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Do you eat dumplings or Yuanxiao on Lantern Festival?
On the Lantern Festival, dumplings are eaten in the south and Yuanxiao is eaten in the north.

In fact, the method of making dumplings and Yuanxiao is completely different. The dumplings are "wrapped" and Yuanxiao is "rolled". According to records, glutinous rice balls originated in the Song Dynasty, which was a kind of food in Mingzhou (now Ningbo) at that time. It was first called "Floating Yuanzi". Tangyuan is made by grinding sesame seeds into powder, kneading them with lard and white sugar to make stuffing, and kneading glutinous rice flour into skin with water to wrap the stuffing and knead it into a round pot.

Yuanxiao is not as old as glutinous rice balls. It is said that it originated in the Yuan Dynasty. According to tradition, people will eat glutinous rice balls on Shangyuan Festival. However, there are not many pastry shops that can make dumplings on the north street, so it is impossible to supply a large number of dumplings in time. Therefore, the method of making "glutinous rice balls" in batches was invented. The prepared stuffing was thrown into glutinous rice flour, then dipped in water after shaking, and then put back into glutinous rice flour for shaking. Repeat this several times, and a large number of Yuanxiao can be made in a short time.

Yuanxiao Festival origin

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival, Lantern Festival and Lantern Festival. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called the night "Xiao", so they called the fifteenth day of the first month "Lantern Festival". With the changes of society and times, the customs of Lantern Festival have changed greatly, but it is still a traditional folk festival in China.

Yuanxiao was only called the 15th day of the first month, the first half of the first month or the full moon when the early festivals were formed, and it was called Yuanxi or Yuanye after Sui. Influenced by Taoism in the early Tang Dynasty, it was also called Shangyuan. It was only occasionally called Yuanxiao in the late Tang Dynasty, but it was also called Dengxi since the Song Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, it was also called Lantern Festival. In foreign countries, Yuanxiao is also known as TheLanternFestival. On the night of the 15th day of the first month, people in China have a series of traditional folk activities, such as watching lanterns, eating glutinous rice balls, eating Yuanxiao, solve riddles on the lanterns and setting off fireworks.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Lantern Festival