Guess what kind of food the ancients called floating dumplings?

Guess what kind of food the ancients called floating dumplings? tangyuan

Tangyuan, also known as "Tangtuan" and "Floating Zi Yuan", is one of the representatives of Han traditional snacks. At the same time, it is also the most distinctive food in the traditional Lantern Festival in China, and it also expresses the yearning and expectation of the ancient people for a happy life.

On the 15th day of the first lunar month, Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China. In Hubei, there is a saying that "a year is half a month old", which means that the Chinese New Year is not as important as the Lantern Festival. Lantern Festival also marks the end of the Spring Festival. There are many customs of the Lantern Festival. You should be familiar with activities such as watching lanterns, solve riddles on the lanterns, eating Yuanxiao and visiting temple fairs.

In addition, the ancient folk custom is to greet Ce Shen Zigu on the 15th day of the first month, and Zigu divines and raises silkworms, which accounts for a lot of things. Legend has it that Li Jing's concubine, jealous of her first wife, was killed in the toilet on the 15th day of the first month and became a "Ce Shen". People sympathize with her and miss her. Every Lantern Festival, women worship and comfort her with life-size portraits of Zigu tied with straw and cloth.

Lantern Festival is also an authentic Valentine's Day in China. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu's Life Inspector Yuan, Liu Shao on the Moon, People Meet After Dusk, and Xin Qiji's Jade Case Yuan, "The crowd searched for her for thousands of Baidu, and suddenly looked back, but the man was in the dim light." It's all about dating the right person on the Lantern Festival.