2. Traditional glutinous rice dumplings are made of glutinous rice, with whole grains as fillings, such as peanuts and sesame seeds, which we often eat. Therefore, people eat glutinous rice balls on the Lantern Festival, hoping for a good harvest and good weather in the new year. Rich stuffing also means wealth and prosperity.
The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month is a full moon. In ancient times, nightlife was not as rich as it is now, so in ancient times, people often had the habit of chatting with their families and enjoying the moon. Jiaozi, which is white and round, is like the bright moon in the sky, so the ancients placed their hopes on a harmonious and beautiful family.
4, health care effect: keep out the cold, replenish the spleen and stomach, and benefit the lungs. Eating glutinous rice balls in Lantern Festival not only means celebrating family reunion, but also has the health-preserving effects of keeping out the cold, nourishing the spleen and stomach and benefiting the lung qi. The material of jiaozi for Lantern Festival is mainly glutinous rice. "Compendium of Materia Medica" points out that glutinous rice is a valley for nourishing the spleen and stomach, benefiting the lungs and benefiting qi. Glutinous rice is sweet and warm, which can nourish human blood and spleen and stomach after eating. The coldest winter is March 9, although it has passed now, the weather is warm and cold, and stomach gas is most likely to be lost in cold days. The ancients packed zongzi on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Besides sticky rice, zongzi is easy to cook and won't come loose, but also because glutinous rice has the characteristics of keeping out the cold.