What are the customs of Lantern Festival?

1. Eating Yuanxiao: Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month, as a food, has a long history in China. In the Song Dynasty, a novel Lantern Festival food was popular among the people. This kind of food was originally called floating Zi Yuan, then Yuanxiao, and merchants also called it Yuanbao. Yuanxiao, or sweet dumplings, is made of white sugar, rose, sesame, red bean paste, cinnamon bark, walnut kernel, nuts and jujube paste, wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a round shape, which can be vegetarian and has different flavors. It can be boiled, fried and steamed, which means happy reunion. Shaanxi jiaozi is not wrapped, but rolled with glutinous rice flour, or boiled or fried, warm and round.

2. Lantern Festival: The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival. This festival is also called Lantern Festival, because there are customs such as hanging lanterns, lighting lanterns and watching lanterns. Lantern Festival is a traditional festival custom, which began in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in Sui and Tang Dynasties. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, lantern style prevailed in all previous dynasties and spread to future generations. The fifteenth day of the first month is the climax of the annual lantern fireworks. Therefore, Lantern Festival is also called Lantern Festival. In Shanxi's county-level city walls and even towns and villages, these residents are concentrated in busy and lively areas. Before the fifteenth day of the first month, the streets were covered with lanterns, flowers were everywhere and lights were swaying, which reached its climax on the fifteenth night of the first month. Watching lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first month has become a spontaneous activity among Shanxi people. On the fifteenth night of the first month, red lights are hung high in the streets and alleys, including palace lanterns, animal lanterns, lanterns, lanterns and bird lanterns, which attract people who look at the lights. In Taiyuan area, the lights in Taigu County are very famous. Taikoo lamp is famous for its variety, exquisite production and beautiful appearance.

3. riddles: solving riddles on lanterns, also known as playing riddles, is a unique traditional folk entertainment form with rich national style in China. It has been a characteristic activity of the Lantern Festival since ancient times. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, traditional folks hang lanterns and set off fireworks. Later, some busybodies wrote riddles on paper and posted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because solve riddles on the lanterns can enlighten wisdom and cater to the festive atmosphere, many people responded. Later, solve riddles on the lanterns gradually became an indispensable program for the Lantern Festival. Lantern riddles add to the festive atmosphere, showing the intelligence and wisdom of ancient working people and their yearning for a better life.

4, playing dragon lantern: also known as dragon lantern or dragon dance. The dragon dance recorded in writing is Zhang Heng's Xijing Fu in Han Dynasty. The author vividly described the dragon dance in the descriptions of hundreds of plays. According to Sui Shu Le, Huanglongbian, which is similar to the dragon dance performance in Yang Di's hundred operas, is also very wonderful, and dragon dance is popular in many places in China. China worships dragons, and thinks that dragons are auspicious symbols.

5. Walking on stilts: It is a popular folk performance. Stilts, originally one of the hundred plays in ancient China, appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. Stilts were first introduced to China, and Zilan was in Liezi Fu Shuo in the Song Dynasty. Summoned in the Song and Yuan Dynasties to see their skills.