentry hung the lights. Later, this Buddhist etiquette festival gradually formed a grand folk festival. This festival has experienced the development process from the court to the folk, from the Central Plains to the whole country. In the first year of Tang Kai, in order to celebrate Cathay Pacific's people's security, people tied up lanterns, and by flashing indefinite lights, symbolizing "Cailong Zhaoxiang, Minfu and Guoqiang", the style of lanterns has been widely popular since then.
