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Nantong's old starts on the thirteen, the first month of the 18th light, there is "13, 14th God watching the lamp, fifteen, 16 people watching the lamp, 17th, 18th ghosts watch the lights ", and there are" watching the lights of the lamp ", that is, the thirteen on the thirteen on the day of the light, the first month of the 18th lights.
custom
Lighthead birthday
The first month of thirteen, called "Light Birthday". The folks have to light down on the kitchen hob this day. It is called "dotted light", in fact, because the days of the fifteen lanterns of the first month are approaching, each family has pilotted the lamp, and he is said to be "the lamp" day. .
Old time from the first month of thirteen, the first month of the 18th light, there is "13, 14th God watching the lamp, fifteen, 16 people watching the lamp, sevente, 18 ghosts "It's said, and there is a" upper light of the lamp. "
This custom begins in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the literature describes the three years of Southern Song Dynasty (AD 1243) "Please pre-empty Yuanxiao, since the thirteen, the lanengrang, all bamboo Zhang Folkity of the lights. That is, the thirteen on the thirteen of the light is eating a circle, and the sun is eating noodles.
Rolling Light
The custom of playing roll dragon in the Spring Festival has been inherited for more than 100 years, generally four days. Thirteen, thirteen, on the 13th of each year, for the 14th, the 15th is a positive lamp, and the 16th is a round light.
Test the lights this evening, six old dragons and multiple rolls first on the street. When the flower light is placed, the dragon light began to go up and down, and the dance is fluttered around. On both sides of the street, family hung, all households burned incense. Then, rolling, flower blue, story lamp, walking horse lights, fish lights, lion lights, rabbits, butterfly lamps, gourd lights have on the street. At this time, the roads on the road are all over, and each sample color is gloring. After the doors, I have to get the three more, I will take the lights, and I will play the lamp next day until the 16th round light.
Zha Lodge
The fifteen lanterns of the first month will generally start from the thirteen of the first month. Old Beijing's year songs have "11th, twelve light sheds, thirteen people open lights, fourteen lights" ... "
that is, the first month of 13 days" Lights "; 14th" test lights "; 15th" positive lights "; 17th" tightlight ". From the thirteenth day of the first month, people start the lights and color color light!
Eating dumplings
"on the lamp round, the first month of the year," another old custom. On the 13th night of the first month, the whole family was eating a dumplings, meaning "round full". In fact, the children's hearts have already fly to the streets, three silent two swallow, push the bowl, and rushed to the street, three or five in the street.
Sacrifice Guan Gong
There is such a custom in the rural area in Chang'an District, Xi'an, and we must sacrifice Gong Gong every year. Have you seen a tribute called "Dragonfly" with Guan Gong?
A grain full of large yellow beans are arranged in a slipwheel, a variety of colored beans, melon seeds, peach kernels are bamboo sticks, and a layer of layer is on the shape of several dishes. Finally, a delicate pavilion house is formed, which is the unique folk handicraft "add dish" in Chang'an District.
Do "sacrifice"
"not 15 no old age." The first month of the country has a custom of "sacriasis". On this day, the women in the village made three five familys together, together with the face, cut, carved, cooked, as the last "busy" of the Spring Festival, welcome the Lantern Festival. One by one, only the "sacred insect", "sacred insect", touched the iron, and the holy. The sacred, harmonious, liter, sacred feast, the fantastic grain, the beautiful vision of the wind, the rain, step by step.
Sacrifice
The lunar calendar is thirteen, and this day is the birthday of Hailongwang. Every year, the fishermen will hold a variety of sacrificial activities, and pray for the whole year. Fisheries harvest. According to traditional customs, the sacrifices have been placed on the table, with pig heads, squid, big hoes, etc. Before the table, people burn incense paper, and they have walked to the big sea, and the shot of the shot rushed through the world, and the fireworks were more hoped by people's good looking forward to the new year.
Allus
The people who look at the lamp in the city temple are endless. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the lanterns made by the big hipsters in the city were known for the "bag light." On this day, there is still a vulgarity of marrying girls. In the evening, the farmer has a plum insects, and the fire is burned, and the white flowers are filled. People must also ask the pit three aunt and gray mother-in-law to answer trouble. After liberation, the city Lantern Festival is dominated by the lamp, and there is a light view in the cultural palace, cultural museum, park and other places to watch entertainment.