Tangyuan originated from King Zhao of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period. On the fifteenth day of the first month, King Chu Zhao passed by the Yangtze River and saw floating objects on the river, which were sweets with white outside and red inside. King Zhao of Chu asked Confucius, and Confucius said, "This duckweed fruit is also a sign of rejuvenation." This is duckweed fruit, and the place where it appears represents the symbol of national rejuvenation. )

Because this day is the fifteenth day of the first month, on this day in the future, Zhao Haoqi ordered his men to imitate this fruit with flour and cook it with red stuffing made of hawthorn, which is the embryonic form of today's Lantern Festival. Since then, eating glutinous rice balls on the Lantern Festival has become a tradition.

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There are black sesame seeds, pig fat and a little sugar in the glutinous rice balls. Glutinous rice flour is rubbed into a circle outside. After cooking, the taste is 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 happy reunion in the New Year, so it is a must-have food for the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month.

If you eat glutinous rice balls, you'd better eat them while they are hot. It's more difficult to digest when they are cold. Tangyuan is soft, so you should eat it slowly to avoid burns and too much fat to digest. Chew carefully when eating Yuanxiao to avoid stomach upset.