The traditional custom of eating Yuanxiao

eat yuanxiao

Eating Yuanxiao is a traditional festival custom in ancient China, which means reunion and peace. Most of them are eaten during the Lantern Festival, and some of them are eaten as snacks. There are many kinds of fillings in general, among which black sesame stuffing is the most common. In addition to the general kind, there are all kinds of glutinous rice balls.

The traditional custom of playing with dragon lanterns.

Play with dragon lanterns

Playing Dragon Lantern, also known as Dragon Dance and Dragon Lantern Dance, is a unique traditional folk entertainment activity in China. From the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival, China has the custom of playing dragon lanterns in both urban and rural areas. After thousands of years of inheritance and development, playing dragon lantern has become a traditional dance with lively form, beautiful performance and romantic color.

Traditional customs in solve riddles on the lanterns

Solve riddles; solve lantern riddles; guess riddles on hanging lanterns

Lantern riddles, also known as playing riddles, are a unique folk entertainment form of Han nationality in China [1], which has been passed down 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.

The traditional custom of offering sacrifices to the gate

Sacrifice gate

Sacrificing the gate, pronouncing i men, Chinese words, one of Chinese folk beliefs, belongs to the traditional activities of the Lantern Festival.

Traditional custom of lion dance

lion dance

Playing Dragon Lantern, also known as Dragon Dance and Dragon Lantern Dance, is a unique traditional folk entertainment activity in China. From the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival, China has the custom of playing dragon lanterns in both urban and rural areas. After thousands of years of inheritance and development, Yao Long Lantern has become a traditional dance with lively forms, beautiful performances and romantic colors.

The traditional custom of catching rats

Mouse chase

Chasing rats is a traditional folk activity of Lantern Festival, which began in Wei and Jin Dynasties. Mainly for sericulture families. Because mice often eat silkworms in large areas at night, it is said that they can stop eating silkworms by feeding them rice porridge on the fifteenth day of the first month.

Traditional custom of walking on stilts

walk on stilts

Walking on stilts is one of the traditional folk activities of the Han nationality. Walking on stilts, commonly known as tying firewood feet, also known as "stilts", "stilts" and "tying high feet", is a popular folk performance in northern China. In some folk festivals, dancers tie their feet to tease, while Wushu stilts emphasize personal skills and unique skills. Stilts around the country have formed a distinctive regional style and national color.