1. 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 lungs. The material of Yuanxiao Tangyuan is mainly glutinous rice, which is sweet and moist. After eating, it can nourish human qi and blood and nourish the spleen and stomach. 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 used glutinous rice materials ... The glutinous rice dumplings on the fifteenth day of the first month were sticky, and the dumplings were easy to cook, but also because glutinous rice had the characteristics of keeping out the cold.

Yuanxiao was originally called "Tangyuan" because it floats on the water after boiling, which is beautiful and reminds people of a bright moon hanging on the clouds. There is a bright moon in the sky, jiaozi in the bowl, and the family is round and round, symbolizing reunion and auspiciousness. Therefore, eating Yuanxiao expresses people's love for family reunion.

Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month is a common custom all over the country. Tangyuan is also called "jiaozi" or "Dumplings" and "Tangyuan", and South Renye Fang is called "Dumplings" and "Floating Dumplings". On the fifteenth day of the first month, almost every household eats Yuanxiao. In addition, the name of Tangyuan is similar to the pronunciation of "reunion", which means reunion, symbolizing family reunion, harmony and happiness. People also miss their departed relatives and place their best wishes on their future lives.