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What are the traditional customs of Taiyuan Lantern Festival?

1. Eating Yuanxiao

Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is a long-standing custom in China. Yuanxiao means "tangyuan", and its ingredients and flavors are different, but the meaning of eating yuanxiao is the same: it represents reunion, harmony and beauty, and the days are getting more prosperous. There is a saying that "harmony brings wealth", which shows how important family harmony and family reunion are to a complete family. Therefore, you must eat "Yuanxiao" with your family during the Lantern Festival.

2. Lighting up lanterns

Since the formation of the custom of lighting up lanterns during the Lantern Festival, viewing lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has been a major event for thousands of years. That night, countless people came to watch the lanterns. Everyone stayed up all night, having fun and it was very lively.