Many people know that in China, the New Year is the most solemn holiday of the year. But not everyone knows that the 15th day after the new year, which is the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, is also a particularly meaningful festival-Lantern Festival (or called Shangyuan Festival).
In China, the New Year holiday is also the longest holiday of the year. Except for some busy office workers, most people can take a holiday from the New Year to the Lantern Festival.
The Lantern Festival is a festival for members of the group. It is a scene of every family sitting together to eat the Lantern Festival.
On the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there are usually lantern festivals everywhere. After dinner, people meet to go shopping at the lantern festival, which is very lively.
There will be lanterns of various shapes and shapes at the lantern festival. Traditional Chinese lanterns are made of colored paper and bamboo skeletons. There will be a tray inside to place candles. After the development of society, the popularization of electricity has replaced the less safe ones. candle. In any case, the colorful and lively lantern festival is everyone’s childhood memory of the Lantern Festival.
Regarding the Yuanxiao food, many people may not know what it is. It is made with glutinous rice flour wrapped in fillings. It can be boiled in water or fried in oil. There are two ways to eat it.
Below is a picture of a boiled Lantern Festival.
The filling for Yuanxiao is divided into salty and sweet. Sweet stuffing generally includes lard bean paste, sugar sesame, sweet-scented osmanthus, jujube paste, hawthorn, etc.; salty stuffing generally refers to meat stuffing.
The filling for Yuanxiao is divided into salty and sweet. Sweet stuffing generally includes lard bean paste, sugar sesame, sweet-scented osmanthus, jujube paste, hawthorn, etc.; salty stuffing generally refers to meat stuffing.
