The source of hanging lanterns on Lantern Festival
According to the folk tradition in China, on this bright night, people light thousands of lanterns to celebrate. Going out to enjoy the moon, lighting and setting fires, solve riddles on the lanterns, spending the Lantern Festival together, family reunion and celebrating festivals are all pleasant.
Lantern Festival is also called Lantern Festival. The custom of burning lanterns in the Lantern Festival originated in the Han Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, the lantern viewing activities became more prosperous. Lights are hung everywhere in palaces and streets, and tall light wheels, light buildings and light trees have been built. Lu Zeng, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, described the grand occasion of the Lantern Festival in "Watching Lights at Fifteen Nights", saying that "the stars in the Han Dynasty fell, and the balcony was like a hanging moon."
The Source of Eating Tangyuan in Lantern Festival
Folk custom of eating Yuanxiao on Lantern Festival. Yuanxiao is made of glutinous rice, which can be solid or stuffed. Filled with bean paste, sugar, hawthorn, various fruit materials and so on. You can cook, fry, steam and fry when you eat. At first, people called this kind of food "Gone with the Wind in jiaozi";
Later it was called "Tangtuan" or "Tangyuan". These names "Reunion" are similar in pronunciation, meaning reunion, which symbolizes the reunion of the whole family, harmony and happiness. People also miss their departed relatives and place their best wishes on their future life.