Besides eating Lantern Festival lanterns, what other customs are there in all parts of our province? Some things you can’t think of






the Lantern Festival
Gain three pounds every holiday.
After eating and drinking during the Spring Festival
The second round of the festival "Lantern Festival" is coming again.

Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month
In the Lantern Festival, people watch lanterns and solve riddles on the lanterns.
And have a family reunion to eat Yuanxiao.
It means sweet New Year reunion.
as the proverb goes
Eating yuanxiao in the north
South chi dumplings
Lantern Festival? Tangyuan?

Why do the north and the south eat differently?
Are they one thing?
In fact, glutinous rice dumplings and Yuanxiao are both snow-white spheres filled with glutinous rice. Tracing back to the source, they are the same thing.
The custom of eating glutinous rice balls began in the Song Dynasty, but in the process of evolution, the differences in production techniques between the north and the south gradually formed two names.
"Roll" Yuanxiao in the North

Image source: Benxi Daily
When people in the north make Yuanxiao, they first knead the stuffing into a uniform ball, put it in a laundry basket covered with dry glutinous rice flour and shake it constantly. From time to time, water is added to make the stuffing stick more and more glutinous rice flour until the stuffing is covered with glutinous rice flour and rolled into a ball.
Because of this, Yuanxiao can be eaten in a variety of ways. Such as frying or steaming.
Yuanxiao tastes strong on the skin, and the stuffing is chewy. The boiled soup will be thicker, which is a bit like drinking rice soup.
South Bao sweet dumplings

Zhaotong City Transportation Bureau staff Bao Tangyuan Qingyuanxiao correspondent Chen Jing photo
The method of making glutinous rice balls is a bit like making steamed stuffed buns. First, glutinous rice flour is added with water to form balls, which are left for several hours. Then, the stuffing is mixed evenly and put in a container for later use, and it is not necessary to cut into small pieces. The water content of glutinous rice balls is more than that of Yuanxiao, and the wet glutinous rice flour is very sticky. You can only pull a small ball of wet noodles by hand, squeeze it into a round shape, pick a ball of stuffing and put it on the glutinous rice slices, and then turn around with both hands to make glutinous rice balls. The fillings of glutinous rice balls are sweet and salty, and there are meat and vegetables. In many places, pork, ham and shrimp are also used as fillings.
Tangyuan has a smooth skin and a delicate taste. Because there is a lot of water in the stuffing, the stuffing will flow out like quicksand at the moment when it is bitten. Besides, the soup cooked with glutinous rice balls is clearer than Yuanxiao.
In addition, the storage of Yuanxiao can’t be frozen, but it can only be cooked and eaten now, and it can’t be stored for a long time (it will crack if it is kept for a long time, and the same is true for cold storage), while the dumplings must be frozen.
In fact, no matter whether you eat Yuanxiao or Tangyuan, although there are differences in form, the moral you want to express is the same, that is, round and round, round and full.
A little more knowledge
Yuanxiao is delicious, but some people should not eat more.
Diabetic patients: The sugar content of Yuanxiao is high. If patients covet the delicious food, their blood sugar will rise sharply, which will not only aggravate their illness, but also induce ketoacidosis.
Patients with ulcer disease: Eating Yuanxiao can increase gastric acid secretion, aggravate the stimulation to ulcer surface, and even induce gastric bleeding and gastric perforation in severe cases.
Gastrointestinal dysfunction: Yuanxiao is made of glutinous rice flour, which is sticky and difficult to digest. After eating, it can lead to stomach pain, bloating, belching, acid reflux and even diarrhea.
Patients with acute gastroenteritis: the gastrointestinal tract is in a state of congestion and edema. Patients should eat digestible foods such as rice soup and lotus root starch. Eating Yuanxiao will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract.
Patients with high fever: The gastrointestinal tract of patients is relatively inhibited when they have fever, so they should eat some easily digestible food such as liquid food, otherwise it will aggravate the condition.
Patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and gout: These patients are in danger of aggravating their condition by eating Yuanxiao, so it is advisable to eat less.
Early recovery from a long illness: At this time, although the patient’s appetite has improved, his digestive function is still weak, and excessive consumption of Yuanxiao is not conducive to recovery.
Old and infirm people: these people have decreased digestive function and lost teeth, especially the old people’s swallowing reflex is relatively slow, which may cause the Lantern Festival to get stuck in the throat due to rapid swallowing, leading to breathing difficulties and even suffocation and death.
Infants and young children: Children’s digestive function is weak, and their swallowing reflex has not been fully developed. Therefore, when eating Yuanxiao, you should not eat it whole, but divide it into a quarter, and then eat the second bite after eating one bite. You must chew slowly to prevent accidents.
People whose digestive function has not recovered after "Yangkang": It is also not suitable to eat more Yuanxiao, otherwise it will aggravate their own basic diseases and bring about adverse reactions such as abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, acid reflux and heartburn.
"Sixteen full moons on the 15th" is still the annual "minimum full moon".

