Eating Yuanxiao 吃元宵
People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on the Lantern Festival, so it is aslo called the “Yuanxiao Festival”, Yuanxiao also has another name, tangyuan. It is small dumpling balls made of glutionous rice with rose petals, sesame, bean paste, walnut meat, dried fruit, sugar and edible oil as filling. Tangyuan can be boiled, fried or steamed. It tastes sweet and has the meaning of reunion. So people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for the family.
民間過元宵節都會吃元宵。元宵由糯米制成，或實心，或帶餡，餡有豆沙、白糖、山楂、各類果料等。食用時煮、炸、蒸皆可。起初，人們把這種食物叫作“浮圓子”，後來又叫湯糰或湯圓，這些名稱與“團圓”字音相近，取團圓之意，象徵全家人團團圓圓和睦幸福。
Guessing lantern riddles 猜燈謎
"Guessing lantern riddles"is an essential part of the Festival. Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the lanterns. If visitors have solutions to the riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the lantern owners to check their answer. If they are right, they will get a little gift. The activity emerged during people's enjoyment of lanterns in the Song Dynasty (960-1279).
猜燈謎也是元宵節活動的一個基本組成部分。燈籠的所有者將謎語寫在一張紙條上，然後將紙條展示在燈籠上。如果賞燈者猜出謎語，就將紙條取出，然後找燈籠所有者確認答案。答對的話，可以領取一份小禮品。這個活動起源於宋朝(960—1279)。
1. What letter is an animal?
歡迎大家踴躍參與，燈謎謎底大家猜到的話留言說出來，一起熱熱鬧鬧過元宵佳節！
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