How many days until the 2018 Lantern Festival? Why do we eat glutinous rice balls during the Lantern Festival?
China has a long cultural and historical heritage, and therefore a variety of traditional festivals have been formed over a long period of time. The Lantern Festival is one of them, which symbolizes "family reunion and family happiness." 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!How many days until the 2018 Lantern Festival?The Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in my country, which is held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year. The 2018 Lantern Festival is on Friday, March 2, 2018, which is five days away.The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month is also known as the "Shangyuan Festival". It is one of the traditional festivals of the Han Chinese and some ethnic minorities in China. It is also one of the traditional festivals of the regions in the Chinese character cultural circle and overseas Chinese. The traditional Lantern Festival of the Han nationality began in the Qin Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty issued an order to designate the fifteenth day of the first lunar month as the Lantern Festival. During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, the sacrificial activities for "Taiyi God" were set on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. (Taiyi: the god who dominates everything in the universe). When Sima Qian created the "Taichu Calendar", he had already designated the Lantern Festival as a major festival. The first month of the lunar calendar is the first month of the year. The ancients called the night "xiao", and the fifteenth day is the first full-moon night of the year, so the fifteenth day of the first month is called the Lantern Festival. Also known as the Little New Year, Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival, it is the first important festival after the Spring Festival. In ancient Han customs, the Shangyuan Festival (Lantern Festival), the Zhongyuan Festival (Yulanpen Festival), and the Xiayuan Festival (Shuiguan Festival) are collectively known as the Three Yuans, all of which are very traditional and important festivals. Eating Yuanxiao (Chinese rice dumplings), appreciating lanterns and guessing lantern riddles are several important folk customs of the Lantern Festival. Why do we eat glutinous rice balls during the Lantern Festival?In fact, it does not mean that you have to eat glutinous rice balls on the Lantern Festival. Chinese people always pay attention to seeking good luck in their dealings with others, and glutinous rice balls represent family reunion in Chinese culture.Yuanxiao symbolizes a better family reunion. Eating Yuanxiao means family happiness and reunion in the new year, so Yuanxiao is a must on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Tangyuan is one of the representatives of traditional Chinese snacks. It is a spherical food made of glutinous rice flour, usually with fillings, cooked and eaten with soup. It is also the most distinctive food of the Lantern Festival. It has a very long history. It is said that glutinous rice balls originated in the Song Dynasty. At that time, a novel food was popular in Mingzhou (now Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province). It was made by using black sesame seeds and oil as stuffing, adding a little white sugar, and rolling glutinous rice flour into balls. After cooking, it tasted sweet and delicious, and was quite interesting. Because this kind of glutinous rice ball floats and sinks when cooked in the pot, it was originally called "Floating Yuanzi". Later, some areas changed "Floating Yuanzi" to Yuanxiao. |
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