On the Lantern Festival, people in the north eat Yuanxiao and people in the south eat glutinous rice balls, all in order to seek a beautiful meaning of family reunion. Yuanxiao and glutinous rice balls are both made based on stuffing, and their main raw materials are glutinous rice. The general process is to mix the stuffing, mix it evenly, spread it into large round slices, cool it and then cut it into cubes smaller than table tennis. The stuffing of glutinous rice balls is sweet, salty, meaty and vegetarian, while Yuanxiao is mostly sweet, mainly fruit and dried fruit.
2, Yuanxiao tea
This kind of Yuanxiao tea is actually more common in Shaanxi and other places. And this tea is actually not tea, but more like the ancient Yuanxiao porridge. In fact, it is to put all kinds of vegetables and fruits in hot noodle soup. This kind of Yuanxiao tea contains a lot of vitamins and minerals, which is very good for people's health and gives people a chance to improve their food, so as to avoid people getting tired of eating Yuanxiao all the time.
3. jiaozi
On the fifteenth day of the first month, the north has the habit of eating jiaozi, while the people in Henan have the custom and tradition of "fifteen flat and sixteen round", so they should eat jiaozi on the fifteenth day of the first month. Jiaozi is a kind of folk food with a long history, which is very popular among the people. There is a saying among the people that "it's delicious but not as good as jiaozi".
4, jujube cake
People in western Henan like to eat jujube cakes during the Lantern Festival, which means good luck. Jujube cake was originally an imperial cake in the Qing Dynasty, which was fragrant and sweet at the entrance. Because the jujube cake is authentic in taste and reasonable in price, jujube contains many nutrients needed by human body, so it is widely loved by modern consumer groups. There are folk sayings that "the jujube cake is often fuchsin, which is healthy and refreshing" and "three dates a day will not make you old when you are 100 years old".