The Lantern Festival has always been one of the most important festivals in China
There are a series of traditional folk customs such as flower viewing lanterns, eating lanterns, and guessing lantern riddles
In Shaanxi, due to the differences in northern Shaanxi, Guanzhong and southern Shaanxi
There are unique traditions in food and folklore performances
Xi'an Yongxingfang combines local customs and takes the theme of "Intangible Cultural Heritage Lantern Fireworks reunion" as the theme, and for the first time presents the different folk cultures and regional cuisines of northern Shaanxi, Guanzhong and southern Shaanxi to citizens and tourists through the innovative performance of intangible cultural heritage and folk culture. The pyrotechnic experience makes this Shaanxi Intangible Cultural Heritage neighborhood bustling with activity.
At the event site, the intangible cultural heritage performances in the three major regions of Shaanxi attracted many tourists. Highlighting the majestic "Northern Shaanxi Song" of the loess slopes of northern Shaanxi, the dragon and lion dance in Guanzhong, which symbolizes the festive and auspicious Guanzhong Dragon Dance, and the "Dry Boat Rowing Colorful Boat" in southern Shaanxi, which is full of longing for a rich life, is staged in Yongxingfang in turn, so that the people are happy in it, and at the same time, they also receive the peace and festivity brought by the Lantern Festival intangible cultural heritage performances in different regions of Shaanxi.
In addition to folk performances, non-hereditary heirs have also presented their own "stunts" to help the Winter Olympics. Paper-cutting, cotton wool paintings, face sculptures, etc., have become hot "ice piers" in the hands of intangible cultural heritage teachers, allowing citizens and tourists to see the cute style of the "top stream" mascot during the Lantern Festival.
In addition, the three major regions of Shaanxi Lantern Festival food production and tasting, fragrant and round taste, reunion and beauty of the meaning is more loved by people.
Egg yolk meat floss, white chocolate nut lantern,
Rose coconut juice large rice balls, fried rice balls...
The dining table in the Xi'an box area room was lively again
What is your favorite taste?
Recently, according to the taste preferences of consumers across the country, Box Immediately added 200 new lanterns and tangyuan with different flavors, both the lanterns loved by northerners and the tangyuan that southerners liked, almost achieving "one city and one taste".
In Xi'an, the sweet stuffing lantern is still the mainstream of consumption, this year's Hema Workshop's Lantern has improved the formula of previous years, in order to meet the needs of consumers paying attention to health, the sugar of the filling is reduced by an average of 30% compared with previous years, the skin filling is 3:7, the skin is thinner and the filling is larger, so that everyone can eat more satisfied.
In addition to the flavors of black sesame, peanuts, hawthorn, rose and other flavors often eaten by Xi'an people, this year Hema Workshop launched new flavors such as salty egg yolk meat floss and white chocolate nuts, and mixed dragon juice into glutinous rice flour to make a pink lantern, which is also popular with consumers who like to taste fresh.
Wang Junping, the relevant person in charge of the Hema Workshop, said that this year's Lantern Festival, Hema pushed out the new layers in taste and appearance, while reproducing the traditional old taste. In addition to innovative tastes, hema and Huxian restaurants and other long-established brands to launch the traditional flavor of the lantern, but also mobilized the enthusiasm for consumption, compared with last year, this year's Lantern Festival before the Lantern Festival sales doubled.
In Xi'an Daduhui and several other stores also launched the lantern, the machine of the lantern is placed in the store site, so that consumers can clearly see how the lantern is gradually from filling to finished product. According to reports, from the current lantern on the shelves to now, daily sales have reached a new high.
In addition to the Lantern Festival in the north, the tangyuan that southerners often eat is also quite popular.
Coconut rose dumplings, fried rice balls, and even mustard flavors, which are less commonly available, are also available in Xi'an. "China's vast geographical characteristics have spawned different eating habits in various places. In order to meet the diversified needs, Hema creates a local flavor through R&D teams around the world and according to local conditions. The relevant person in charge of the Hema Workshop said.
According to statistics, there are as many as 200 types of tangyuan and lantern for sale in the Lantern Festival Box Horse, of which there are more than 30 kinds of tangyuan developed by the Box Horse Workshop itself, which can basically meet the choices of box room users around the world.
Source: Xuanyuan Yangzi, chief reporter of Xi'an Newspaper
Reporter Zeng Shixiang Xia Lina
Edit: Xiao Lu
Review: Chumo, Wenyue
Producer: Xi'an Newspaper Media Group