What are some of the customs about the Lantern Festival around the world?

Most provinces have their own customs for the Lantern Festival, though some are more similar.

One, Guangdong:

1, broken bowl cutting: on the night of the Lantern Festival, every family cooks a pot of green bean soup, puts the beans in a bowl, one of them will walk around with the bowl, and the others have to use their chopsticks to cut the bowl to see who's cutting the most accurate.

2, book scrolls hanging willow: on the night of the Lantern Festival, under the willow tree filled with colorful lanterns, people will hang books on the willow tree to see who can do the best.

3, sticking lanterns: lanterns are the most important decoration in the Lantern Festival, a big red cloth will be hung on the streets of Wanjia as a decoration, and pairs of lanterns will be glued on it.

Two, Zhejiang:

1, Dragon and Lion Dance: On the night of the Lantern Festival, people will form wind and drum bands in the streets, and the streets will be more active with scenes of dragon and lion dances, which are lively and active.

2. Begging for lanterns: Begging for lanterns is a traditional custom of the Lantern Festival, which refers to the fact that small children go around begging for lanterns at night, and then collect these lanterns and place them in their homes.

3, eat soup dumplings: in addition to the Guangdong "broken bowls of paper cuts", Zhejiang also "eat soup dumplings", soup dumplings shells made of flour and glutinous rice, filled with a variety of fruits, with different flavors; in addition, there will be bean paste, white sugar and other flavors of the There will also be bean paste, white sugar and other flavors for the guests to choose from.

Three, Jiangxi:

1, guessing riddles: the Lantern Festival in Jiangxi has a tradition of guessing riddles, children will be so to play, one side to ask a question, the other party to answer with a sentence, the two sides guessed correctly, to solve the riddle.

2, the countryside tour lanterns: Jiangxi's countryside tour lanterns is the custom of a prevalent activity, the countryside children with colored lanterns and lanterns, weaving a variety of beautiful patterns, put on the head of the shed, the night there will be a very spectacular scene of lights and splendor.

3, jumping frog: Jiangxi's jumping frog is also very interesting, the children will be a magnet placed on the ground, and then put a small handful of beans in it, teaching children to use the iron nail to set the beans apart, to see who can jump the furthest, who jumped the highest, so as to cathartic vigor.