Question 2: When did the Lantern Festival riddle originate? Lantern riddles first developed from riddles and originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. This is a literary game full of ridicule, discipline, humor and banter. Lantern riddles hung on lanterns for people to guess and shoot began in the ancient Southern Song Dynasty. Every Lantern Festival, people always tell stories about Cao and shoot sculptures for fun. Lantern riddles first developed from riddles and originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. This is a literary game full of ridicule, discipline, humor and banter. Lantern riddles hung on lanterns for people to guess and shoot began in the Southern Song Dynasty. "Wulin Old Lights" records: writing poems with silk lanterns, sometimes teasing, drawing characters, hiding argot and old Beijing slang, teasing pedestrians. Solve riddles on the lanterns is a traditional form of entertainment in China. It uses artistic techniques and the laws of Chinese characters, focusing on the change of meaning, and often uses a word and a poem to make riddles, which can not only achieve the purpose of entertainment, but also increase people's knowledge and be loved by people. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, argot, crossword puzzle and other word games appeared in the court and literati, which can be said to be the earliest lantern riddle. At that time, some lobbyists, out of interest, often did not say their original intentions when persuading the king, but borrowed other languages to hint and inspire him. This kind of argot was called Geng Ci at that time (Geng means hidden), also known as argot. After Qin and Han dynasties, this kind of atmosphere became more prevalent. After Cao E's tablet in the Western Han Dynasty, there was an inscription, which used the grandson mortar of a yellow silk young woman. It was wonderful and was a code word. "Wen Xin Diao Long Yin Xie" pointed out that since Wei Dynasty, the gentleman laughed and turned into a riddle. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, word riddles developed day by day, and more people made riddles and guessed riddles. In the Southern Song Dynasty and the Lantern Festival, scholars wrote riddles on tulle lanterns to make people guess. The riddle can be said to be a veritable riddle at this point. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, all the towns were hung with lanterns before and after the Spring Festival, which was unprecedented. There is another story about the origin of lantern riddles: the Lantern Festival, the imperial city that never sleeps, the Spring Festival Gala, and the people are mixed. Poems and riddles are written on lanterns, reflected on candles and listed on the road, so they are called riddles. Solve riddles on the lanterns became a riddle, and there is an interesting story. According to legend, a long time ago, there was a rich man named Hu, who was called a smiling tiger. This smiling tiger, who hates poverty and loves wealth, will always be a fish village. A poor scholar named Wang Shao in the village decided to duel with this smiling tiger. One year, when the Lantern Festival arrived, every household was busy making lanterns. Wang Shao has been busy all day. On the night of the Lantern Festival, Wang Shao lit a lantern and walked into the street. I saw this lantern tied big and bright, and what's more special is that there is a poem engraved on it. Wang Shao came to the smiling tiger and held the lantern high, which attracted many people to watch. The smiling tiger also rushed to the lantern and saw four poems engraved on it: the head is as white as silver, the scales are not divided, the eyes are long, and people can only recognize it by clothes. When the smiling tiger saw it, he shouted angrily, Good boy, how dare you scold your master! He shouted and ordered a servant to get a lantern. Wang Shao quickly stirred up the lantern and said with a smile, Sir, why should I scold you? A smiling tiger said angrily, What did you write on that lamp? This is not scolding me. who is it? Wang Shao still smiled and said, Oh, your rule is suspicious. My four poems are a mystery, and the answer is the needle, don't you think? A smiling tiger thought: Yes! I just glared angrily, turned around and slipped away in embarrassment. People around you saw it and just laughed happily. In the second year of Lantern Festival, people followed suit and wrote riddles on lanterns for people to guess and shoot for fun. So it is called &; Qot riddles. Since then, solve riddles on the lanterns has become an important activity of the Lantern Festival. There are several chapters in A Dream of Red Mansions about guessing riddles on lanterns in the Qing Dynasty. Lantern riddles have been passed down to this day. Although Spring Lantern Riddle belongs to the literary trail, it covers all aspects from astronomy to geography, classics to history and modern knowledge. Unless you have a certain cultural literacy, it is not easy to guess. And its mystery is enough to express one's feelings, exercise one's thinking and inspire one's spirit. This is an educational entertainment.
