Why do we eat glutinous rice balls during the Lantern Festival?
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, during the Lantern Festival, there is a custom of eating glutinous rice balls in southern my country. Do you know why we eat glutinous rice balls on the Lantern Festival? What is the origin of eating Tangyuan? The Fortune Teller website provides you with more information related to the first month of the lunar calendar in 2018. You are welcome to learn more about it!The reason for eating tangyuan during the Lantern FestivalEating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is a common custom throughout the country. According to experts, glutinous rice balls are also called "tangtuan" or "yuanzi" or "tuanzi". People in the south also call them "shuiyuan" and "floating yuanzi". Every fifteenth day of the first lunar month, almost every household eats Yuanxiao.Folk experts said that when cooking glutinous rice balls, they float on the water after the pot opens, which is very beautiful and reminds people of a bright moon hanging in the sky. There is a bright moon in the sky, dumplings in the bowl, and every family is reunited, symbolizing reunion and auspiciousness. Therefore, eating glutinous rice balls expresses people's love for family reunion. The survey also shows that Chinese people’s inheritance and love of traditional festivals is also a love for Chinese culture. Eating Yuanxiao should give it a different flavor. In addition, the name of tangyuan is similar to the word "tuanyuan", which means reunion. It symbolizes the reunion of the whole family, harmony and happiness. People also use it to miss their separated relatives and express their good wishes for future life. The Origin of Eating Tangyuan on Lantern FestivalThe Lantern Festival is also known as the "Shangyuan Festival" or the "Lantern Festival". According to historical records, the Lantern Festival appeared around the Han Dynasty. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was called one of the three major traditional festivals of the Chinese folk along with the Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival. It has a history of more than 2,000 years.It is said that during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, there was a maid in the palace named "Yuanxiao". She was secluded in the palace for many years, missing her parents and crying all day long. Dongfang Shuo was determined to help her, so he lied to Emperor Wu of Han that the God of Fire was ordered by the Jade Emperor to burn Chang'an on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The only way to escape the disaster was to let "Miss Yuanxiao" make a lot of glutinous rice balls, which the God of Fire loved to eat, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and all the subjects would light lanterns and offer sacrifices to her. Emperor Wu of Han approved the request, and the "Yuanxiao" girl finally met her family. From then on, the Lantern Festival was formed, and the custom of eating glutinous rice balls on the Lantern Festival also spread at this time. The custom of eating glutinous rice balls during the Lantern Festival was formed around the Song Dynasty. According to records, during the Tang Dynasty, people ate "noodle cocoons" and "round but not falling corners" during the Lantern Festival. In the Southern Song Dynasty, "lactose balls" appeared, which should be the predecessor of glutinous rice balls. The poem "Cooking Floating Dumplings on Lantern Festival" written by Zhou Bida in the Song Dynasty contains the lines "Stars shine in the dark clouds, pearls float in the turbid water". By the Ming Dynasty, "Yuanxiao" had more names. |
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