我国民间有句俗语:“只许州官放火,不许百姓点灯”。这里的“放火”并不是纵火,实际也是点灯的意思。这是由忌讳而来的。是说有一个叫田登的人做了州郡的长官,避讳人们称“登”字,于是全州的人只好把“灯”(与“登”音同)称为“火”。元宵放灯,便贴出公文:“本州依例放火三日。” There is a folk saying in our country: “Only state officials arson allow people to light up.” The “arson” here is not arson, it is actually the meaning of lighting. This is from the taboo. It is said that a man named Tian Deng made the governor of the county and shunned the word “Deng”, so the people of the whole state called the “lantern” (the same as “Deng”) as “fire.” Lantern on the lights, they posted the official document: “The state set a fire on three days.”