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Eating Yuanxiao 吃元宵 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. 元宵是元宵节的特色食品。据说，元宵是因汉武帝时期的一位名叫元宵的宫女而得名。 Yuanxiao is a kind of sweet dumpling, which is made with sticky rice flour filled with sweet stuffing. 元宵是一种带馅儿的甜食，是由糯米粉加上甜的馅料制成。 And the Festival is named after the famous dumpling. 元宵节就是因此食品得名。 It is very easy to cook - simply dump them in a pot of boiling water for a few minutes - and eaten as a desert. 元宵的烹制方法非常简单，将元宵倒入装满沸水的锅中煮几分钟就可以了。 Guessing lantern riddles 猜灯谜 "Guessing lantern riddles"is an essential part of the Festival. 猜灯谜也是元宵节活动的一个基本组成部分。 Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the lanterns. 灯笼的所有者将谜语写在一张纸条上，然后将纸条展示在灯笼上。 If visitors have solutions to the riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the lantern owners to check their answer. 如果赏灯者猜出谜语，就将纸条取出，然后找灯笼所有者确认答案。 | 
