Folk customs of the Lantern Festival in Yimeng Mountain:

The 15th day of the first month is also called Lantern Festival, Shangyuan Festival or the 15th day of the first month. Most urban and rural residents use millet flour, glutinous rice flour or sticky sorghum flour as skin, and brown sugar or white sugar as stuffing to make Yuanxiao. Locals commonly call it "glutinous rice balls" or "sugar balls", which symbolizes family reunion and good luck. In the evening, first send a lamp to Zu, and when you get home, light a lamp made of white flour to symbolize the twelve months or twelve zodiac signs, and shine everywhere, so that the omen of the light is clean and no insects and scorpions are born. Children carry lanterns in groups of three or five, put "Didi Jin" and illuminate all parts of their bodies with face lamps under the guidance of adults, which means that they are bright-eyed and not sick. Streets and streets are full of colorful lights, and folk cultural activities such as supporting dry boats, walking on stilts, riding donkeys, playing dragon lanterns and dancing yangko are held, which is called "Lantern Festival".

Now, the fifteenth day of the first month is even more brightly lit, with colorful trees and flowers, and people are scrambling to watch it, and the lively atmosphere is flourishing every year.