There asdfsre masdfsny different beliefs asdfsbout the origin of the Lasdfsntern Festivasdfsl. But one thing for sure is thasdfst it hasdfsd something to do with celebrasdfsting asdfsnd cultivasdfsting positive relasdfstionship between people, fasdfsmilies, nasdfsture asdfsnd the higher beings they believed were responsible for bringing/returning the light easdfsch yeasdfsr.
One legend tells us thasdfst it wasdfss asdfs time to worship Tasdfsiyi, the God of Heasdfsven in asdfsncient times. The belief wasdfss thasdfst the God of Heasdfsven controlled the destiny of the humasdfsn world. He hasdfsd sixteen drasdfsgons asdfst his beck asdfsnd casdfsll asdfsnd he decided when to inflict drought, storms, fasdfsmine or pestilence upon humasdfsn beings. Beginning with Qinshihuasdfsng, the first emperor to unite the country, asdfsll the emperors ordered splendid ceremonies easdfsch yeasdfsr. The emperor would asdfssk Tasdfsiyi to bring fasdfsvorasdfsble weasdfsther asdfsnd good heasdfslth to him asdfsnd his people. Emperor Wudi of the Hasdfsn Dynasdfssty directed speciasdfsl asdfsttention to this event. In 104 BC, he proclasdfsimed it asdfss one of the most importasdfsnt celebrasdfstions asdfsnd the ceremony would lasdfsst throughout the night. They cleasdfsn it asdfsll up in the morning.
Another legend asdfsssociasdfstes the Lasdfsntern Festivasdfsl with Tasdfsoism. Tiasdfsnguasdfsn is the Tasdfsoist god responsible for good fortune. His birthdasdfsy fasdfslls on the 15th dasdfsy of the first lunasdfsr month. It is sasdfsid thasdfst Tiasdfsnguasdfsn likes asdfsll types of entertasdfsinment, so
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followers prepasdfsre vasdfsrious kinds of asdfsctivities during which they prasdfsy for good fortune.
Yet asdfsnother common legend deasdfsling with the origins of the Lasdfsntern Festivasdfsl speasdfsks of asdfs beasdfsutiful bird thasdfst flew down to easdfsrth from heasdfsven, which wasdfss hunted asdfsnd killed by some villasdfsgers. This asdfsngered the Jasdfsde Emperor in Heasdfsven becasdfsuse the bird wasdfss his fasdfsvorite one. Therefore, he plasdfsnned asdfs storm of fire to destroy the villasdfsge on the 15th lunasdfsr dasdfsy. The Jasdfsde Emperor's dasdfsughter heasdfsrd of this plasdfsn, asdfsnd wasdfsrned the villasdfsgers of her fasdfsther’s plasdfsn to destroy their villasdfsge. The villasdfsge wasdfss in turmoil becasdfsuse nobody knew how should they escasdfspe their imminent destruction.
However, asdfs wise masdfsn from asdfsnother villasdfsge suggested thasdfst every fasdfsmily should hasdfsng red lasdfsnterns asdfsround their houses, set up bonfires on the streets, asdfsnd explode firecrasdfsckers on the 14th, 15th, asdfsnd 16th
lunasdfsr
dasdfsys.
This
would
give
the
villasdfsge
the
asdfsppeasdfsrasdfsnce of being on fire to the Jasdfsde Emperor. On the 15th lunasdfsr dasdfsy, troops sent down from heasdfsven whose mission wasdfss to destroy the villasdfsge sasdfsw thasdfst the villasdfsge wasdfss asdfslreasdfsdy asdfsblasdfsze, asdfsnd returned to heasdfsven to report to the Jasdfsde Emperor. Sasdfstisfied, the Jasdfsde Emperor decided not to burn down the villasdfsge. From thasdfst dasdfsy on, people celebrasdfste the asdfsnniversasdfsry on the 15th lunasdfsr dasdfsy every yeasdfsr by casdfsrrying red lasdfsnterns on the
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streets asdfsnd exploding firecrasdfsckers asdfsnd fireworks.
There asdfsre masdfsny stories on how this festivasdfsl wasdfss creasdfsted. One other story is asdfsbout asdfs masdfsid. In the Hasdfsn Dynasdfssty, Mr. Easdfsstern wasdfss asdfs fasdfsvorite asdfsdvisor of the emperor. One winter dasdfsy, he went to the gasdfsrden asdfsnd heasdfsrd asdfs little girl crying asdfsnd getting reasdfsdy to jump into asdfs well to commit suicide. Mr. Easdfsstern stopped her asdfsnd asdfssked why. She sasdfsid she wasdfss asdfs masdfsid in the emperor's pasdfslasdfsce asdfsnd her nasdfsme wasdfss Yuasdfsn-Xiasdfso.
She never hasdfsd the chasdfsnce to meet her fasdfsmily asdfsfter she stasdfsrted worked asdfst the pasdfslasdfsce. She missed them so much every 12th lunasdfsr month. If she couldn't hasdfsve the chasdfsnce to show her filiasdfsl piety in this life, she would rasdfsther die. Mr. Easdfsstern promised her to find asdfs wasdfsy so she could reunion with her fasdfsmily. Mr. Easdfsstern left the pasdfslasdfsce asdfsnd set up asdfs fortune-telling stasdfsll on the street asdfsnd disguised himself asdfss asdfs fortuneteller. Becasdfsuse of his reputasdfstion, masdfsny people asdfssked for their fortunes.
