[4k, 60fps] Spring flower festival, Huachao Festival, at Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai 繁华盛开的时候，2024上海豫园花朝节

Huachao Festival 花朝节, also known as Flower God Festival, or Hundred Flowers Birthday, is a traditional Chinese festival. The time varies in different dynasties and regions. In early China, the Flower Festival was held on the 12th or 15th day of the second lunar month. After the Qing Dynasty, February 15th is generally celebrated as the Flower Festival in the north, while February 12th is celebrated as the Flower Festival in the south. This is related to the different climates between the north and the south. The aboriginal people in southwest China celebrate the second day of February as the Flower Festival. The customs of the Flower Festival also vary from place to place, including flower planting and flower viewing.
The specific year of the formation of the Flower Festival is unknown. There are also various theories about its origin, such as the idea of ​​plant worship arising from animism and the custom of spring outings. However, the word "Huachao 花朝" has appeared in literary works of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The original meaning It refers to the morning when flowers are in full bloom, and is used to refer to beautiful times and things.
Since the Tang Dynasty, with the further development of the flower industry, the custom of flower appreciation has become popular. However, it was not until the Song Dynasty that a festival began to form. Its time varied depending on the flowering period of various flowers, and it did not become a fixed festival. In the late Southern Song Dynasty, the word "花朝" began to appear in large numbers in poetry. The Flower Festival and its circumstances were mentioned in Wu Zimu's "Mengliang Lu" and Meng Yuanlao's "Dongjing Menghua Lu".
During the Yuan Dynasty, the Flower Festival was also called the "Outing Festival" and was often mentioned in history books and local chronicles. In the Ming Dynasty, it became a national holiday, and cultural customs such as worshiping the God of Flowers were added. Flower temples began to be built in various places. , and flower farmers and gardeners came to offer sacrifices, hoping that the flowers would bloom and the flower market prosper. The Flower God and the Flower Festival began to intersect. Ma Zhongxi's "Xuanfu Zhi" also records: "On the Flower Festival, women in the city cut ribbons for flowers and put them on their hair in buns to celebrate the festival." During this festival, people go out together, and girls cut five-colored paper and stick it on the flower branches. It is called "appreciating red" or "protecting flowers". However, after the Qing Dynasty, due to the lower temperatures brought by the Little Ice Age and domestic political turmoil, the custom of the Flower Festival gradually declined. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Flower Festival was banned because it was regarded as a feudal superstition. tend to die out. After entering the 21st century, the Flower Festival has attracted attention with the rise of social and cultural movements such as the Hanfu movement, and has become popular again among Han youth in urban cities in mainland China.
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