What to eat in Hainan Lantern Festival?

Tangyuan didn't play the leading role, but ate Aihua and Li Fan.

For Ding 'an people, the protagonist of the Lantern Festival is not glutinous rice balls but wormwood flowers. Aihua is a snack with glutinous rice flour as stuffing, including sesame seeds, peanuts, shredded coconut and other fillings, but it pays more attention to whether the glutinous rice skin is steamed soft, smooth and non-sticky, which is considered to be real kung fu. Eating mugwort in Yuanxiao symbolizes good luck, happiness, sweetness and fragrance, harvest joy and friendship.

In Tunchang, Qionghai, Wenchang and other places, the Lantern Festival also has the habit of eating Li rice. This is a snack made of wild pineapple leaves or coconut leaves woven into various shapes and then steamed with rice. Different shapes have different auspicious meanings, for example, the pillow shape means to sit back and relax and live comfortably; The shape of the ingot symbolizes wealth, indicating that the financial resources are rolling; The shape of the chicken represents good luck and everything goes well.