Eating glutinous rice balls on the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month symbolizes family happiness, reunion, happiness, peace and health in the new year, and expresses people's good wishes for the new year and their bright future.

On the fifteenth day of the first month, people in the north have the habit of eating jiaozi, while people in Henan have the custom and tradition of "fifteen flat and sixteen round" for the Lantern Festival, so they should eat jiaozi on the fifteenth day of the first month. Jiaozi is a kind of folk food with a long history, which is very popular among the people.