From the sixth day of the New Year, my uncle in Xi 'an will send the lamp to my nephew. Traditional folk meaning, lamp Tong Ding, send the lamp is to send Ding, so in the past, the girl married, the family began to send the lamp, and sent very grand. After you have children, you have to send them continuously for 12 years, which is called chasing lights. After sending the lamp, the child will run around the street with the lamp, which is better than whose lamp is better, forming the children's lantern. Generally to the fifteenth and sixteenth of the first month of the first month, the children have to bump the lamp, burn the lamp, and the next year uncle will send a new lamp.
No uncle, you can also send grandma, grandpa, send the lamp custom is not specifically referred to uncle, as long as it is uncle family can. This is a very important manifestation of the Chinese traditional relationship between the two relatives, showing the exchange of courtesies. The second day to the fourth day is the younger generation to the elders, but after the sixth day, began to send lights, are the elders to see the younger generation, this is not called the New Year, called to send lights.