There are many kinds of opinions about the origin of lanterns. One of the more widespread sayings is: The custom of lanterns during the Lantern Festival began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Eastern Han Dynasty Emperor Liu Zhuang advocated Buddhism. The Buddha's approach ordered that night to light up the Buddha in palaces and temples that night, 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, to celebrate Cathay Pacific and people's security, people tied flowers, and by flashing lights, symbolizing Cailong Zhaoxiang, Minfu and Guoqiang ", the style of flowers has been widely popular since then.
There is an interesting saying about the origin of lanterns. It is said that a long time ago, a god bird landed on the earth because of getting lost, but was shot dead by an unsuspecting hunter. The emperor was very angry when he knew it, and ordered to let the soldiers set fire to the world on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and burned all the human and animal properties. The emperor's daughter was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see the people's innocent suffering. She secretly came to the world and told the people the news. A wise man came up with a way to make everyone at home on the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth days to light up the lights, sound firecrackers, and set off fireworks. Too. On the evening of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Emperor looked down and found that there was a red light on the earth and the sound of the sky shook the sky for three consecutive nights, thinking that it was the flame of the fire.
Lanterns are a type of ancient lamps and lanterns. As early as the eighth century, the Tang Dynasty recorded the reasons for using lanterns. Lanterns in China are after the Qin and Han dynasties, and paper lanterns may have been invented after the paper in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The custom of watching lanterns in the Lantern Festival originated in the early years of the Han Dynasty. The celebration of Cathay Pacific ’s people ’s security is only when the lanterns are tied. With the flashing lights, it symbolizes “Colourful Dragon, Xiangxiang, Minfu and Guoqiang”. The trend of lanterns is still popular today.
