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What are the customs and habits on the fifteenth day of the first month?

The most important custom on the fifteenth day of the first month is to light lanterns and eat Yuanxiao.

In fact, there are many customs and activities in the Lantern Festival. Because this festival has a long history, people attach great importance to it, and people in different places have different customs and activities, but eating Yuanxiao and lighting lanterns are basically things that every family should do.

Lantern Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China. Lantern Festival mainly includes a series of traditional folk activities, such as watching lanterns, eating jiaozi, eating Yuanxiao, solve riddles on the lanterns and setting off fireworks. In addition, traditional folk performances such as Youlong lanterns, lion dancing, walking on stilts, boating, yangko and playing Taiping drums have been added to the Lantern Festival in many places. In June 2008, the Lantern Festival was selected as the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage.