On February 5th, the Lantern Festival is coming~

The formation of the Lantern Festival has a long process, which is rooted in the ancient folk custom of turning on lights to pray for blessings. According to general information and folk legends, the 15th day of the first lunar month has been valued in the Western Han Dynasty, but the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month really became a national folk festival after the Han and Wei dynasties.

The rise of the custom of lighting lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is also related to the spread of Buddhism to the east. During the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism flourished. Officials and common people generally "lit lanterns to worship Buddha" on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Buddhist lights spread all over the people. Statutory matter.

The Lantern Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China. The Lantern Festival mainly includes a series of traditional folk activities such as viewing lanterns, eating glutinous rice balls, guessing lantern riddles, and setting off fireworks. In addition, many local Lantern Festivals have also added traditional folk performances such as dragon lantern tours, lion dances, stilt walking, dry boat rowing, Yangko twisting, and Taiping drum beating. In June 2008, the Lantern Festival was selected into the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage.

PMA Group wishes everyone a happy Lantern Festival~