What is glutinous rice balls?

Tangyuan, also known as "Tangtuan" and "Gone with the Wind in Zi Yuan", is one of the representatives of Han traditional snacks. It is also the most distinctive food in the traditional Lantern Festival in China, expressing the yearning and expectation for a happy life. Black sesame seeds and pig fat are used as stuffing, a little sugar is added, and glutinous rice flour is used to knead the outside into a circle. 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 happy family reunion in the New Year, which is a must-have food for the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month.

Tangyuan culture

Eating dumplings is a traditional custom of the Han nationality, especially in Jiangnan. There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls is one year older". Chen Zhisui's poem "Tangyuan" says: "Every winter solstice, everyone cooks, and you don't know anything at the age of one"; Hu also has a poem day: "Xiangze glutinous rice is used to make glutinous rice balls, and silver, wealth and salt float in boiling water." The entrance is sweet and smooth, and the whole family is happy and intoxicated. ""Ningbo Tangyuan "is a necessary food, a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour." "Circle" means "reunion" and "perfection". Eating glutinous rice balls during festivals symbolizes family harmony and auspiciousness, so it is also called "floating Zi Yuan".

Characteristics of glutinous rice balls

There are sesame seeds, red bean paste, walnuts, nuts, jujube paste and so on in the glutinous rice balls. And wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a circle, which can be vegetarian and have different flavors. It can be boiled, fried and steamed, which means happy reunion.