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What are the traditional festivals in China? Which festival is to hang lanterns and eat Yuanxiao?

Lantern Festival means hanging lanterns and eating Yuanxiao.

According to the folk tradition in China, on this bright night, people light thousands of lanterns to celebrate. Going out to enjoy the moon, lighting and setting fires, enjoying lantern riddles, eating Yuanxiao, family reunion and celebrating festivals are all enjoyment.

the Lantern Festival

1, eat Yuanxiao

As a kind of food, Yuanxiao has a long history in China. It was originally called "Floating Zi Yuan", later called "Yuanxiao", and merchants also called it "Yuanbao". The "rolling" Lantern Festival in the north and the "Bao" dumplings in the south all mean reunion, symbolizing family reunion, happiness and reunion every year.

2. lanterns

Lantern Festival is a traditional festival custom. On the fifteenth night of the first month, the streets are decorated with lanterns, and there are countless animal lanterns, lanterns, lanterns and bird lanterns.

Step 3 solve the riddle on the lantern

Solving riddles on lanterns, also known as playing riddles, is a special activity of Lantern Festival that has been circulated since ancient times. Write the riddle on a piece of paper and stick it on colorful lanterns for people to guess.