The legend of eating Yuanxiao is:

Yuanxiao originated from King Zhao Zhao of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, King Zhao of Chu passed by the Yangtze River and saw floating objects on the river, which were sweet food that was white on the outside and red on the inside. King Zhao of Chu asked Confucius for advice, and Confucius said that the duckweed fruit was a sign of the Lord's revival.

Because this day happened to be the 15th day of the first lunar month, every time in the future, King Zhao ordered his men to imitate the fruit with flour, cook it with hawthorn filling and cook it. This is what we have today. The prototype of the Lantern Festival. Since then, eating Yuanxiao during the Lantern Festival has become a tradition.

Lantern Festival activities:

"Guessing lantern riddles", also called "playing lantern riddles", is an activity added after the Lantern Festival and appeared in the Song Dynasty. During the Southern Song Dynasty, Lin'an, the capital, made riddles during the Lantern Festival, and many people guessed riddles. In the beginning, some good people wrote riddles on slips of paper and pasted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because riddles can enlighten wisdom and are interesting, they are very popular among all walks of life in the process of spreading.

It is a folk custom to eat Yuanxiao during the Lantern Festival. Yuanxiao is made of glutinous rice, either solid or stuffed. The fillings include bean paste, sugar, hawthorn, various fruit materials, etc. It can be boiled, fried, steamed or fried.

At first, people called this food "Fuyuanzi", and later called "Tangtuan" or "Tangyuan". These names have similar sounds to the word "Tuanyuan", which means reunion and symbolizes the reunion of the whole family. , harmony and happiness, people also use this to remember their departed relatives and express their good wishes for future life.