Question 3: When did the Lantern Festival riddle originate? It originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
On the Lantern Festival, there is a folk custom of "watching solve riddles on the lanterns" in China. Folklore experts say that solve riddles on the lanterns has a long history in China. According to records, riddles on lanterns have been popular since the Southern Song Dynasty and are still popular today. Solve riddles on the lanterns, also known as playing riddles, appeared in the Song Dynasty. During the Southern Song Dynasty, many people did crossword puzzles and crossword puzzles during the Lantern Festival in Lin 'an, the capital city. At the beginning, it was a busybody who wrote riddles on paper and posted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because riddles are enlightening and interesting, they are welcomed by all walks of life in the process of communication. Zhao Zhi Heng, a Tianjin folklore expert, said that lantern riddles are a unique literary form with national style in China, which is lively and lively. The basis of lantern riddles is riddles, and the development of riddles has a process. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, riddles appeared. At that time, some "politicians" often used metaphors of folk stories and legends in their speeches in order to publicize their opinions and convince monarchs of various countries. At that time, this method was called "argot" or "thin word ding" in the Han Dynasty, and it gradually evolved into a riddle that mainly deciphered the meaning of words. At this time, the riddles are still relatively rough, both created by ordinary people and by literati. In the Three Kingdoms, the written form of riddle creation is very popular. The combination of lantern riddles in the Song Dynasty and enjoying the moon in the Lantern Festival enriched the entertainment activities of the Lantern Festival, and then lantern riddles appeared. Since then, riddles have become more interesting, because in the Song Dynasty, the rise of the playground "Washe" created material conditions and promoted the development of riddles. As a result, many writers at that time became masters of solving puzzles.
Question 4: Which dynasty did Lantern Festival originate from? What is its origin? Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival or Lantern Festival, is a festival to eat glutinous rice balls and enjoy lanterns. According to folk history records, the Lantern Festival began at the end of Sui Dynasty, and it is said that it was the 15th day of the first month of 6 10. Emperor Yang Di widely whitewashed the peace and showed off the prosperity of the people and the country, and ordered the establishment of a high-platform theater shed in Luoyang City and the transfer of master troupes from all walks of life across the country. From the evening of 15, lanterns will be put on every night. For a time, people watching lanterns, people watching operas and people doing small businesses made Luoyang city boil. It is said that at this time, the owner of a snack bar was ingenious. He ground glutinous rice into powder, wrapped jiaozi with sugar stuffing, and cooked it. It was full and warm and very popular. Because in ancient times, the fifteenth day of the first month was called Shangyuan Festival and the night was called Xiao, so Yuanxiao got its name.
It's called Yuanxiao in the north and Tangyuan in the south. What's more, the Lantern Festival is rolled out like this, and jiaozi is wrapped by hand one by one.
Tangyuan is a kind of flavor food made of glutinous rice flour, sugar and other fillings and rolled with water. It is customarily called Yuanxiao in the north and Tangyuan in the south. The biggest difference is that the dumplings in the south are hand-made and the stuffing is soft, while the dumplings in the north are made in advance, dried and cut into small squares, and then rolled up with flour in the machine. Either way, it is a fine powder filling essence.
Also, the way to eat Yuanxiao is very particular. Cooking: Don't use too much water at a time, but put more water, because it's cold and the temperature of Yuanxiao is low, so it's not easy to boil if you put too much water. The flour will fall off after soaking for a long time, resulting in mixed soup. After the water is boiled, order cold water twice and the pot will be ready in two or three minutes. The cooked Yuanxiao should be as fluffy as cotton wool. Lantern Festival, also known as "Shangyuan Festival" or "Lantern Festival". According to records, the Lantern Festival appeared around the Han Dynasty, and the Ming and Qing Dynasties, together with the Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, were called the three traditional folk festivals in China, with a history of more than 2,000 years.
