Yuanxiao originally meant "the night of Shangyuan Festival", because the main activity of Shangyuan Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month was to eat glutinous rice balls and enjoy the moon at night, and later the name of the festival evolved into "Lantern Festival". On the night of Lantern Festival, the streets are decorated with lanterns, and people enjoy lanterns, solve riddles on the lanterns and eat Lantern Festival, which will push the celebration activities that began on New Year's Eve to another climax and become a custom that lasts for generations.

Yuanxiao was only called the 15th day of the first month, the first half of the first month or the full moon when the early festivals were formed, and it was called Yuanxi or Yuanye after Sui. Influenced by Taoism in the early Tang Dynasty, it was also called Shangyuan, and it was only in the late Tang Dynasty that it was occasionally called Yuanxiao. But it has also been called Dengxi since the Song Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, it was also called Lantern Festival. In foreign countries, Yuanxiao is also known as The Lantern Festival.

Custom:

1, eat "Yuanxiao" on the Lantern Festival

Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month is a long-standing custom in China. Yuanxiao is called "glutinous rice balls". Its ingredients and flavors are different, but the meaning of eating Yuanxiao is the same. It represents the reunion and beauty, and the days are getting more and more prosperous. There is a saying in the saying that harmony makes money. Family harmony and family reunion are important factors for a complete family. Therefore, we must eat "Yuanxiao" with our families on the Lantern Festival.

2. Play dragon lanterns on the Lantern Festival

The dragon is the totem of China, and the Chinese nation advocates the dragon and regards it as a symbol of good luck. On the fifteenth day of the first month, the festive atmosphere of dancing and singing spread in many places.

3, Lantern Festival "send lanterns"

"Sending lanterns" is referred to as "sending lanterns" for short, and its essential meaning is to send children's lanterns. That is, before the Lantern Festival, the bride's family sends lanterns to her newly-married daughter's home, or ordinary relatives and friends give them to the newly-married infertile home, in order to add good luck, because "lamp" is homophonic with "ding". Expressing the hope that her daughter will be lucky and have a son early after marriage; If the daughter is pregnant, in addition to the big palace lantern, one or two pairs of small lanterns should be sent to wish her a safe pregnancy.