The Lantern Festival Customs of Banbu Village, Taoxi Township, Xinguan County, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province

One, Jiangxi Province, Ji'an City, Xingan County, Taosi Township, Banbu Village, Lantern Festival customs:

1, eat Lantern Festival

New Year's Day 15 to eat Lantern Festival, "Lantern Festival" as a food, in China has also been a long time. 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". Lantern to sugar, rose, sesame, bean paste, yellow cinnamon, walnuts, nuts, jujube paste, etc. for the filling, wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a round, meat or vegetarian, different flavors. It can be boiled in soup, deep-fried, steamed, and has the meaning of reunion. The north is called Lantern, the south is called dumplings.

2, guessing riddles

Guessing riddles, also known as riddles, is the Southern Song Dynasty after the increase of a Lantern Festival activities. Lantern riddles were first developed from riddles, riddles hanging in the lamp, for people to guess shot, began in the Southern Song Dynasty. Because riddles can enlighten wisdom and interest, so popular among all social classes.

3, play dragon lantern

Chinese people since ancient times, to the heir of the dragon since the dragon, because the dragon symbolizes good luck and wealth, in the Lantern Festival festivals, together with the dance of dragon lanterns to add to the festive atmosphere of the Lantern Festival, the Lantern Festival is now held in many parks and other meetings, it is estimated that it evolved from here.