Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month is the same custom all over the country. Experts said that dumplings are also called "dumplings" or "dumplings" and "dumplings", and southerners are also called "water dumplings" and "floating dumplings". On the fifteenth day of the first month, almost every household eats Yuanxiao. In addition, the name of glutinous rice balls is similar to the pronunciation of "reunion", which means reunion, symbolizing the reunion of the whole family, harmony and happiness, and people also miss their parting relatives and place their good wishes for future life.

Folklore experts said that when cooking dumplings, because it floats on the water after boiling, it looks good, reminiscent of a bright moon hanging in the clouds. There is a bright moon in the sky, dumplings in a bowl, and every household is round and round, symbolizing reunion and good luck. Therefore, eating glutinous rice balls expresses people's love for family reunion. At the same time, it also shows China people's inheritance and love for traditional festivals, and it is also a love for China culture.

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The Legend of Eating Tangyuan on Lantern Festival

1, Kitchen God descended to earth to inspect people's feelings: In ancient times, the Jade Emperor sent Kitchen God down to earth to inspect people's feelings, and reported to heaven every Wednesday. One year, on the 23rd day of the winter lunar month, the Kitchen God reported to the Jade Emperor: People on earth work hard every day, and eat only meager food for 365 days a year. If this goes on, the people will definitely overwork and tire themselves out, which will affect them.

2, Taibai Venus advice: The Jade Emperor heard about it and immediately gathered the ministers to discuss good strategies. Finally, Taibai Venus offered suggestions: We can take some drugs for chronic poisoning, and when they get sick slowly, they will naturally rest. The Jade Emperor thought it was a good plan, so he asked the kitchen god to secretly drop crazy medicine into the people's rice cookers on the morning of the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.