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Why do you eat Tangyuan on the Lantern Festival? What is the moral of eating Tangyuan?

When it comes to the custom of the Lantern Festival, do you immediately think of eating Tangyuan on the Lantern Festival? Then, why do you want to eat Tangyuan on the Lantern Festival? What's the meaning of eating Tangyuan on the Lantern Festival? Let's have a look.

Why do you eat Tangyuan on the Lantern Festival

1. The pronunciation of tangyuan. Because the introduction of Tangyuan is similar to "Reunion", eating Tangyuan on the Lantern Festival symbolizes the family's reunion, harmony and happiness.

2、 The appearance of tangyuan. Because the shape of Tangyuan is round, and when cooking Tangyuan, floating on the water, people think of a round of bright moon hanging in the cloud. The bright moon in the sky, tangyuan in the bowl, the reunion of every family, symbolizes the auspicious reunion.

3、 The taste of tangyuan. Tangyuan is usually made of glutinous rice flour, the most common one is sweet Tangyuan, which symbolizes the happiness and sweetness of the whole family.

It's said that during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was a palace maid named 'Lantern Festival'. Because she was secluded in the palace all the year round, missing her parents and crying all the time. In order to help her, the doctor Dong Fangshuo lied to Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty that the God of fire burned Chang'an on the 15th day of the first month at the order of the Jade Emperor. The only way to escape from the disaster was to let the 'Yuanxiao girl' make many Tangyuan that the God of fire loves to eat on the 15th day of the first month, and all the subjects put on lights to worship. Emperor Hanwu zhuzou and miss Yuanxiao finally met her family. Since then, the custom of eating Tangyuan on the Lantern Festival has spread.

The custom of eating Tangyuan on Lantern Festival was popular in Tang and Song dynasties. Tangyuan also has different names in different periods, such as Tang Dynasty Yuanxiao Festival eating Tangyuan, 'called face cocoon' and 'round does not fall into the corner'. In the Southern Song Dynasty, it was called "lactose round". The Song Dynasty Zhou Bida's poem "Yuanxiao boil floating round son" wrote: in the starry dark cloud, the Pearl floats in the muddy water.