The formation of the Lantern Festival takes a long time, rooted in the ancient customs of people turning on lanterns to pray for blessings.

According to general information and folklore legends, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has been valued in the Western Han Dynasty, but the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and the Lantern Festival as a national folk festival came after the Han and Wei dynasties. The rise of the custom of burning lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is also related to the east spread of Buddhism. During the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism flourished. Officials and people generally "burned lanterns for Buddha" on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Buddhism lights spread throughout the people. Statutory matter.

The Lantern Festival is one of China's traditional festivals. Lantern Festival mainly includes a series of traditional folk activities such as viewing lanterns, eating glutinous rice balls, guessing lantern riddles, and setting off fireworks. In addition, many local Lantern Festivals also added

traditional folk performances such as dragon lanterns, lion dances, walking on stilts, paddling boats, twisting yangko, and playing Taiping drums.