1, play dragon lantern

The dragon is the totem of China, and the Chinese nation advocates the dragon and regards it as a symbol of good luck. On the fifteenth day of the first month, the festive atmosphere of dancing and singing spread in many places. ?

2. solve riddles on the lanterns

Playing riddles, also known as, is a unique form of traditional folk entertainment with rich national style in China, and it is a characteristic activity of Lantern Festival that has been circulating since ancient times. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, traditional folks hang lanterns and set off fireworks. Later, some busybodies wrote riddles on paper and posted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess.

3. Send lanterns

"Sending lanterns" is referred to as "sending lanterns" for short, and its essential meaning is to send children's lanterns. That is, before the Lantern Festival, the bride's family sends lanterns to her newly-married daughter's home, or ordinary relatives and friends give them to the newly-married infertile home, in order to add good luck, because "lamp" is homophonic with "ding". Expressing the hope that her daughter will be lucky and have a son early after marriage; If the daughter is pregnant, in addition to the big palace lantern, one or two pairs of small lanterns should be sent to wish her a safe pregnancy.

4. Row a dry boat

Legend has it that rowing a dry boat is to commemorate Dayu, who has made great contributions to water control. A dry boat is not a real boat. It is made of two thin plates, sawed into a boat shape, tied with bamboo and wood, covered with colored cloth, tied around the girl's waist, just like sitting in a boat, rowing with paddles in hand, singing and dancing while running, which is popular in many areas of China.

Diet:

1, glutinous dumplings

On the Lantern Festival, southerners eat glutinous rice balls, mainly praying for the whole family to be round and round.

The glutinous rice used for making glutinous rice balls is flat in nature and sweet in taste, and has the functions of tonifying deficiency, regulating blood, invigorating spleen and appetizing, benefiting qi and stopping diarrhea, and has the functions of warming the middle warmer, promoting fluid production and moistening dryness.

In addition, the conventional stuffing of all kinds of glutinous rice balls is mainly fruit and dried fruit, including sesame, walnut and peanut, plus vegetable oil, the nutritional value is "higher".

2. jiaozi

On the fifteenth day of the first month, people in the north have the habit of eating jiaozi, while people in Henan have the custom and tradition of "fifteen flat and sixteen round" for the Lantern Festival, 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".

3. Bean dough

Besides glutinous rice balls and jiaozi, there is also bean dough, which is also a popular food in the Lantern Festival.

4. Lettuce

From the name of lettuce, it can be homophonic for making money, so lettuce is a symbol of wealth and good luck, which expresses people's good omen for the festival.