![]() This is why the day is also often called the Yuan-Xiao festival, and the practice of eating tangyuan during the Lantern Festival is still kept until this day. Yuan-Xiao’s parents then went to the city to watch the lantern decoration, and reunite with their daughters. Yuan-Xiao is the one pretending to be the red fairy, and she pretended that she had a copy of a decree from the God of Fire that the capital city would burn down on the fifteenth.įearing the God of Fire, the emperor ordered every house to prepare tangyuan (sweet dumplings) and hang red lanterns to worship the God of Fire. With the rumor spreading quickly, Shuo spreads another rumor that on the thirteenth day, a fairy dressed in red will show up, and when people saw this fairy they should ask for mercy. Due to Shuo’s popularity, the stall went really busy, but Shuo used this opportunity to set up a rumor: a calamitous fire on the fifteenth day after the new year. Shuo then promised to help her and set up a fortune-telling stall on the street. Dongfang Shuo once rescued Yuan-Xiao when she was just about to commit suicide because she wanted to meet her family. Yet another popular myth surrounding the origin of the Lantern Festival involves Dongfang Shuo-the emperor’s adviser- and a maid named Yuan-Xiao. ![]() The tradition of carrying bright red lanterns was commemorated annually as a symbol of gratitude. Thus, he planned to burn the town with fire.Ī fairy, however, advised the townfolks to light red lanterns across the town, fooling the Jade Emperor with all the lights, thinking that the town was already engulfed in flames. It is said that the Jade Emperor was really angry at a town because his favorite crane was killed by the townfolks. There are several beliefs surrounding the origin of the Lantern Festival or the Spring Lantern Festival, the most popular one is linked to the Emperor Ming of Han, which we have discussed above.Īnother popular legend tells the tale of 玉帝 Yù Dì (the Jade Emperor), one of the most important gods of Chinese Taoism. Image by Kate Lukianova from Pixabay The History of Chinese Lantern Festival
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