Yuanxiao is another name for glutinous rice balls. It is an old custom to eat glutinous rice balls on the Lantern Festival, so it is called "Eating Yuanxiao". In the past, on the 15th day of the first month, people ground glutinous rice and dried it into noodles and made it into spherical stuffing food for cooking. Most city residents bought them in the market. The custom of eating Yuanxiao has been passed down to this day.
Eating Yuanxiao is the most important activity of the Lantern Festival. In ancient times, people called Yuanxiao Tangyuan, jiaozi or jiaozi. Because it is eaten on the fifteenth day of the first month, it is called the Lantern Festival. Why do you eat Yuanxiao on the Lantern Festival? Because the Lantern Festival is on the fifteenth day of the first month, that is, the first full moon of the Lunar New Year, it is round in shape and contains the homonym of the word "round", which symbolizes reunion, happiness, auspiciousness and family harmony, so people want to eat it more. Then why is there such a thing as "Lantern Festival"? "Noisy" means having a lively day. Because China is mainly engaged in agricultural production, it is "March in winter" in a year. After the Lantern Festival, the temperature gradually warms up, everything recovers, and winter leisure has passed. We must be prepared for busy farming and not have any leisure. Therefore, Lantern Festival is a kind of "relaxed" leisure activity, and it is also a manifestation of people praying for good weather, abundant crops and jubilation in the new year.
According to legend, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty lived in seclusion for many years, missing his parents and spending all day in Lacrimosa. There was a maid-in-waiting named Yuanxiao in the palace. Minister Dong Fangshuo was determined to help her, so she lied to Emperor Wu that Vulcan burned Chang 'an on the 15th day of the first month on orders from the Jade Emperor. The only way to escape suffering is to let the "Lantern Festival Girl" make many jiaozi that Vulcan loves to eat on the fifteenth day of the first month, and all the subjects decorate them with lanterns. With the help of Emperor Wu, "Yuanxiao Girl" finally met her family. Since then, the Lantern Festival has been formed.
There are different opinions about the formation of the Lantern Festival custom, but it was roughly formed in the Han Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty offered sacrifices to a god named Taiyi. It is said that Taiyi was a very prominent god at that time, ranking above the five emperors and owing to the Han emperor, so he was greatly worshipped. According to legend, another Emperor Wendi of the Han Dynasty was also related to the Lantern Festival.
Yuanxiao, also known as Tangyuan, has many nicknames in history, such as "Mian Cocoon, Fenguo, Yuanbao, Tangbing, Yuanbujiao" and so on. It was not until the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty that it was officially named Yuanxiao. Yuanxiao is divided into two kinds: stuffed and unfilled. Small and sweet without stuffing, with white sugar, longan, sweet-scented osmanthus, diced lotus root and candied fruit as seasoning, also known as "Pearl jiaozi", large and shaped like a walnut with stuffing. Yuanxiao in the north is mostly sweet, with white sugar, bean paste, sesame seeds and hawthorn. In the south, it is sweet, salty, meaty and vegetarian, especially Ningbo soup ...
Question 5: Which dynasty did the Lantern Festival originate from? The origin of Lantern Festival
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Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China, which began in the Western Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. Lantern Festival viewing began in the period of Emperor Han Ming in the East. Ming Di advocates Buddhism. He heard that on the fifteenth day of the first month, monks watched the Buddhist relics and lit lanterns to worship the Buddha, so that all the gentry and ordinary people hung lanterns. Later, this Buddhist ceremonial festival gradually formed a grand folk festival. This festival has experienced the development process from the court to the people, and from the Central Plains to the whole country.
Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty ordered the 15th day of the first month to be designated as the Lantern Festival. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities of "Taiyi God" were scheduled for the 15th day of the first month. Taiyi: the God who rules the universe. When Sima Qian created the taichu calendar Law, he had already identified the Lantern Festival as a major festival.
Another way of saying it is that the custom of burning lanterns in Lantern Festival originated from the "ternary theory" of Taoism; The fifteenth day of the first month is Shangyuan Festival, the fifteenth day of July is Zhongyuan Festival, and the fifteenth day of October is Xiayuan Festival. The officials in charge of the upper, middle and lower elements are heaven, earth and man respectively. The celestial officials are happy and the Lantern Festival should be lit.
