What did the ancients say about water gardens?

The floating dumplings mentioned by the ancients refer to glutinous rice balls.

Some places are also called Yuanxiao, and the dumplings will float when cooked, so they are called floating dumplings. It is mainly eaten on the Lantern Festival, so it is called Yuanxiao. Some people say that those with stuffing are called Yuanxiao, and those without stuffing are called solid glutinous rice balls.

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.