Lantern Festival (Fishing Lantern Festival)

Shandong
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Lantern Festival is a traditional mass festival activity of Chinese folks. It is popular all over the country and is also quite popular in overseas Chinese communities. Lantern Festivals mostly occur during the Lantern Festival. Some places also hold lantern festivals on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. The characteristics of lantern festivals in different regions are different. "Lantern Festival" is also called "Lantern Festival". The custom of lighting lanterns during the Lantern Festival originated in the Han Dynasty, and was further developed during the Tang and Song Dynasties. Lantern festivals in various places have reached their peak during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. According to traditional customs, on the night of the full moon on the 15th day of the first lunar month, people hang and light various kinds of lanterns, and hold lantern viewing, lantern appreciation, lantern competition and other celebrations to pray for family reunion and longevity. With the lantern festival as the center, various places have formed a series of distinctive Lantern Festival customs such as guessing lantern riddles, eating Lantern Festival dumplings, and walking away diseases. As time goes by, the activities of the Lantern Festival are becoming more and more abundant. Many places have added traditional folk performances such as playing with dragon lanterns, playing with lions, walking on stilts, rowing land boats, dancing Yangko, playing Taiping drums, and lifting pavilions to the Lantern Festival, making the lantern festival more lively and prosperous. The Fishing Lantern Festival is a traditional folk festival unique to the fishermen along the coast of Yantai City, Shandong Province. It is spread in more than a dozen fishing villages in the Yantai area, such as Shanhouchujia, Luyang, and Bajiao, and has a history of more than 500 years. At first, the fishermen along the coast of Yantai failed to completely get rid of their dependence on farming culture and moved the land customs to the boat. With the changes of history, the fishing culture has continued to develop, and the prototype of the Fishing Lantern Festival has been formed in the Yantai area. Later, this festival gradually differentiated from the traditional Lantern Festival and became a festival exclusive to fishermen. On the afternoon of the 13th and 14th day of the first lunar month, fishermen along the coast of Yantai set out from their homes, carrying offerings, holding high colorful flags, and setting off firecrackers all the way. They first went to the Dragon King Temple or the Sea Goddess Temple to send lanterns and worship the gods, then went to the fishing boats to worship the boats and the sea, and finally went to the seaside to set off lanterns. The Fishing Lantern Festival is a typical representative of the fishing culture in the coastal areas of Jiaodong. It has distinct fishing characteristics and rich cultural connotations. In the long-term development process, it has gradually integrated into the lives of fishermen and become an indispensable and important part of the customs of Jiaodong fishermen.

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