Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month has a long history in China. In the Song Dynasty, a novel food for the Lantern Festival was popular among the people. This food was first called "Floating Yuanzi" and later called "Yuanxiao", and businessmen also called it "Yuanbao". Yuanxiao, or "Tangyuan", is filled with white sugar, roses, sesame seeds, red bean paste, yellow cinnamon, walnut kernels, nuts, jujube paste, etc., and wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a round shape, which can be vegetarian, with different flavors, and can be boiled, fried and steamed in soup, which means reunion and happiness.

Second, the lantern:

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, which is also called Lantern Festival because there are customs such as hanging lanterns, lighting lanterns and watching lanterns.

Lantern Festival is a traditional festival custom, which started in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in Sui and Tang Dynasties. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the wind of lights prevailed in past dynasties and was passed down to later generations.

Third, solve riddles on the lanterns:

Solve riddles on the lanterns, also known as playing riddles, is a unique form of traditional folk entertainment with rich national style in China. It is a characteristic activity of Lantern Festival that has been circulating since ancient times. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people hang lanterns and set off fireworks. Later, some busybodies wrote riddles on paper and posted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess.

Fourth, walking on stilts:

Walking on stilts is a popular folk mass performance. Stilts, originally one of the hundreds of ancient plays in China, appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. China first introduced stilts in Liezi Shuofu: "In Song Dynasty, there were lanzi, who used their skills to dry Song and Yuan Dynasties. Song and Yuan called to see his skills. "

Five, lion dance:

Lion dance is an excellent folk art in China. Every Lantern Festival or assembly celebration, people always come to entertain with lion dance. This custom originated in the Three Kingdoms period and became popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It has a history of more than 1000 years.

"Lion Dance" began in the Wei and Jin Dynasties and flourished in the Tang Dynasty. It is also called "Lion Dance" and "Taiping Music". Generally, it is completed by three people. Two people dress up as lions, one acts as the lion's head, the other acts as the lion's body and hind feet, and the other acts as a lion leader. There are civil and military dances. The literary dance shows the gentleness of the lion, shaking its hair and rolling, and the martial lion shows the ferocity of the lion.