From ancient times to the present, eating dumplings on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has become a memory engraved in everyone's hearts, 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 dumplings, but it is also the most delicious to eat jiaozi when the family gets together for the New Year. When they grow up, the economic conditions are good and the ingredients are sufficient. Tangyuan has become an indispensable food on the dinner table at the Lantern Festival.
Dumpling balls, 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, rose, sesame, red bean paste, Huang Jia, walnut kernel, 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 in soup, and it was extremely delicious. On the occasion of festivals, it represented family reunion.
The origin of the Lantern Festival is also varied, and there are three kinds of information we can search from the Internet:
The origin of Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival was designed to commemorate Pinglu when Emperor Wen of 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 full moon night celebrated by people 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 Lantern Festival III
Lantern Festival originated from "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 in different regions, and 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 on holidays. 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 taste of the year has gradually diluted a lot, the arrival of the festival still gives us a lot of expectations, looking forward to the reunion with our families, and looking forward to the family sitting around and talking about the ups and downs of the year.