The festival of lanterns

The first month of the lunar year of the traditional Chinese calendar weighs the festival of lanterns partly, renown the Lantern Festival, go up yuan of section.
Breakfast, each eat ground rice dumpling more. Small-scale the person that do not have stuffing is " candy round " , big have what stuffing is like 100 fruit, jujube paste, grease to call " Yuanxiao " .
After evening home banquet, go out enjoy the glorious full moon view lamp.
At nightfall, fiery trees and silver flowers, city gate is big, the ave is off-street everywhere colored lantern move about, your population have no time is received; Beat gong play the drum everywhere, desolate of cymbals big cymbals is in charge of unison to be troubled by Yuanxiao. The lady troops " of street of air of " of go on a journey, be " invites lunar guest to invite the customer that seek a month, person seeing the light looks lamp person " , lively and extraordinary.
A children's song describes the spectacular event of city of Changzhou Yuanxiao lamp at that time: "Pleasant Tang bridge, to rousing the bridge, drum-tower to temple doorway, boring boring! The light comes! The light comes! Lamp of affectedly sweet case? Lamp of keep on good terms with everyone at the expense of principle, 2 Long Huzhu lamps, lamp of 3 yuan of pass an imperial examination, on four sides flexibly the lamp, 5 child the lamp that seize chief, lamp of water chestnut of 6 horn wind, 7 child 8 husband lamp, eight saints go across the sea the lamp, 9 lotus lamp, 10 lotus lamp, boring boring, the light comes! There still is an old dragon lantern from the back, jump jump out 24 small macaque, frighten young lady of empress or imperial concubine of the first rank is slow-wittedly glare glare " .
Army of peace and tranquility captures after Changzhou, whenever the festival of lanterns, "Holy arms " knocks a " " of gong and drum of army of peace and tranquility celebrates joyously the 10 or 20 days following Lunar New Year's Day. Lane of high official position two side upstairs make fun of, " of arms of emperor of " of men and women of army of peace and tranquility is masked sing beach reed, the army and the people is the same as happy, often all night until dawn. This day, streets and lanes often has 57 people one case, carry ensemble of such instruments with gongs and drums playing the main part, the edge knocks edge travel, common calls Yuanxiao of " billow street " . Nightly accompany goes to the woman 3 bridges go outside outskirts or village, back and forth the course cannot repeat, say " walks along 3 bridges " ; A food that the page gives first is picked in some road, mop collar, call " to solve the " that send be bored with; The girl returns country to wait for bald broom, Zhu Zhi to plunge into one a unit of length to come with hemp bine tall Lu Ju, in field burn, call " illuminates cropland money " , with the circumstance of augur drought and rainwater.

Mid-autumn

The traditional Chinese calendar in August " of 15 " the Mid-autumn Festival, common says " passes in August half " . Before the section several days, people is much with the gift such as moon cake, ham, water chestnut, lotus root " of relatives and friends sends section ceremony " . " of " candy taro eats since morning, add up to the home to reunite in the evening, drink enjoy the glorious full moon. The woman sets incense burner table in courtyard more, the lotus root that offer water chestnut, burn joss sticks is fought, with palace of the month of fast.
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