Dumpling symbolizes a better family reunion, and eating dumplings 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. In some areas in the south, people will also get used to eating glutinous rice balls during the Spring Festival, instead of jiaozi.
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Tangyuan, one of the representatives of traditional snacks in China, is a spherical food made of glutinous rice flour. There are usually fillings, cooked and eaten with soup. At the same time, it is also the most distinctive food of the Lantern Festival with a long history.
Tangyuan culture:
Eating glutinous rice balls is a traditional custom of China people, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls is one year older". Chen Zhisui's "Tangyuan" poem says: "Every winter solstice, everyone cooks, and at the age of one, do you know?"
There is a saying in Ningbo: "Every family in Ningbo makes glutinous rice balls, and contentment is always another day." Hu Bingyan also wrote a poem: "Xiangze glutinous rice is used to make glutinous rice balls, and boiling water is rich and salty. The entrance is sweet and smooth, and the whole family is happy and drunk. "
"Ningbo Tangyuan" is a necessary food and a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour. "Round" means "reunion" and "perfection". Eating Tangyuan during festivals symbolizes family harmony and auspiciousness, so it is also called "Floating Yuanzi".
On the fifteenth day of the first month of the Lantern Festival, "Ningbo Tangyuan", as a food, has a long history in China. This kind of food was first called "Floating Yuanzi" and later called "Tangyuan", also known as Yuanxiao.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia Tangyuan