Friday, February 26, 2021, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival.

1. Eating Yuanxiao

Eating "Yuanxiao" on the Lantern Festival is a traditional custom in my country. Yuanxiao, also known as glutinous rice balls, has a long history as a food in my country.

In the Song Dynasty, it was popular to eat a novel food during the Lantern Festival. This kind of food was first called "Fu Yuanzi" and later "Yuanxiao". Businessmen also euphemistically called it "Yuanbao". Yuanxiao is stuffed with sugar, roses, sesame, bean paste, cinnamon, walnut kernels, nuts, jujube paste, etc., and is wrapped into a round shape with glutinous rice flour. It can be meat or vegetarian and has different flavors. It can be boiled in soup, fried or steamed, and has the meaning of happy reunion. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people all over the country make Lantern Festivals to celebrate the festival.

2. Setting off fireworks

Setting off fireworks is an indispensable entertainment activity for celebrating festivals in our country, and the Lantern Festival is no exception. When the colorful fireworks shoot high into the sky, the night sky suddenly becomes dazzling and beautiful, and the trees and flowers on the ground form a beautiful picture in the sky and the world. This is also one of the favorite programs for people to watch during the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

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3. Sending children's lanterns

It is also called "sending lanterns", also known as "sending lanterns", etc., that is, before the Lantern Festival The natal family sends lanterns to the newly married daughter's family, or relatives and friends send them to the newlyweds' infertile family in order to bring good luck to the family, because "Lamp" and "Ding" are homophonic. This custom exists in many places. In Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, lanterns are given between the eighth and fifteenth day of the first lunar month. In the first year, a pair of large palace lanterns and a pair of glass lanterns with colorful paintings are given in the hope that the daughter will have good luck after marriage and have a son soon. If the daughter is pregnant, in addition to the big palace lanterns, one or two pairs of small lanterns will also be given to wish her a safe pregnancy.

4. Shehuo

Shehuo is a traditional celebration carnival in my country to celebrate the Spring Festival. The editor's hometown is in the north. Every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, various villages hold social fire performances, which means that the villagers' lives will be prosperous in the coming year.

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5. Lion Dance

The Chinese nation respects the dragon and regards the dragon as a symbol of auspiciousness. Lion dance is an excellent folk art in my country. During the Lantern Festival or gatherings and celebrations, people perform lion dance to entertain people. It is said that it is popular in the south. This custom originated during the Three Kingdoms period and became popular during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It has a history of more than a thousand years.

6. Flower lantern viewing

Flower lantern viewing is a joy for ordinary people during the Lantern Festival, and it is also an activity that is still widely circulated today. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, temple fairs and parks all over the country launch flower lantern viewing activities. At that time, there will be thousands of stars in the sky, trees and silver flowers on the ground, and the world will be a happy and peaceful scene, which is very lively.

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7. Zoubaibing

"Zoubaibei" is also called Wandering Baibing, Sanbaibing, and Roasting Baibing , walking on bridges, etc. This is also an activity that people use to ward off disasters and pray for health. It has been a custom in the north since the Ming and Qing Dynasties to cure all diseases, sometimes on the 15th, but mostly on the 16th. On the night of the Lantern Festival, many women will go out together and cross the bridge when they see it, so that they can cure diseases and prolong life. Single friends can move around more during the Lantern Festival, which can also improve their emotional fortune.