Every year on the night of the Lantern Festival, people will use glutinous rice flour to make the shape of a ball, plus the filling wrapped up in the boiling water, after ten minutes, and then into the bowl can be eaten. This food is called "dumplings", and when it comes to dumplings, there is a funny thing that happened to me!
On the night of the Lantern Festival, my mom was in the kitchen wrapping soup dumplings, and I ran over to play, and saw a bowl filled with something black, so I asked my mom: "What is this?" My mom said, "This is sesame, the filling wrapped in glutinous rice flour." I said, "Oh, I've seen sesame seeds in my hometown. If you don't put sugar in it, it doesn't taste sweet at all." Mom went on to say, "With the sesame seeds here, you don't need to put a lot of sugar in the filling." I looked at the dumplings, which were almost like ping-pong balls, and couldn't resist trying them. I first washed my hands and dried them with a cloth. Then I took some glutinous rice flour kneaded with water and flattened it with my hands, then I used a small spoon to make a little filling and wrapped it in the glutinous rice flour, and then I closed the glutinous rice flour together and wrapped it smoothly. I thought it was very easy to make one, so I was a bit careless. But when I was wrapping the second one, I used a little too much force and pressed the glutinous rice flour into my hands. At that time, I felt a little itchy on the top of my head, so I scratched it with my hand, and the glutinous rice powder stuck to my head, but I didn't know it yet. My mom took a look and said, "Why has your hair turned white?" I didn't believe it and ran in front of the mirror to take a look. "Yikes, there's some white sticky rice powder in your hair." I couldn't help but laugh when I saw the white color in the middle of my head. The Lantern Festival also has the custom of eating other foods, such as dumplings and wontons.
On the Lantern Festival, not only do you eat special food, but there are also Lantern customs and culture like guessing riddles and enjoying lanterns.