The taste of Yuanxiao is reunion. The taste of Yuanxiao is mainly sweet, and a few in the south are salty. Yuanxiao is a must-eat food on the fifteenth day of the first month. It's called Yuanxiao in the north and Tangyuan in the south. Generally, black sesame seeds, peanuts, hawthorn, etc. are made into sweet stuffing, and glutinous rice skin is wrapped outside. It tastes smooth and soft, like wax. The stuffing inside is sweet and sour. Eat a few Yuanxiao and drink a bowl of hot soup. This is a warm smell. The smell of reunion.

The origin of Lantern Festival

The formation of Lantern Festival custom has a long process. According to general data and folklore, the fifteenth day of the first month was paid attention to in the Western Han Dynasty. On the night of the first month, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty offered sacrifices to "Taiyi" in Ganquan Palace, which was regarded by later generations as the first sacrifice to the gods on the fifteenth day of the first month. However, the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month is indeed a folk festival after the Han and Wei Dynasties.

The custom of burning lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first month is related to the eastward spread of Buddhism. Buddhism flourished, and officials and people generally "lit lanterns for the Buddha" on the fifteenth day of the first month, so the Buddha's light spread all over the people. Since the Tang Dynasty, the Lantern Festival has become a legal thing and has gradually become a folk custom. Lantern Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, Chinese character cultural circle and overseas Chinese. Lantern Festival mainly includes a series of traditional folk activities, such as watching lanterns, eating glutinous rice balls, solve riddles on the lanterns and setting off fireworks.

In addition, in many places, traditional folk performances, such as playing dragon lanterns, playing lions, walking on stilts, boating, yangko dancing and playing Taiping drums, have all joined the Lantern Festival. In June 2008, the Lantern Festival was selected as the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage.