Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month, as a food, has a long history in China. In the Song Dynasty, a novel food for the Lantern Festival was popular among the people. This kind of food was first called "Floating Yuanzi" and later called "Yuanxiao".

Businessmen also call it "Yuanbao"

. Yuanxiao, or "Tangyuan", is filled with white sugar, rose, sesame, red bean paste, yellow cinnamon, walnut kernel, nuts, jujube paste, etc., and wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a round shape, which can be vegetarian and has different flavors. It can be boiled in soup, fried and steamed, which means a happy reunion.

As a food, Yuanxiao has a long history in China. In the Song Dynasty, a novel food for the Lantern Festival was popular among the people. This kind of food was first called "Floating Yuanzi" and later called "Yuanxiao", and businessmen also called it "Yuanbao". In ancient times, the price of "Yuanxiao" was relatively expensive, and a poem said: "Guests look at the Imperial Street with a hook curtain, and the treasures in the city come at one time. There is no way to go in front of the curtain, and no money can be returned. "

Yuanxiao is one of the traditional snacks in China, which belongs to the food custom of Lantern Festival. The practice of Yuanxiao is based on stuffing, which is mixed first, then spread into large round slices, dried and then cut into cubes smaller than table tennis. Then put the stuffing into a machine like a big sieve, pour the rice flour on it, and "sieve" it. As the stuffing collides with each other, the rice sticks to the surface of the stuffing and becomes spherical, which becomes Yuanxiao. The north "rolls" Yuanxiao and the south "wraps" glutinous rice balls, which are two foods with different practices and tastes.