Eat yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month. Yuanxiao, or "Tangyuan", contains sugar, roses, sesame seeds, red bean paste, cinnamon bark, walnut kernel, nuts, jujube paste and so on. And wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a circle, you can be vegetarian and have different flavors. It can be boiled, fried and steamed, which means happy reunion.
The history of the main population in Northeast China migrating to Northeast China is not long, so the customs in Northeast China all contain some foreign or Central Plains customs, which are lost and integrated with each other. People living in different areas have different customs. Sending lanterns (poking lanterns) is a popular custom of ancestor worship in Northeast China.
On the Lantern Festival, every household makes a surface lamp, which is shaped like a bowl, commonly known as a lamp bowl. Corn flour is called golden lamp, white flour is called silver lamp, and buckwheat flour is called iron lamp. After molding, put it in a pot and steam it, and then insert a wick made of reed wrapped in cotton wool. Fill the bowl with lamp oil and the lamp will be ready. Then send these lamps to the ancestral board, the ceiling board and the soap king board in turn, and send them to the warehouse, the cowshed, the well platform, the mill and so on. , walked to the gate and crossroads.
Then the lanterns will be sent to the cemetery and placed on the graves of every deceased relative. When sending a lamp, it is lucky to light it first. People who send lanterns to graves must use their own matches when lighting them. If they borrow someone else's matches to light them, they think their ancestors can't see the light. When lighting a lamp, you should say: on the fifteenth day of the first month, send a lamp, send a gold lamp, send a silver lamp, and send an iron lamp. Some children's graves are bright, but there are no dark holes in front of them. Intentionally stealing a lamp, I stole a big iron lamp. My back couldn't move, it was cold and slippery, and the big cloth shirt burned a big hole. On the night of Lantern Festival, because every family sends lanterns, intersections and field cemeteries are brightly lit. This custom still exists in Heilongjiang and even the vast rural areas in Northeast China.