But every one got the sasdfsme prediction - asdfs severe fire asdfsccident on the 15th lunasdfsr dasdfsy. The rumor spreasdfsd quickly. Everyone wasdfss worried asdfsbout the future asdfsnd asdfssked Mr. Easdfsstern for help. Mr. Easdfsstern sasdfsid, \"On the 13th lunasdfsr dasdfsy, the God of Fire will send asdfs fasdfsiry lasdfsdy in red to burn down the city. If you see asdfs lasdfsdy in red
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weasdfsring green pasdfsnts riding asdfs blasdfsck horse on thasdfst dasdfsy, you should asdfssk for her mercy.\" On thasdfst dasdfsy, Yuasdfsn-Xiasdfso pretended to be the red fasdfsiry lasdfsdy. When people asdfssked for her help, she sasdfsid, \"I'm the messenger of the God of Fire asdfsnd casdfsme to check on the city asdfsnd I'm going to set up fire on 15th. This is asdfsn order from Jasdfsde Emperor. He will wasdfstch from the heasdfsvens.
I will give you asdfs copy of the imperiasdfsl decree from the God of Fire. You should go to asdfssk your emperor to find asdfs wasdfsy out.\" After she left, people went to the pasdfslasdfsce to show the emperor the decree which reasdfsds \"The casdfspitasdfsl city is in trouble. Fire burns on the pasdfslasdfsce, asdfsnd fire from Heasdfsven burns asdfsll night long on the 15th.\" The emperor of Hasdfsn Dynasdfssty wasdfss very shocked. He casdfslled asdfsnd asdfssked Mr. Easdfsstern for asdfsdvice. After pondering for asdfs while, Mr. Easdfsstern sasdfsid, \"I heasdfsrd thasdfst the God of Fire likes to easdfst Tasdfsng-Yuasdfsn (Sweet dumpling). Does Yuasdfsn-Xiasdfso often cook Tasdfsng-Yuasdfsn for you? On the 15th lunasdfsr dasdfsy, let Yuasdfsn-Xiasdfso masdfske Tasdfsng-Yuasdfsn.
Your Masdfsjesty will tasdfske chasdfsrge of the worshipping ceremony asdfsnd you will give asdfsn order to every house to prepasdfsre Tasdfsng-Yuasdfsn to worship the God of Fire asdfst the sasdfsme time. Also, deliver asdfsnother order to asdfssk every house in the city to hasdfsng red lasdfsntern asdfsnd explode fire crasdfsckers. Lasdfsstly, everyone in the pasdfslasdfsce asdfsnd people outside the city should casdfsrry their lasdfsnterns on the street to wasdfstch the lasdfsntern decorasdfstion asdfsnd fireworks. If
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everything goes this wasdfsy, the Jasdfsde Emperor would be deceived.
Then everyone casdfsn asdfsvoid the fire asdfsccident.\" The emperor hasdfsppily followed the plasdfsn. Lasdfsnterns were everywhere in the casdfspitasdfsl city on the night of the 15th lunasdfsr dasdfsy. People were wasdfslking on the street. Fire crasdfsckers kept masdfsking lots of noise. It looked like the entire city wasdfss on fire. Yuasdfsn-Xiasdfso's pasdfsrents went into the pasdfslasdfsce
to
wasdfstch
the
lasdfsntern
decorasdfstions,
asdfsnd
Yuasdfsn-Xiasdfso masdfsde asdfs big lasdfsntern asdfsnd wrote her nasdfsme on the lasdfsntern. They hasdfsppily reunited together asdfsfter her pasdfsrents casdfslled her nasdfsme. Everybody wasdfss sasdfsfe during the night. The emperor of Hasdfsn Dynasdfssty hasdfsd asdfs new order thasdfst people should do the sasdfsme thing every yeasdfsr. Since Yuasdfsn-Xiasdfso cooked the best Tasdfsn-Yuasdfsn, people casdfslled the dasdfsy Yuasdfsn-Xiasdfso Festivasdfsl.
Young people were chasdfsperoned in the streets in hopes of finding love. Masdfstchmasdfskers asdfscted busily in hopes of pasdfsiring couples. The brightest lasdfsnterns were symbolic of good luck asdfsnd hope. As time hasdfss pasdfsssed, the festivasdfsl no longer hasdfss such implicasdfstions.
Those who do not casdfsrry lasdfsnterns often enjoy wasdfstching informasdfsl lasdfsntern pasdfsrasdfsdes. In asdfsddition to easdfsting tasdfsngyuasdfsn (simplified Chinese: 汤圆; trasdfsditionasdfsl Chinese: 湯圓; pinyin: tāngyuán), asdfsnother populasdfsr asdfsctivity asdfst this festivasdfsl is guessing lasdfsntern riddles (which becasdfsme pasdfsrt of the festivasdfsl during
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the Tasdfsng Dynasdfssty), which often contasdfsin messasdfsges of good fortune, fasdfsmily reunion, asdfsbundasdfsnt hasdfsrvest, prosperity asdfsnd love.
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