The festivals and customs of Lantern Festival have been extended and expanded with the development of history. As far as the length of festivals is concerned, there is only one day in Han Dynasty, three days in Tang Dynasty and five days in Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, lights were lit from the eighth day of August until the seventeenth night of the first month, a total of ten days. Connected with the Spring Festival, it is a city during the day, full of excitement, and brightly lit at night, which is spectacular. Especially the exquisite and colorful lights make it a place for entertainment during the Spring Festival. In the Qing Dynasty, there were more "hundred operas" such as dragon dancing, lion dancing, dry boating, walking on stilts and yangko dancing, but the festival period was shortened to four to five days.
Question 6: The history of riddles China's riddles have a long history, with a history of more than 3,000 years. In the Xia Dynasty, there appeared a kind of ballad that used hints to describe things. By the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, this kind of ballad had developed into a "C" (also known as "argot"). As early as before the Western Zhou Dynasty, when the productivity was still very low, riddles appeared as a linguistic phenomenon, that is, songs with metaphorical and suggestive nature.
Hidden words appear later than c words. Just like the C word, it is also very popular because it reveals things with vivid comments. Almost everyone likes argot, from princes to princes to civilians. Some rulers like to hide what they don't like to hear. If subjects want to satirize the affairs of state, they must protest in argot at will. In the political struggle between countries, in order to achieve ulterior motives, argot is often used to hide people's eyes and ears and secretly understand people.
At that time, due to disputes between countries, many tourists often used argot to express their opinions when making suggestions, which inspired the king. "Mandarin? Today, it is recorded that "the doctor can't be right when he has a thin speech about Qin Ke." It can be seen that these "thin words" and "argots" at that time were the embryonic form of China's riddle. It was not until Bao Zhao, a scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote three riddles, namely "Well", "Turtle" and "Land", which were included in the poetry collection that they were called "Mysteries".
At first, riddles were popular in oral guessing. During the Three Kingdoms period, someone wrote a riddle on paper and posted it, which made people guess correctly. In the Southern Song Dynasty, in order to show their talents, some literati often put riddles on gauze lanterns on the Lantern Festival night to attract passers-by, hence the name "lantern riddle".
After the middle of Qing dynasty, enigma prevailed and many enigmas appeared. After the Revolution of 1911, lantern riddles formed two styles: "Southern School" and "Northern School". In the old society, because most riddlers were literati, some literati pretended to be lofty, unilaterally emphasized elegance and rejected folk lantern riddles.
Question 7: Which dynasty did the custom of eating Yuanxiao originate from? Lantern Festival originated in the Han Dynasty. It is said that it was set up by Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty to commemorate Pinglu. After the death of Emperor Liu Ying of the Han Dynasty, Lv Hou usurped power, and the Lushi family dominated the state affairs. After Lv Hou's death, Zhou Bo, Chen Ping and others eliminated the influence of Lv Hou and established Liu Heng as the emperor of China. Because the day to calm Zhu Lu is the fifteenth day of the first month, after that, every year on the fifteenth night of the first month, Wendi will go out of the palace in disguise and have fun with the people as a souvenir. The fifteenth day of the first month is designated as the Lantern Festival. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities of "Taiyi God" were held on the 15th day of the first month. Sima Qian listed the Lantern Festival as a major festival in taichu calendar law.
There is a folk custom of eating Yuanxiao on the Lantern Festival in China. According to folklore, Yuanxiao originated from King Zhao of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period. On the fifteenth day of the first month, King Chu Zhao crossed the Yangtze River and saw floating objects on the river, which were sweets with white outside and red inside. King Zhao of Chu asked Confucius, and Confucius said, "This duckweed fruit is also a sign of the Lord's revival." Yuanxiao is a kind of holiday food, just like rice cakes in the Spring Festival and zongzi in the Dragon Boat Festival. Eating Yuanxiao, like a full moon, symbolizes family reunion and entrusts people with good wishes for their future life. Yuanxiao is called "Tangyuan", "Zi Yuan", "Floating Zi Yuan" and "Shui Yuan" in the south. It is made of glutinous rice, solid or stuffed. The fillings are red bean paste, sugar, hawthorn and so on. Can be boiled, fried, steamed and fried.
