What does it mean to light lanterns on the 15th day of the first lunar month? Is there any scientific basis for lighting lanterns on the 15th day of the first lunar month?

What does it mean to light lanterns with snow on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month? The Mid-Autumn Festival and the Lantern Festival are separated by half a year. These two days, which were originally unrelated, are closely linked because of a folk saying. I believe many people have also heard this saying: On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, clouds cover the moon, and on the fifteenth day of the first month, snow lights up the lanterns.

What does it mean to light lanterns on the 15th day of the first lunar month?

There is a traditional folk song in the countryside: "On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, clouds cover the sun; on the fifteenth day of the first month of the following year, snow lights up the lanterns." This is a typical meteorological proverb, which was summarized by the ancients after long-term observation of the weather. It indicates that the coming year will be a good year. To understand this proverb literally, if it is cloudy and dark clouds cover the moon on the night of August 15th, then it will definitely snow on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month happens to be the day when people enjoy lanterns, so the snow will fall on the lanterns, forming a spectacle of snow hitting the lanterns. This proverb reveals that there is a rhythmic relationship between rainy and snowy weather of about 150 days.

Is there any scientific basis for lighting lanterns on the 15th day of the first lunar month?

There is scientific basis. The reason is that there is a rhythmic relationship between the weather and the past. Through long-term observation of the weather, the ancients accumulated life experience and practical experience and summed up some rules between the solar terms, which is called "rhythmic relationship." That is to say, after a certain type of weather appears, the corresponding weather will appear in a few days in the future. It reflects the echoing relationship between festival weather. The fact that it has been passed down for thousands of years is not groundless. The dates in the proverb "On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, snow lights up the lanterns" are all lunar dates. my country uses both the lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar. Generally, the fifteenth day of each lunar month happens to be a full moon night.

In fact, weather activities such as wind, frost, rain, and snow on our earth all have a certain rhythm and rhyme. Which weather process is more intense in which time period, and it will happen again after a while. This is reflected in the two different seasons of summer and winter, where there is naturally rain and snow. The natural phenomenon of "clouds covering the moon" and the beautiful sight of "snow lighting up the lights" appear to be the response of clouds and snowflakes. However, in the final analysis, they are just two cold air waves echoing each other from a distance in nature. It can be understood in this way. If there is cold air activity around August 15, causing cloudy and rainy weather around the Mid-Autumn Festival, then

Around the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there will basically be cold air activity, which will cause a "snow hitting the lanterns" situation. On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, clouds cover the moon; on the fifteenth day of the first month, snow lights up the lanterns. This proverb actually reveals the time rhythm of cold air's activities in our country. This is the crystallization of the wisdom of our ancestors and the valuable experience they summed up in the practical process of production and life.