1. Eating jiaozi on the 15th day of the first month is one of the top ten customs in China. Eating jiaozi is also called eating Yuanxiao. Because dumplings represent reunion and beauty, and the days are getting more and more prosperous, which is of great significance to a family, so we must eat "Yuanxiao" with our families during the Lantern Festival.

Eating glutinous rice balls in Lantern Festival not only means celebrating family reunion, but also has the health care effects of keeping out the cold, nourishing the spleen and stomach and benefiting the lungs. 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.

3. Eating zongzi on the Lantern Festival will warm the spleen and stomach, and people's breath will become quite smooth, which will make the whole body warm and play a role in keeping out the cold, especially suitable for those with spleen and stomach deficiency. In addition, glutinous rice also contains protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, nicotinic acid and other rich nutrients, so it can be said that glutinous rice dumplings are warm and strong food.