Floating dumplings refer to the present dumplings, which are called "floating dumplings" because they float or are round when cooked.

It is the most distinctive food in the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival, and it is very popular in the south of the Yangtze River. There is also a saying among the people that glutinous rice balls are one year older.

Tangyuan originated in the Song Dynasty. At that time, a novel food emerged in Mingzhou (now Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province), that is, black sesame seeds and pork suet were used as stuffing, a little sugar was added, and glutinous rice flour was rubbed into a circle outside. After cooking, it tasted sweet and soft, with endless aftertaste. At the same time, glutinous rice balls symbolize family reunion, and eating glutinous rice balls also means family happiness and reunion in the new year, so it is a must-have food for the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month.