1, Eat Yuanxiao: Eat Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month. As a food, "Yuanxiao" has a long history in China. In the Song Dynasty, a novel food for the Lantern Festival was popular among the people. This kind of food was first called "Floating Yuanzi" and later called "Yuanxiao", and businessmen also called it "Yuanbao". Yuanxiao, or sweet dumplings, is made of white sugar, rose, sesame, red bean paste, yellow cinnamon, walnut kernel, nuts and jujube paste, and wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a round shape, which can be vegetarian and has different flavors. It can be boiled in soup, fried and steamed, which means a happy reunion. Shaanxi dumplings are not wrapped, but rolled in glutinous rice flour, or boiled or fried, hot and round.

2. Lantern Festival: The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the "Lantern Festival". This festival is also called Lantern Festival because there are folk customs of hanging lanterns, lighting lanterns and watching lanterns.

3. Lantern Festival is a traditional festival custom of Lantern Festival, which began in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in Sui and Tang Dynasties. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the wind of lights prevailed in past dynasties and was passed down to later generations. The fifteenth day of the first month is the climax of the annual lantern fireworks. Therefore, the Lantern Festival is also called the "Lantern Festival". In the county-level city walls and even townships and towns in Shanxi, these residents are concentrated in the bustling and lively areas. Before the arrival of the fifteenth day of the first month, the streets are full of lanterns, flowers are everywhere, and lights are swaying, reaching a climax on the fifteenth night of the first month. On the fifteenth day of the first month, "watching lanterns" has become a folk mass in Shanxi.

4. Spontaneous activities, on the fifteenth night of the first month, red lights are hung high in the streets and lanes, including palace lanterns, animal headlights, lantern lanterns, flower lanterns, bird lanterns, etc., attracting people watching the lanterns. In Taiyuan area, the lights in Taigu County are very famous. Taigu lamps are famous for their variety, exquisite production and attractive appearance.

5. solve riddles on the lanterns: solve riddles on the lanterns, also known as playing riddles, is a unique form of traditional folk entertainment with rich national style in China, and it has been a characteristic activity of the Lantern Festival 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. Because riddles can enlighten wisdom and cater to the festive atmosphere, so many people responded, and then guessing riddles gradually became an indispensable program of the Lantern Festival. Lantern riddles add to the festive atmosphere, showing the intelligence and wisdom of ancient working people and their yearning for a better life.

6. Walking away from all diseases: In addition to celebrations, there are also religious activities in the Lantern Festival. That is, most of the participants are women. They walk together or walk by the wall, or cross the bridge and walk through the suburbs, in order to drive away diseases and eliminate disasters. With the passage of time, there are more and more activities in the Lantern Festival. In many places, activities such as playing dragon lanterns, playing lions, walking on stilts, rowing dry boats, dancing yangko and playing Taiping drums have been added during festivals.