Eating glutinous rice balls on the Lantern Festival simply means reunion and good luck. Because glutinous rice balls are round in appearance, and in the hearts of ordinary people, family members are the first, so everyone also follows this tradition, hoping that this custom will bless their families' safe and healthy wishes.
Eating glutinous rice balls on the 15th day of the first lunar month has become a memory engraved in everyone's mind since ancient times, just like the ancient poems we recited since childhood. I still clearly remember that my family living in the north is not so delicious and can't afford glutinous rice balls, but it is also the most delicious to eat jiaozi when the family get together for the New Year. When they grow up, the economic conditions are good and the ingredients are sufficient, and glutinous rice balls have become an indispensable food on the dinner table during the Lantern Festival.
Dumpling dumplings, also known as "Yuanxiao", have a long history in China. In the Song Dynasty, Yuanxiao was called "Floating Yuanzi". The fillings were mainly made of white sugar, roses, sesame seeds, bean paste, Huang Jia, walnut kernels, nuts and jujube paste. The appearance of glutinous rice was ground into powder and finally wrapped into a round shape, which could be boiled, fried and steamed, and it was extremely delicious. On the occasion of the festive season, it represented family reunion.
There are various explanations about the origin of the Lantern Festival, and there are three kinds of information that we can search from the Internet:
The origin of the Lantern Festival-
The Lantern Festival was designed to commemorate Pinglu when Emperor Wen was in the Han Dynasty. According to legend, after Lv Hou's death, a department of emperors Lu was afraid of the complete works and plotted rebellion. Liu Nang, the king of the imperial clan, and zhou bo, the founding veteran, put down the "Zhulu Rebellion" together. After the rebellion, all the ministers established Liu Heng, the second son of Liu Bang, as Emperor Wen of Chinese. Deeply impressed by the hard-won peace and prosperity, Emperor Wendi designated the 15th day of the first month to quell the "Zhulu Rebellion" as a fun day with the people, and every family in the capital decorated with lanterns to celebrate. Since then, the fifteenth day of the first month has become a popular folk festival-"Lantern Festival". Now, the Lantern Festival party will also mention "Noisy Lantern Festival". In my understanding, it is actually a family making a lot of noise and getting together to talk about everything.
Origin of Lantern Festival II
Lantern Festival, also known as "Shangyuan Festival", is the first time that people celebrate the full moon night in a year. According to the Taoist "three-yuan theory", the fifteenth day of the first month is Shangyuan Festival, the fifteenth day of July is Zhongyuan Festival, and the fifteenth day of October is Xiayuan Festival. The officials in charge of the upper, middle and lower three elements are heaven, earth and man respectively, and the heaven official is happy, so the lantern festival should be lit. The custom of burning lanterns and setting off fireworks in Lantern Festival comes from this statement.
Origin of the Lantern Festival III
The Lantern Festival originated from the Torch Festival. In the Han Dynasty, people held torches in rural fields to drive away insects and beasts, hoping to reduce pests and pray for a good harvest. To this day, people in some areas in southwest China still make torches out of reeds or branches on the fifteenth day of the first month, and hold them high in groups and dance in fields or grain drying fields. Since the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, it has been in full swing. Tens of thousands of people took part in singing and dancing, from faint to dull. In my hometown, the fire will also be lit on the night of the sixteenth day of the first month, and children and adults will skip it one after another, praying that there will be no disease and disaster in the coming year.
In fact, festivals are celebrated differently in every region. Lantern Festival lanterns are also common. In traditional society, young girls are not allowed to go out every day, but they can go out to play together during festivals. Lantern Festival lanterns are just an opportunity to make friends. At this time, many young people fall in love at first sight, so it has become a romantic festival.
"The light shines on the moon, the moon shines on the light, and the light shines on the moon; Men look at women, women look at men, and men and women look at the same thing. "What is said is the psychological state of people when enjoying lanterns.
With the development of economy, although the flavor of the year has gradually diluted a lot, the arrival of festivals still makes us have a lot of expectations, looking forward to the reunion with our families and the family sitting around talking about the ups and downs of the year.