The diet in the south is different from that in the north. On the Lantern Festival, dumplings are eaten in the south and Yuanxiao is eaten in the north. Yuanxiao and Tangyuan are not a kind of food. In contrast, Yuanxiao was originally more popular in the north, and Tangyuan was originally more popular in the south. Although Yuanxiao and Tangyuan are both made of glutinous rice flour, there are essential differences in their making methods. The dumplings are wrapped and the Yuanxiao is spread out.

The practice of southern dumplings is almost to wrap jiaozi, and the stuffing is wrapped in leather, which can be sweet and salty. The skin is made of glutinous rice, similar to rice cakes, which also means "rising year by year" The practice of northern Lantern Festival is to throw it into a basket full of glutinous rice flour and roll it until it is covered with glutinous rice flour and becomes a big ball. Repeated "rolling" is also a good sign for opening the year.

Southern customs of Lantern Festival

1, flying lanterns: that is, flying Kongming lanterns. It is to express people's good wishes.

2. Stilts Club: Generally, it is organized by the masses spontaneously in series. On the 11th and 12th day of the first month, people began to take to the streets, which means to tell people that many folk flowers will be hung up this year. On the fifteenth day of the first month, I officially went to the streets until the end of the 18th National Congress.

3. Erecting lanterns: Children should tie bamboo paper into rabbit lanterns, jujube lanterns or square lanterns with the help of their parents. Hanging horizontally on a short pole. Then stand on a high pole.

4. Burning tiles: Lanterns, also known as tower lanterns, are a folk festival custom of the Han nationality and are popular in the southern region.

5. Dragon Dance: This is the most traditional custom of the Lantern Festival in Hong Kong. A grand dragon dance was held for three consecutive nights in Tai Hang District, Causeway Bay.

6. Eating oil balls: In Shanglin, Jingxi and other places in Guangxi, there is also the custom of eating oil balls to express reunion.