Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month is the same custom all over the country. It means round and round, symbolizing reunion and good luck. In addition, the name of Tangyuan 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 on their future life.

Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month, as a food, has a long history in China. In the Song Dynasty, a novel food for the Lantern Festival was popular among the people. This kind of food was first called Yuanzi, then Yuanxiao, and businessmen also called it Yuanbao. There is a happy reunion.

Characteristics of Lantern Festival customs

Lantern Festival, also known as the first lunar month, Yuanxi or Lantern Festival, is the first important festival after the Spring Festival. China has a vast territory and a long history, so the customs of Lantern Festival are different all over the country, among which eating Lantern Festival, enjoying lanterns, dancing dragons and lions are several important folk customs.

Dragon lantern dance is one of the important folk customs of the Lantern Festival celebration. The earliest recorded dragon dance is Zhang Heng's Xijing Fu in the Han Dynasty. The author vividly describes the dragon dance in the narration of hundreds of plays. According to the music records of Sui Shu, the Huanglong Opera, which was similar to the dragon dance performance in one hundred plays during Emperor Yangdi's reign, was also very wonderful, and the dragon dance was popular in many places in China. The Chinese nation advocates dragons and regards them as auspicious symbols.