Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is a common custom during the Lantern Festival in various parts of my country. It existed as early as the Han Dynasty. Together with the Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is known as the three traditional festivals in my country. During the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, every household will eat Yuanxiao, which symbolizes reunion, auspiciousness and family reunion. Tangyuan and reunion have similar sounds, so eating Tangyuan also represents people’s longing for their families, their yearning for reunion, and their hope for future life. Good expectations.

"Yuanxiao" has a long history as a food in China. In the Song Dynasty, a novel food eaten during the Lantern Festival became popular among the people. This kind of food was first called "Fu Yuanzi" and later "Yuanxiao". Businessmen also euphemistically called it "Yuanbao". In ancient times, the price of "Yuanxiao" was relatively expensive. There is a poem that says: "Dignified guests hook up the curtain to look at the imperial street, and the treasures in the market come at once. The flower stand in front of the curtain has no way to go, and if you don't get the money, you won't be able to return." The north "rolls" the Lantern Festival, and the south "packs" "Tangyuan, these are two foods with different preparations and tastes.

Folklore experts said that when boiling glutinous rice balls, they float on the water after boiling, which is really beautiful and reminds people of a bright moon hanging in the sky. The bright moon in the sky, glutinous rice balls in the bowl, and the reunion of every household symbolize reunion and good luck. Therefore, eating glutinous rice balls expresses people's love for family reunion. The survey also shows that Chinese people’s inheritance and love for traditional festivals is also a love for Chinese culture. Eating Yuanxiao has a different taste.

In addition, the name of glutinous rice balls has a similar pronunciation to the word "reunion", which means reunion, symbolizing the reunion, harmony and happiness of the whole family. People also use this to remember their departed relatives and express their hope for a better future life. desire.