Yuanxiao is the special food for the Lantern Festival. It is believed that Yuanxiao is named after a palace maid, Yuanxiao, of Emperor Wu Di of the Han Dynasty. Yuanxiao is a kind of sweet dumpling, which is made with sticky rice flour filled with sweet stuffing. And the Festival is named after the famous dumpling. It is very easy to cook - simply dump them in a pot of boiling water for a few minutes - and eaten as a dessert.
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).?
As riddle guessing is interesting and full of wisdom, it has become popular among all social strata.
翻譯：元宵是元宵節的特色食品。據說，元宵是因漢武帝時期的壹位名叫元宵的宮女而得名。元宵是壹種帶餡兒的甜食，是由糯米粉加上甜的餡料制成。元宵節就是因此食品得名。元宵的烹制方法非常簡單，將元宵倒入裝滿沸水的鍋中煮幾分鐘就可以了。
猜燈謎也是元宵節活動的壹個基本組成部分。燈籠的所有者將謎語寫在壹張紙條上，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，他們就可以領取壹份小禮品。這個活動起源於宋朝（960——1279）。
猜燈謎活動極富情趣和智慧，因此在全社會廣受歡迎。