The traditional festival customs in China have adapted to the comprehensive needs of the broad masses of people in China society in material, spiritual, ethical and aesthetic aspects. In terms of material life, traditional festivals in China have many unique foods in different festivals. On the Lantern Festival, the whole family eats glutinous rice balls together. The sound of "glutinous rice balls" is similar to that of "reunion", which symbolizes reunion and harmony.

The cultural value of Lantern Festival lies in that it is a carnival for all people, and everyone participates and enjoys it. Because of the opening of the ancient Lantern Festival, the crowds were woven and men and women met, which was easy to produce love. For thousands of years, two of a kind's love stories staged in the Lantern Festival are endless.

The main activity of Lantern Festival is mass entertainment, but its social and cultural significance is not just entertainment. There are many religious activities on the fifteenth day of the first month, praying for the blessing of the gods. Lantern Festival is also a good time for seeking children. In the Song Dynasty, Chen Yuanliang's Book of Years Old, Volume 12, Stealing Lamp, explained why people stole lamps at the Lantern Festival at that time, saying, "A cloud, whoever steals lamps, bodes well for men." Here, the homonym of "light" is "ding", which is male. In this way, stealing a lamp symbolizes the birth of a son, and stealing a lamp is to pray for the children to continue. By the same token, watching lanterns also has the meaning of seeking children. Therefore, ancient women went out to watch the lights with this reason, which was justified.

Festival culture has no national boundaries, such as the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival. The enthusiasm, boldness and publicity of hundreds of millions of people can be compared with the carnival in Brazil, Germany and other countries. As the Lantern Festival approaches, the business of lanterns, dumplings and fireworks is booming, and the "Lantern Festival Economy" in Rizhao City, Shandong Province is booming. Merchants blew the "assembly number" of the Lantern Festival economy. February 17th, 211 is the Lantern Festival. Every citizen is trying to catch the tail of the Spring Festival and enjoy the taste of the year in the Lantern Festival. When the Lantern Festival comes, the festival economy is stirred up again, hotels are fully booked, and the supermarket Lantern Festival sells like hot cakes. In recent years, some colleagues, relatives and friends who didn't have time to get together during the Spring Festival took the Lantern Festival as an opportunity to have dinner together, which greatly increased the reservation rate of Lantern Festival hotels. The number of meals ordered during the Lantern Festival was almost no less than that of New Year's Eve's Eve dinner. Some hotels specially launched "recalling the bitter experience and thinking sweet" dishes on the Lantern Festival, and coarse grains, wild vegetables and wotou were favored by the public.