In the north, on the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the moonlight is like water, sprinkled on the snow, reflecting a crystal world. At this time, on the stove of every household, a food feast about "reunion" is being staged - Rolling Lantern Festival.
The Lantern Festival is not only the shape that rolls out, but also people's expectations and blessings for the New Year. In the north, this is not only a food, but also an emotional sustenance and a cultural inheritance.
To roll the Lantern Festival, you first need to prepare the filling. Red beans, black sesame seeds, peanuts, walnuts, ......These rich fillings imply a bumper harvest and a happy life. People knead the fillings into small balls and put them on the plate one by one, like crystal clear pearls.
Next, it's time for the most critical "roll". Put the prepared filling into the dustpan with glutinous rice flour and roll it back and forth until the filling rolls out round balls in the dustpan. This process requires patience and care, and if you are not careful, the Lantern Festival will break, revealing the filling inside.
The rolled Lantern Festival, boiled in boiling water, floats on the surface of the water one by one, like ducklings playing in a pond. Cooked Lantern Festival, thin skin filling, glutinous taste, sweet and delicious, take a bite, as if you can feel the strong New Year's flavor and the warmth of home.
The process of rolling the Lantern Festival is also a time for family reunion. Everyone sat around the stove, chatting and making hands-on products, laughter and conversation were intertwined, forming a warm family picture. It's an atmosphere that no other food can replace.
In the north, the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is not only a delicacy, but also an emotional sustenance and a cultural inheritance. It rolls out people's expectations and blessings for the New Year, the warmth of home and the happiness of reunion. This tradition of rolling the Lantern Festival has been passed down for hundreds of years, even thousands of years, and has become a unique cultural symbol in the north.
Whenever the fifteenth day of the first lunar month comes, no matter where they are, northerners will think of the warm picture of the rolling Lantern Festival, the taste of that home, and the strong flavor of the New Year. This taste has been deeply imprinted in their hearts and has become their eternal memory.
Rolling the Lantern Festival, rolling out the taste of home, rolling out the taste of the New Year, rolling out the pride and pride of the northerners. It is a unique culture, a deep emotion, an indescribable happiness. In the north, the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is always so beautiful and exciting.