The Lantern Festival, also known as the "Shangyuan Festival", "Yuanxiao Festival" and "Lantern Festival", is a traditional Chinese festival that is popular all over the country. In China, the first month of the lunar calendar is the first month. In ancient times, night was called "xiao", so the first full moon night of the year, the fifteenth day of the first month, is called the "Lantern Festival". my country has been lighting lanterns during the Lantern Festival since the Han Dynasty, and it has gradually developed into a custom; in the Tang Dynasty, this custom became more popular, and the phrase "fire trees and silver flowers are combined, and the iron locks of the star bridge are opened" describes the grand occasion of the Lantern Festival in Chang'an; in the Ming Dynasty, the Lantern Festival had become an important part of people's lives, and people would enjoy lanterns for 10 consecutive days; in the Qing Dynasty, the Lantern Festival was a folk festival for all the people to enjoy, and fireworks and firecrackers would be set off during the lantern viewing activities to add to the fun. There are also some traditional activities during the Lantern Festival: one is "guessing lantern riddles", which is also called "playing lantern riddles". It first appeared in the Song Dynasty. Riddles are hung during the activity for guessing, and the winners will receive prizes; the second is eating Lantern Festival dumplings, which were originally called "floating dumplings", also called "tangtuan" or "tangyuan". They are spherical foods made of glutinous rice flour, often with stuffing, and are eaten after being boiled in water. They are extremely sweet and delicious. Eating Lantern Festival dumplings symbolizes the reunion of the whole family and harmony and happiness. In some places, there is also the custom of "walking away all diseases" during the Lantern Festival, also known as "roasting all diseases" and "dispersing all diseases". People walk together on the Lantern Festival, or cross the bridge together, or go to the suburbs, symbolizing the elimination of diseases and disasters, and peace and prosperity. Since modern times, traditional performances such as playing with dragon lanterns, playing with lions, walking on stilts, rowing land boats, twisting yangko, and playing Taiping drums have been added to the Lantern Festival activities in various places, which has made new developments in the inheritance of the Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival, which has a history of more than 2,000 years, is not only popular on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, but also highly valued in overseas Chinese communities. In addition to the Han nationality, ethnic minorities such as the Manchu, Korean, Hezhe, Mongolian, Daur, Ewenki, Oroqen, Hui, Xibe, Tibetan, Bai, Naxi, Miao, Yao, She, Zhuang, Buyi, Li, and Gelao also celebrate the Lantern Festival, and each festival has its own characteristics. The Nine-bend Yellow River Lantern Array is commonly known as the "Lantern Field" and is spread in Dongtian Gezhuang Village, Miyun County, Beijing. In the fourth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1371), immigrants from Shanxi introduced the "Lantern Field" to Dongtian Gezhuang, and it has been passed down to this day, with a history of more than 600 years. The Nine-bend Yellow River Lantern Festival map preserved by the village elder Liu Jihua has a history of 100 years. The array in the picture is based on the Zhouyi Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams, and is composed of nine curves in the traditional pattern of endless wealth. There are nine palaces in the array, including Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, and Dui, plus the central palace, which simulates the ancient battle array. During the Spring Festival every year, Dongtian Gezhuang starts to tie lanterns on the tenth day of the first lunar month, and the lantern festival is officially held on the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth days of the first lunar month. The lanterns are removed after the seventeenth day of the first lunar month. During the lantern festival, people come from all directions to watch the lanterns, walk through the lantern array, and watch the opera. After entering the entrance of the lantern array, if you can successfully pass through the chain array and return from the exit, it means that the year will be smooth and safe, so there is a local saying that "follow the lantern array and you can live to ninety-nine". Dongtian Gezhuang Jiuqu Yellow River Array Lantern Custom has two main characteristics, one is the combination of lantern field and flower show, and the other is the combination of lantern festival and opera performance. The Jiuqu Yellow River Array Lantern Festival has the nature of a certain intelligent game. The lantern array and its extended lantern festival contain rich cultural connotations and have high historical and cultural research value. Due to various reasons, the Nine-bend Yellow River Lantern Custom is now in an endangered state. Miyun County has formulated practical and effective measures to rescue and protect it.