On February 19, 2019, in Kunming, Yunnan Province, an airplane flew past the annual "Maximum Full Moon". Xinhua News Agency reporter Yan Yiguang photo
On the Lantern Festival, it is the right time to enjoy the moon. According to astronomical science experts, the Lantern Festival in Guimao Year of the Rabbit "the 16th Moon of the 15th" is still the annual "minimum full moon".
"Because the moment of’ looking’ in the first month of Guimao Year of the Rabbit appears at 2: 29 on February 6, the Lantern Festival in the Year of the Rabbit is’ the 16th Moon of the 15th’." Xiu Lipeng, a member of the Chinese Astronomical Society and director of the Tianjin Astronomical Society, said.
This round of the most round Lantern Festival is a bit special. It is not only the first full moon in the year of Guimao Rabbit, but also the smallest full moon in 2023.
How to appreciate this round of Lantern Festival full moon? "The moment of’ looking’ takes place in the early hours of the morning, and the public who intend to enjoy the moon can watch and shoot about two hours after sunset on the 5th. At this time, although the moon is not the roundest, it is almost the same as the roundest moment, and it has just risen and looks very big. It is not only suitable for naked eye appreciation, but also very suitable for taking photos with the ground landscape. " Xiu Lipeng suggested.
Editor: Yang Chunping
Comprehensive arrangement from Baidu Encyclopedia, Xinhuanet and Benxi Daily.
(yunnan net)
Cheerful to welcome the festival, singing and laughing at the Lantern Festival. The "2021 Lantern Festival Gala" of the Central Radio and Television General Station will arrive as scheduled at 20:00 today. All the programs were officially announced, and the program list was freshly released. This year’s Lantern Festival will take the theme of "Spend a good month and have a midnight snack", and use songs, dances, sketches, cross talk, acrobatics, magic, martial arts, operas, musicals and other wonderful programs to convey the family reunion and happy feelings of Chinese children. CCTV-1 comprehensive channel, CCTV-3 variety channel, CCTV-4 Chinese international channel, CCTV literature and art, CCTV video and CCTV audio-visual client broadcast simultaneously. Please watch.





























Chao News Client Reporter Zhang Ran Correspondent Hong Meina
On February 5th, Zhejiang Swimming Team will soon return to the Olympic Sports Center.

Respondents of Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Swimming Pool provided
It is reported that on the same day, Wang Shun, Xu Jiayu, Ye Shiwen, Wu Qingfeng and Hong Jinquan, members of the "Zhejiang Swimming Champion Team" of the Hangzhou Asian Games, will bring many other national champion athletes to the swimming pool of Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center to witness the signing of the swimming pool with the Zhejiang Swimming Management Center and the unveiling of the Zhejiang Swimming Team Training Base.

Provided by respondents of Zhejiang Swimming Sky Group
The swimming pool of Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center has a total construction area of 53,959 square meters and more than 6,400 seats. It is the second largest swimming and diving hall in China after Beijing Water Cube. On September 29th, 2023, the six-day swimming competition of Hangzhou Asian Games came to an end in the swimming pool of Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center.
The Zhejiang Swimming Army, which fought at home, is the most beautiful scenery in the Asian Games. It contributed 14 gold, 7 silver and 3 bronze to the China delegation, accounting for half of the gold medals in the Asian Games, breaking 5 Asian records and 3 Asian Games records.
In November last year, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Qianjiang Century City, Wang Shun was hired as the brand official of Qianjiang Century City, to build a first-class competition core area for this "Asian Games City" and to better publicize and promote sports at home and abroad.

Provided by indoor interviewees in the swimming pool of Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center
"This time, joining hands with Zhejiang Swimming Sports Management Center and listing the provincial swimming team training base to help cultivate more reserve talents of Zhejiang Swimming Army is an important measure for Century City to strengthen the competition economy and help Xiaoshan build the first competition economic zone in the province." Qianjiang Century City staff said.
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Fancy left hand
Quiet right hand
Have a rest and enjoy peace by the water.
If you come to Suqian alone, start a quiet journey of one person. Here, you can not only feel the modernity and prosperity of the city, but also appreciate the ecology and tranquility of the Suqian section of the ancient canal.

Soaring thousands of miles, sighing about Qian Qian.
The boat of the canal, from south to north, is endless. Looking at the bridge, the past of the city, countless beautiful scenery.

Suqian is born of water and prospers because of water. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes through the territory and meanders. Looking at the two sides of the canal, the green water sets off the greenery, and high-rise buildings rise not far away, and a different feeling rises from the bottom of my heart.

Stroll through the scenic belt of Suyu Central Canal, walk into the most beautiful canal coastline in Siyang, indulge in the tenderness of the river, enjoy the scenery along the way and feel the leisurely and slow life of Shuicheng with the boat.
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"Bridge" meets Xi Chu and listens to a secret language.
The winding Grand Canal is the "mother river" of Suqian people. Today, when the banks of the canal are becoming more and more beautiful, bridges span the banks of the canal, bearing the memories of countless Suqian people.

"Bridge" meets Suqian and listens to the secret language of Canal Bridge. How many bridges are there in Suqian section of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal? Let’s count them.

North Ring Canal Bridge, Nanjing Road Canal Bridge, Development Avenue Canal Bridge, Yanghe Bridge, Canal Culture Bridge, Zaohe An Lan Bridge and many other canal bridges are either classical or fashionable, and the stories of the city are recorded in the joyful songs of canal water. Overlooking from the sky, is this place of Xi Chu particularly attractive?

Perhaps, when you meet a canal bridge unexpectedly, someone is watching you from a distance when you are standing on the bridge watching the scenery.
Seek seclusion by the river and explore the style of Shuicheng.
As far as you can see, there are many cultural attractions beside the canal bridge. Canal History Museum, outdoor theater, sightseeing tower, outdoor cafe, cruise terminal ….. Garden beauty and characteristic buildings are embedded in it, which enriches the wonderful swimming along the river.

Cross the canal bridge and walk along the riverside road to a street in the city, turning quiet into excitement. A tall building next to another, an alley after another, a new look, all tell the story about Suqian.