The custom of burning lanterns in the Lantern Festival originates from Taoism's "ternary theory". The fifteenth day of the first month is Shangyuan Festival, the fifteenth day of July is Zhongyuan Festival, and the fifteenth day of October is Xiayuan Festival. The three officials in charge of the upper, middle and lower elements are heaven, earth and man, respectively. Heaven officials are happy, and lanterns are lit on the Lantern Festival. Burning lanterns and setting fire to the Lantern Festival has been a custom since the Han Dynasty, and it was paid more attention to in the Tang Dynasty. It has become a custom to light lanterns on the Lantern Festival. Lu Zeng, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, described the grand occasion of lighting the Lantern Festival in "Watching Lights at Fifteen Nights", saying, "When the stars set, it is like the moon hanging on a building." The custom of burning lanterns in Lantern Festival has been passed down from generation to generation, and there are more and more kinds of lanterns, such as mirror lanterns, phoenix lanterns, glass lanterns and so on. Besides burning lanterns, there will be fireworks on the Lantern Festival.
"Lantern riddle", also known as "playing riddles", is an activity added after the Lantern Festival, which appeared in the Song Dynasty. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Lin 'an, the capital, made riddles every Lantern Festival, and there were many people in solve riddles on the lanterns. At the beginning, it was a busybody who wrote riddles on paper and posted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because riddles are enlightening and interesting, they are welcomed by all walks of life in the process of communication.
Besides celebrating the Lantern Festival, there are also religious activities. That is to say, most of the participants in "walking all diseases", also known as "baking all diseases" and "eliminating all diseases" are women. They walk together or against the wall, or cross the bridge through the suburbs, in order to drive away the disease and eliminate the disaster.
As time goes by, there are more and more activities for the Lantern Festival. In many places, activities such as playing dragon lanterns, playing lions, walking on stilts, rowing dry boats, dancing yangko and playing Taiping drums were also added during the festival.
The Legend of Eating Tangyuan in Lantern Festival
Legend 1: There are different opinions about the formation of the Lantern Festival custom, but it was roughly formed in the Han Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty offered sacrifices to a god named Taiyi. It is said that "Taiyi" was a very prominent god at that time, ranking above the five emperors and owing to the Han emperor, so it was enshrined in the prosperous times. According to legend, another Emperor Wendi of the Han Dynasty was also related to the Lantern Festival. According to legend, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty lived in seclusion for many years, missing his parents and spending all day in Lacrimosa. There was a maid-in-waiting named Yuanxiao in the palace. Dong Fangshuo, the minister, was determined to help her, so she lied to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that Vulcan was ordered by the Jade Emperor to burn Chang 'an on the fifteenth day of the first month. The only way to escape the disaster was to let the "Lantern Festival Girl" make a lot of Vulcan jiaozi on the fifteenth day of the first month, and all subjects were decorated with lanterns. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty allowed it to play, and the "Yuanxiao" girl finally met her family. Since then, the Lantern Festival has been formed.
Legend 2: There is an interesting folk legend about the origin of eating Yuanxiao. China has the custom of eating Yuanxiao on the Lantern Festival. According to folklore, Yuanxiao originated from King Zhao of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period. On the fifteenth day of the first month, King Chu Zhao crossed the Yangtze River and saw floating objects on the river, which were sweets with white outside and red inside. King Zhao of Chu asked Confucius, who said that the duckweed fruit was also a sign of the resurrection of the Lord. Because this day is the fifteenth day of the first month, on this day in the future, Zhao Haoqi ordered his men to imitate this fruit with flour and cook it with red stuffing made of hawthorn. Since then, it has become a tradition to eat Yuanxiao on the Lantern Festival.