What to eat in Fuzhou Lantern Festival?

Eat Yuanxiao in Fuzhou Lantern Festival. Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China. Eating Yuanxiao in the north and Tangyuan in the south are two foods with different practices and tastes. Yuanxiao usually only uses vegetarian solid sweet stuffing, cut into small pieces, dipped in water and repeatedly wrapped in glutinous rice flour until the size is right and the surface is dry.

Yuanxiao originally meant "Lantern Festival Night", because the main activity of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month was to eat Yuanxiao at night and enjoy the moon. Later, the name of this festival evolved into "Lantern Festival". The Lantern Festival will be held on the fifteenth day of the first month, which will push the celebration on New Year's Eve to another climax. On the night of Lantern Festival, the streets are decorated with lanterns and people appreciate them. Solve riddles on the lanterns and eating Yuanxiao have become the customs of several generations.

During the reign of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, it was ordered that the 15th day of the first month be designated as the Lantern Festival. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities of "Taiyi God" were scheduled for the 15th day of the first month. Taiyi: the God who rules the universe. When Sima Qian created the taichu calendar Law, he had already identified the Lantern Festival as a major festival.