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Reporter Li Qun.
At 6 o'clock in the evening of February 23, outside a bread and cake shop in the Nanying Farmers' Market of the High-tech Zone, the barrel of the "shaking" Lantern Festival kept turning, the snow-white Lantern Festival rolled up and down, and the children who were watching the fresh eyes widened.
Lantern Festival, which means reunion and happiness, is a traditional festival food of the Chinese nation. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, every household will cook a pot of hot Lantern Festival to share the time of reunion. In this year's Lantern Festival, the sales of the Lantern Festival are extremely hot, and major merchants have launched Lantern Festivals of various flavors and packages to meet the diverse needs of consumers.
Lantern Festival is generally dangling in a bucket.
Five or six times to form, the skin and filling are uniform and solid, I have a traditional practice, there are strict time requirements for soaking rice and fermentation, the Lantern Festival is sticky and fragrant, peanuts and black sesame flavors sell well, and you have to queue up to buy it during peak hours. The shopkeeper shook his head and introduced. "Children like to eat Lantern Festival, watching the production on the spot, clean and hygienic, and buying with confidence. A young mother with a child added.
With the improvement of people's living standards, the requirements for the quality and taste of festival food are getting higher and higher. "This year, I have the most varieties of Lantern Festival, such as chocolate, durian, cheese and other emerging flavors, which are very popular among young people. At the same time, classic flavors such as traditional black sesame seeds and red beans are still hot sellers. The owner of a lantern festival seller in the northeast corner of the market told reporters.
As a food symbolizing reunion, Lantern Festival has become a way for people to express their homesickness. Mr. Dai, who lives in Zhangdian Fangzheng International Community, is a well-known inverter ** business in China, and this year he took his family to Haikou for the New Year, and returned to Zhangdian on the thirteenth day of the first month, "This year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is what our small family eats in Haikou, and on the fifteenth day of the first month, we will cook a pot of hot Lantern Festival and have a reunion festival with relatives." ”
In recent days, in the city's major shopping malls and supermarkets, the Lantern Festival has been placed in a conspicuous position. In addition to traditional varieties such as black sesame, some new varieties this year, such as sugar-free and low-sugar glutinous rice balls, have been favored by many people, and many customers are buying them for the elderly at home.
In the way of eating Lantern Festival (glutinous rice balls), consumers' choices can also be described as "varied". According to the survey, 81% of consumers choose to "eat it as a dessert and eat it after a meal"; 69% of consumers choose to "eat it as a staple food or breakfast, eat it to a full stomach"; 55% of consumers choose to "eat together, such as small balls with milk tea"; 51% of consumers choose "as a snack, with a meal, and eat it in a meal"; Another 49% of consumers will choose to "cook as an ingredient, such as fried rice balls".
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival is full of tradition and festive atmosphere, eating Lantern Festival (glutinous rice balls), appreciating flower lanterns, and watching performances (pretending) are all popular customs of the common people. Among them, the Lantern Festival, which means reunion and happiness, is undoubtedly the most popular, and has become the new favorite of a nationwide food boom after the Spring Festival.