Customs of Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival)

Yuanxiao Festival Customs EnglishCustoms of Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival).

Customs of Yuanxiao Festival: Lantern Festival, Stilt Walking, Eating Lanterns, Lion Dance, Guessing Lantern Riddles, Swimming Dragon Lanterns, Welcoming Purple Aunt, Setting off Fireworks, Twisting Rice-planting Songs, Playing Peace Drums and so on.

1, haunted lanterns: haunted lanterns is the Lantern Festival traditional holiday customs, began in the Western Han Dynasty, flourished in the Sui and Tang dynasties. After the Sui and Tang dynasties, the wind of lights prevailed, and inherited in later generations. And the first month of the fifteenth, and is the climax of the annual lantern fireworks.

2, stilt-walking: stilt-walking skillful, lively and diverse forms, due to the actors on stilts than the average person high, easy to watch from near and far, and easy to flow is no different from the activities of the stage, and therefore loved by the masses.

3, eat Lantern Festival: the first month of the 15th eat Lantern Festival, "Lantern Festival" as a food, in China has a long history. Song Dynasty, the folk that is popular a Lantern Festival to eat novelty food. This food, the earliest called "floating Yuanzi" later called "Lantern", the businessman also beautifully called "Yuanbao". North "roll" Lantern, South "package" dumplings, which are two practices and taste are different food.

4, lion dance: dragon dance lion dance, is a traditional Chinese folk custom. The dragon dance is also known as the dragon lantern, dragon lantern dance. The dragon is an ancient totem, legend has it that the dragon can travel clouds and rain, eliminating disasters and descending blessings wither the family, symbolizing auspiciousness, so the dragon dance to pray for peace and a good harvest has become a custom throughout the country.

5, guess the sparrow scattered riddles: guess the riddles, also known as riddles, is unique to China's rich national style of a traditional form of folk recreational activities, from ancient times on the Lantern Festival began to circulate the characteristics of the activities.