What to eat on Lantern Festival?

On the 15th day of the first month, Lantern Festival mainly eats Yuanxiao, glutinous rice balls, lettuce and jiaozi.

1, Lantern Festival. Yuanxiao is an indispensable food for the Lantern Festival. Most people in the north eat Yuanxiao. Its practice is very simple, that is, make stuffing according to your own taste, then cut it into pieces, dip it in water, and roll it out in glutinous rice flour. Nowadays, there are more and more fillings in Yuanxiao, and everyone can make them according to their own tastes.

2. Tangyuan. On the Lantern Festival, southerners like to eat jiaozi, which means Tuan Tuan Yuan, and each round jiaozi symbolizes Tuan Tuan Yuan.

Jiaozi's practice is simpler than Yuanxiao, and it is similar to Bao jiaozi's. It is made by adding water to glutinous rice flour to synthesize glutinous rice dough, then pressing it into small cakes, adding a proper amount of stuffing and kneading it into balls. The cooked jiaozi can be cooked and fried, which is very good.

3. lettuce. Generally speaking, during the Lantern Festival, Cantonese people like to steal lettuce. It is said that this kind of food represents auspiciousness, so people there will eat lettuce on the Lantern Festival to win a good title.

4. jiaozi. In some places in northern China, we also have the habit of eating jiaozi. As the saying goes, "delicious but not as good as jiaozi". Jiaozi is an auspicious food. Whether it's a holiday or a Chinese New Year, or a festive festival, many places occasionally have the habit of eating jiaozi, so jiaozi is also an indispensable food for the Lantern Festival.

Introduction of Lantern Festival:

The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, and the ancients called "night". The fifteenth day of the first month is the first full moon night in a year, so it is called "Lantern Festival". According to the Taoist "Sanyuan Festival", the fifteenth day of the first month is also called "Shangyuan Festival". Since ancient times, the custom of Lantern Festival has been based on the warm and festive custom of watching lanterns.