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After Yuan Shikai's death, the Lantern Festival was renamed Tangyuan.

What is the difference between Lantern Festival and Tangyuan?

"Lantern Festival" as a food has also been around in China for a long time. In the Song Dynasty, the folk were popular with a kind of novelty food eaten during the Lantern Festival. This kind of food, the first called "floating yuanzi" after the "Lantern Festival", businessmen also called it "ingots". In ancient times, the "Lantern Festival"** was more expensive.

Eating glutinous rice balls on the Lantern Festival is a common custom all over the country. According to experts, tangyuan is also called "soup ball" or "ball" and "dumpling", and southerners also call it "water ball" and "floating ball". On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, almost every household has to eat Lantern Festival.

Folklore experts say that when boiling rice balls, because they float on the water after boiling, they are very beautiful, reminiscent of a bright moon hanging in the clouds. The bright moon in the sky, the rice balls in the bowl, and the reunion of every household, symbolizing the auspiciousness of reunion.

Therefore, eating glutinous rice balls expresses people's love for family reunion. It also shows the inheritance and love of Chinese for traditional festivals, and it is also a love for Chinese culture. Eating Lantern Festival has to taste different.

In addition, the name of the glutinous rice balls is similar to the word "reunion", taking the meaning of reunion, symbolizing the reunion of the whole family, harmony and happiness, and people also miss the parting relatives and place their good wishes for the future life.

Tangyuan originated in the Song Dynasty. At that time, Mingzhou arose to eat a novel food, that is, black sesame seeds, lard to make filling, add a little white sugar, rub the outside with glutinous rice flour into a circle, after cooking, it tastes sweet and delicious, and it is very funny. Because this kind of glutinous rice dumplings are boiled in the pot and float and sink, it was first called "floating yuanzi", and later some areas changed the name of "floating yuanzi" to tangyuan.

However, the tangyuan symbolizes a better family reunion, and eating the tangyuan means a happy family and reunion in the new year, so it is a must-have food for the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

Boiling the Lantern Festival: 1. First boil the water, then put down the frozen glutinous rice balls and then change the heat to low, do not let the water boil.

2. If you see that the water is boiling, add some cold water appropriately, gently push the glutinous rice balls and do not stir them too hard, the glutinous rice balls will break if you stir them hard, and cook them until they float on the water surface and you can eat them.

3. The frozen glutinous rice balls will not melt quickly after being taken out of the refrigerator, if there is ice on the glutinous rice balls, it is recommended to properly melt them first, otherwise the cooked glutinous rice balls will not taste good.

4. It is best to use a stainless steel pot, first connect the appropriate water and heat it on the fire, wait until the water will boil, slowly slide the rice balls down the edge of the pot, and then use a spoon to slowly stir along the edge of the pot, do not push the rice balls, because the rice balls may be pushed down.

According to legend, tangyuan originated from King Zhao of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, King Zhao of Chu passed by the Yangtze River and saw floating objects on the river, which was a sweet food that was white on the outside and red on the inside. King Zhao of Chu consulted Confucius, and Confucius said"This duckweed fruit is also a sign of the Lord's revival"。

Because this day is the fifteenth day of the first month, every day in the future, King Zhao ordered his subordinates to imitate this fruit with noodles, and use hawthorn to make a red filling and cook it. Since then, eating glutinous rice balls on the Lantern Festival has become a tradition.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival has been used as a food for a long time in China. During the Song Dynasty, Mingzhou (now Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province) arose to eat a novel food. This kind of food was first called "Fu Yuanzi" and later called "Lantern Festival", and the businessman also called it "Yuanbao".

Lantern Festival, that is"Glutinous rice balls", with sugar, rose, sesame, bean paste, yellow cinnamon, walnut kernels, nuts, jujube paste, etc. as the filling, wrapped into a round shape with glutinous rice flour, can be meat or vegetarian, the flavor is different. It can be boiled, fried, and steamed, which has the meaning of reunion. Shaanxi's glutinous rice balls are not wrapped, but in glutinous rice flour""Formed, or boiled or fried, hot and hot, reunited.

Eating glutinous rice balls during the Lantern Festival originated in the Song Dynasty, and the specific origin is as follows:

During the Song Dynasty, in Mingzhou, which is now Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, there was a rise to eat a novel food, that is, black sesame seeds, lard to make filling, add a little white sugar, rub the outside with glutinous rice flour into a circle, after cooking, it tastes sweet and delicious, and it is funny. Because this kind of glutinous rice dumplings are boiled in the pot and float and sink, it was first called "floating yuanzi", and later some areas regarded "floating yuanzi" as a must-eat delicacy on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and changed its name to tangyuan.

The Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China, the formation of the Lantern Festival to eat rice balls has a long process, according to folklore, the fifteenth day of the first month has been valued in the Western Han Dynasty, the first month of the first month of the Han Dynasty "Shang Xin Night" in the Ganquan Palace to sacrifice "Taiyi" to eat the rice balls, is regarded by later generations as the beginning of the fifteenth day of the first month to sacrifice to the gods.

Precautions for the Lantern Festival:

1. Because of the arrival of the Lantern Festival, there will be a peak of crowds gathering in various entertainment venues and hotels, and most people will drink, so we must pay attention to drinking and not driving, and not drinking while driving.

2. On this day, most citizens will choose to go out to party, or go out to enjoy the lanterns, there may be no one left at home, we must pay attention to check the doors and windows before going out, don't leave a chance for thieves.

3. The Lantern Festival and the Spring Festival are both relatively festive, so many people will set off fireworks to celebrate the festival, and they must pay attention to the fire.

The above content reference: Encyclopedia - Lantern Festival.