1, Yuanxiao
It is an indispensable food for the Lantern Festival. Most people in the north eat Yuanxiao. Its method is very simple, that is, make the stuffing according to their own taste, then cut it into pieces, soak it in water, roll it out in glutinous rice flour, and the Yuanxiao is ready.
2. Tangyuan
On the Lantern Festival, people in the south like to eat glutinous rice balls, which means round and round, and each round glutinous rice ball symbolizes round and round. The practice of glutinous rice balls is simpler than that of Yuanxiao, which is almost the same as that of Bao jiaozi, that is, glutinous rice flour is added with water to synthesize glutinous rice dough, then pressed into small cakes, filled with appropriate stuffing and kneaded into round balls.
3. Lettuce
Generally, on the Lantern Festival, people in Guangdong like to steal lettuce. It is said that this kind of food represents auspiciousness, so people there will eat lettuce on the Lantern Festival in order to win a good title.
4. jiaozi
In some places in northern China, we also have the habit of eating jiaozi. As the saying goes, "It's delicious but not as good as jiaozi". jiaozi is an auspicious food. Whether it's a holiday or a Chinese New Year, or a festive festival, many places occasionally have the habit of eating jiaozi, so jiaozi is also an indispensable food on the Lantern Festival.
5. Noodles
In Jiangbei area of our country, there is a folk proverb that "when you eat the Lantern Festival, you will look forward to next year", so local people will eat a bowl of noodles on the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, which means praying for good luck, and eating noodles with the lantern festival symbolizes continuous celebration.
6. Lantern Festival tea
In China, there is a custom of eating Yuanxiao tea in Shaanxi and other places. Yuanxiao tea is to put all kinds of vegetables and fruits in hot soup noodles, which is very similar to Yuanxiao porridge in ancient times. Yuanxiao tea is very rich in nutrition, rich in vitamins and trace elements, not as greasy as Yuanxiao dumplings, and it is a food that people like to eat.