Other time-honored brands, such as Wangjiasha, Sixin Food Plaza, Maxim's Dim Sum Shop, etc. Even long queues limit purchases, pushing the atmosphere of Lantern Festival to the extreme. In the suburbs of Shanghai, it's a little different. For example, in Jiading, farmers eat wonton in the first half of the first month, which is called Chinese New Year soup, and then cook it in the shape of flour dough into a jar, which is called "steaming jar".
Customs of Shanghai Lantern Festival
1, pulling rabbit lights in the alley
It is an annual large-scale activity that every household must participate in "crossing the lamp" to light the "rabbit lamp". "Over the lamp" is a mother-child rabbit-shaped lamp made of colored paper, which is lit and paraded in villages, ancestral temples and families. The folk custom of "crossing lanterns" originated in the Tang Dynasty. People regard rabbits as auspicious things, and wherever the rabbit lights go, it means good luck and harmony.
2. Watch the dragon and lion dances.
On the Lantern Festival street, there are dragon dances and lion dances. Dragon lanterns are divided into Jinlong, Qinglong and Bailong. Dragon lanterns move and roll, dancers are crazy, and viewers are like clouds. The Lantern Festival in Yuyuan Garden is very wonderful. On the night of Shangyuan, Luo Qi swarmed, orchestral music was boiling, the fire tree and silver flowers were unusually bright, the gardens were reopened, tourists gathered, pavilions were far and near, lights were brighter than stars, and firecrackers were incessant to win the odd corner.
Step 3 hang a red light
At night, red lights are hung on tall bamboo poles, children in the village are carrying lanterns, and some people play "a fireball with a slap in the face shines in the field". At midnight snack in Jinshan and Songjiang, some people waved wildfires in the fields, and some people hung lanterns in front of the eaves. Some people go to the streets to dance dragon lanterns, and some people travel "string lanterns".