Refer to Chinese lanterns which have the history more than 1800 years. Since the ancient times, when the time of Fifteenth of January of Lunar New Year, also the lantern festival, people will hang-up the lantern, which stand for the reunion, to build the jubilation environment. Later, the lantern becomes the symbol of jubilation and festival.
In folk story, there is one word said that upon the beginning of old-style private school at fifteen of January, the parents would prepare one lantern for child and require the teacher to light it, which meaning future is bright, also called “open light”. Later, this custom involved into the bring lantern in lantern festival, and the pronunciation are similar with “birth new child” in Chinese, it also used pray for child. The other way of saying that one hunter killed a bird which is the God bird and land in man's world for losing its way. The God is very angry for mankind's behavior and order the God solider set fire to man's world to burn all the persons and animals at fifteen of January. The kindhearted daughter of God leaked the information to mankind. One brilliant person supply a idea that everyone hang on the lantern, touched off the firecracker and fireworks in the 3 days of fourth, fifteen and sixteen of January. The God looked the man's world in a glowing and stunning lasting for 3 nights, so he thought the solider already set the fire to man's word and all the things are under firing. It's lucky that all the persons avoid the doom and memory these days by hang on the lantern.
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