Why People Like To Put Lotus Lamps On Water?

Why people like to put Lotus lamps on water?

A) Putting lanterns is just a custom of the ancients. It is the love thread of the person who puts the lantern. Write the name of the person you like and admire in the lantern, and the lantern will bring him to your side; put the river lantern ( It is also often written as "putting lanterns"), which is a traditional Chinese custom, used to mourn the deceased relatives and bless the living; the ancients believed that these lanterns would bring blessings, thoughts and hopes to the deceased. In addition, putting river lanterns is also a form of prayer, young scholars look forward to the future, and girls 28 look forward to marriage. Whether you are looking forward to children, or seeking peace, or wanting wealth and honor, you can write it into the lantern if you have any thoughts. In fact, the Chinese Han folk custom of putting river lanterns originated very early.

B) Taoism was promoted in the Song Dynasty in China, and it was stipulated that during the Mid-Yuan Festival, burning river lanterns, saving lonely souls, setting flames, and performing lotus opera, many poets left poems about lanterns in Hangzhou West Lake. Since then, river lanterns were held in July and a half and became popular throughout the country with the spread of Taoism and Buddhism; river lanterns have various shapes, materials, and patterns, and some look like watermelons, which are called watermelon lanterns; Lamps, lotus lamps, etc. But the lotus shape is the most common, and it has something to do with the lotus blooming at this time.