What do you eat on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month?

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South glutinous rice balls, North Yuanxiao. Unlike the north, southerners eat glutinous rice balls on the Lantern Festival, which means reunion. The making method of glutinous rice balls is simpler than Yuanxiao, which is similar to Bao jiaozi. That is, add water to glutinous rice flour to make balls, let it stand for 1 hour, grab a small ball of noodles, knead it into pieces, wrap it with stuffing and make it into a circle.

On the fifteenth night of the first lunar month; Lantern Festival; night of the 15th of the first lunar month；Lantern Festival；yuanxiao

"Lantern Festival is played on the fifteenth day of the first month". Of course, Lantern Festival is an essential food. However, Yuanxiao is a northern food. It is made by cutting the stuffing into pieces, dipping it in water and rolling it out in a container filled with glutinous rice flour, which is different from jiaozi in the south.

tea-oil tree

Camellia oleifera is very popular among Dong and Yao people in Guangxi, Guizhou and Hunan. It is also called "eating bean tea", and they will entertain guests with camellia oleifera on festive occasions. Camellia oleifera is very delicate, also called Camellia oleifera. Stir-fry the tea leaves, add tea oil, salt and ginger, stir-fry until smoking, pour water to boil, then crush the tea leaves with a wooden stick, simmer for a while, filter out the tea residue, and add chopped green onion, and the camellia oleifera is ready. When eating, fill a small bowl with snacks such as popcorn, zanba and fried peanuts. If you like sweets, you can add some sugar and pour it into the boiled camellia oleifera.

Yuanxiaocha

Yuanxiao tea is also called Dengcha in some places. Some areas in Shaanxi and Fujian have the custom of drinking Yuanxiao tea during the Lantern Festival. The "tea" here is not the "tea" we brew, but vegetables, fruits, lean meat, shrimp meat, fresh fish and so on. It is added to hot soup noodles, and seasonings such as pepper and fennel are added to cook it into porridge.

Lettuce; lettuce

Cantonese people "steal" lettuce on the Lantern Festival. They cook lettuce and cake together, which is the representative of auspicious dishes. Because "lettuce" and "making money" are homophonic, meaning wealth and good luck.

Youcha noodles

Camellia oleifera noodles, also known as fried noodles, are very distinctive snacks in Shaanxi and one of the traditional foods necessary for the Lantern Festival. Stir-fry the raw flour, add butter, and then add other ingredients to make a paste for eating.

Oil hammer

Oil hammer is also the food of Lantern Festival. The Taiping Guang Ji, which was first recorded in the Song Dynasty, is actually Fried Yuanxiao.

pastry with jujube paste filling

People in western Henan like to eat jujube cakes on the fifteenth day of the first month, which means good luck. Jujube cake is one of the top ten cakes in Manchu-Han banquet, and it is also the imperial cake in Qing Dynasty. It is mainly made of red dates, honey, brown sugar and flour. It has a strong flavor of red dates and is especially delicious.

noodles

There is a folk saying that "the Lantern Festival is on, the noodles are off, and you can look forward to next year after eating." In addition to glutinous rice balls and Yuanxiao, the Jiangbei area will also eat noodles during the Lantern Festival, which means continuous blessing.

Bad soup

In Taizhou and Linhai, Zhejiang, the Lantern Festival is not celebrated on the 15th of the first month, but on the 14th. They don't eat Yuanxiao, but spoil the soup. Rotten soup, also known as mountain flour paste, takes rice flour, potato flour or lotus root starch as the main raw materials and has two tastes: salty and sweet.