1. Tangyuan is one of the representative snacks of Han nationality in China. It is a kind of spherical food made of glutinous rice flour, which usually has stuffing and is cooked in soup. It is also the most distinctive food of the Lantern Festival. It has a long history.
It is said that sweet dumplings originated in Song Dynasty. At that time, Mingzhou (now Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province) began to eat a novel food, that is, black sesame seeds and lard were used as stuffing, a little sugar was added, and glutinous rice flour was used to make balls outside. After cooking, it tastes sweet, delicious and interesting. Because this kind of dumplings cooked in a pot will float and sink, it was originally called "floating Zi Yuan", and later it was renamed Yuanxiao in some areas. It is said that Yuanxiao symbolizes family reunion, and eating Yuanxiao means happy family reunion in the new year, so Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month is necessary.