Tangyuan

Tangyuan (Chinese: 汤圆, pinyin: tāng yuán), also known as "sweet dumplings" and "floating yuanzi", are one of the representatives of traditional Han Chinese snacks. At the same time, it is also the most characteristic food of Chinese traditional festival Lantern Festival, which also expresses the ancient people's yearning and expectation for a happy life.
According to legend, soup dumplings originated in the Song Dynasty. At that time, Mingzhou (now Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province), a novelty food, that is, with black sesame, lard filling, adding a little sugar, the outside of the glutinous rice flour rolled into a round shape, cooked, eaten sweet and soft, with a long aftertaste. At the same time, dumplings symbolize family reunion, eating dumplings also means that in the new year, family happiness, reunion, so it is the first month of the 15th Lantern Festival essential food.
Category:Chinese Food Glossary