Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival, the first month of the first lunar month, Yuanxi Festival or Lantern Festival, is one of the traditional festivals in China. The fifteenth day of the first month is the night of the first full moon in a year, so it is called the Lantern Festival. Let's introduce the customs of the Lantern Festival in Shanghai

1. Eating dumplings

Like the customs in other places, Shanghainese also eat dumplings during the Lantern Festival.

Tangyuan is a special food of the Lantern Festival, which is generally composed of glutinous rice husk and stuffing. It is nutritious and can nourish the spleen and stomach, invigorate qi and nourish blood, strengthen the body resistance and keep out the cold. Glutinous rice is sweet and warm, rich in protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B and starch. It is a mild tonic, which can warm the spleen and stomach, tonify the middle qi, and has a certain astringent effect. It has a good therapeutic effect on spleen and stomach deficiency, diarrhea, frequent urination and spontaneous sweating. However, glutinous rice is sticky and difficult to digest, so it should be eaten after heating, and you can't eat too much at a time. In addition, those with excessive damp-heat and phlegm-fire, or those with symptoms such as fever, yellow cough, constipation and abdominal distension, should avoid eating glutinous rice.

Tips:

The stuffing of freshly cooked glutinous rice balls is hotter than the outer skin. It is recommended to stutter, which can not only avoid scalding the oral cavity and esophageal mucosa, but also facilitate digestion by chewing slowly.

drinking some soup while eating glutinous rice balls can promote digestion and absorption.

In order to reduce the burden on gastrointestinal tract, it is best to exercise for more than 2 hours before going to bed after eating glutinous rice balls.

2. Lantern Festival

The custom of Lantern Festival rose in the Han Dynasty. According to legend, Liu Bi, nephew of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, introduced the culture of Yangzhou Lantern Festival to Songjiang area in Shanghai to entertain himself. Since then, this custom has become popular in Shanghai. During the Lantern Festival, men, women and children everywhere come in droves, and all kinds of lanterns are colorful and colorful everywhere.

Lantern Festival is one of the traditional festival customs of the Lantern Festival. In Ala Shanghai, the "Yuyuan Lantern Festival" has been included in the list of representative projects of national intangible cultural heritage, and the annual Lantern Festival has left beautiful memories for Shanghai citizens and tourists from all over the world.

Tips:

It's still cold during the Lantern Festival. Please keep warm and take protective measures, wear a mask outside and wash your hands when you get home.

3. solve riddles on the lanterns

solve riddles on the lanterns is also a characteristic folk custom of the Lantern Festival, which is deeply loved by people. From a medical point of view, solve riddles on the lanterns is a brain-strengthening activity, which is conducive to delaying brain aging and preventing cognitive impairment.

solve riddles on the lanterns during the Lantern Festival can not only enlighten wisdom and increase knowledge, but also entertain and educate, thus setting off the festive atmosphere.