Holiday custom-eating Yuanxiao.
Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month, a novel food rose in Mingzhou (now Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province) in the Song Dynasty. This kind of food was originally called floating Zi Yuan, and then Yuanxiao, which was also called Japanese Yuanbao by merchants. Yuanxiao is filled with white sugar, rose, sesame, red bean paste, osmanthus fragrans, walnut kernel, nuts and jujube paste, and wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a round shape, which can be both meat and vegetarian with different flavors. It can be boiled, fried and steamed, which means happy reunion. Shaanxi jiaozi is not wrapped, but rolled with glutinous rice flour, or boiled or fried, warm and round.
Holiday custom-solving riddles on lanterns.
Lantern riddles, also known as playing riddles, are a unique form of Han folk cultural activities in China, and have been the characteristic activities of the Lantern Festival since ancient times. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people hang lanterns and set off fireworks. Later, some busybodies wrote riddles on paper and posted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because solve riddles on the lanterns can enlighten wisdom and cater to the festive atmosphere, many people responded. Later, solve riddles on the lanterns gradually became an indispensable program for the Lantern Festival. Lantern riddles add to the festive atmosphere, showing the intelligence and wisdom of the ancient Han working people and their yearning for a better life.
Holiday custom-lanterns.
Lantern Festival is a traditional festival custom, which began in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in Sui and Tang Dynasties. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, lantern style prevailed in all previous dynasties and spread to future generations.
Holiday custom-playing with dragon lanterns.
Playing dragon lanterns is also called dragon dancing, also called dragon dancing. It is a unique traditional folk entertainment activity in China. Playing with dragon lanterns has become quite common among Han people in China. In the performances of "Shehuo" and "Dance Team" in the Tang and Song Dynasties, "playing with dragon lanterns" has become a common form of performance. There are two kinds of dragon lantern performances: "Single Dragon Playing Beads" and "Double Dragon Playing Beads". Playing dragon lanterns originated from people's superstition about dragons, which has a history of more than 2000 years. In ancient times, people used dragon dancing to pray for the blessing of dragons, so as to achieve the purpose of good weather and abundant crops.
Holiday custom-walking on stilts.
A kind of folk acrobatic stilts is also called "walking on stilts". Performers dress up characters in drama or legend, step on wooden sticks with treading devices, and perform while walking. Walking on stilts is exquisite, lively and diverse, and is deeply loved by the masses.
Holiday custom-stay away from all diseases.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, on the fifteenth day of the first month in Beijing and other places, women went out for a walk at night, holding incense alone and getting on the bridge, which was called fitness. Eliminating diseases is called "doing all kinds of diseases", also called "swimming all kinds of diseases", which is an activity to eliminate disasters and pray for blessings.
Holiday custom-mouse chase.
Chasing rats is a traditional folk activity of Lantern Festival, which began in Wei and Jin Dynasties. Mainly for sericulture families. Because mice often eat silkworms in large areas at night, it is said that they can stop eating silkworms by feeding them rice porridge on the fifteenth day of the first month.