What do Shanghainese eat during the Lantern Festival?

Foods that Shanghainese eat during the Lantern Festival include wontons, sorghum dumplings, pumpkin cakes, cold bitter vegetables, glutinous rice balls, etc.

Wonton is a Chinese delicacy. It is a traditional folk pasta that originated in China. It is stuffed with meat and wrapped in thin dough. It is cooked in a pot and is usually served with soup.

Tangyuan, also known as "Tangyuan" and "Fuyuanzi", is one of the representatives of Han nationality's traditional snacks.

At the same time, it is also the most distinctive food of the Lantern Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, and also expresses the ancient people's yearning and expectation for a happy life.

Shanghai Lantern Festival customs 1. Dragon and lion dance: There are dragon lantern dances, lion performances and other performances on the streets of the Lantern Festival. The dragon lanterns are divided into golden dragon, green dragon and white dragon.

The dancing dragon lantern moves and rolls while dancing, the dancers are like crazy, and the spectators are like clouds.

2. Hanging red lanterns: Hanging red lanterns is a custom of the Lantern Festival in old Shanghai. On that festive night, every household hung red lanterns, and children even carried colored lanterns and played in the streets.

On Lantern Festival night in Jinshan and Songjiang areas, some people set wildfires in the fields, and some hung lanterns in front of the eaves.

Some people took to the streets to dance dragon lanterns, while others went out to "string lanterns".

3. Walking three bridges: On Lantern Festival night, there is also the custom of "walking three bridges" in Wusong and other places. Women walk together, dragging their children with them, or holding their babies' clothes and walking across three bridges. It is believed that they can maintain peace for a year.

I hope that I will give birth to a precious child, and that my child will get rid of illness and misfortune.