Tangyuan is also known as Fuyuanzi and Yuanxiao. Because this kind of glutinous rice ball floats and sinks when boiled in the pot, it was first called "Fuyuanzi", and later "Fuyuanzi" was renamed Tangyuan.

Eating glutinous rice balls during the Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese custom.

So it is also called Lantern Festival.

Tangyuan originated in the Song Dynasty.

At that time, Mingzhou (now Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province) started to eat a novel food, which was filled with black sesame and lard, a little white sugar was added, and the outside was rolled into a round shape with glutinous rice flour. After cooking, it tasted sweet and delicious.

Very interesting.

Because this kind of glutinous rice dumpling floats and sinks when cooked in the pot, it was first called "Floating Yuanzi". Later, in some areas, "Floating Yuanzi" was renamed Tangtuan.

However, glutinous rice balls symbolize a better family reunion, and eating glutinous rice balls means family happiness and reunion in the new year, so it is a must-have delicacy during the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

In some areas of the south, people are also used to eating glutinous rice balls instead of dumplings during the Spring Festival.

Extended information Nutritional value of glutinous rice balls: Sweet glutinous rice balls with sweet fillings already have sweetness, so the soup does not need to add sugar to reduce calorie intake; if it is small glutinous rice balls without fillings, the soup can be made with sugar osmanthus, sweet wine, scented tea or longan and red date soup, longan and ginger.

Instead of soup, the latter can have the effect of replenishing the body and dispelling cold; when cooking salty glutinous rice balls, you can add some vegetables to increase fiber.

Facing the hot and fragrant glutinous rice balls, you can't help but want to take a big bite. Young and old must pay special attention to eating glutinous rice balls slowly and in small mouths to prevent the glutinous rice balls from getting stuck in the throat or trachea.

Since glutinous rice balls contain a high amount of "sugar", and sesame seeds, fresh meat, and peanuts contain "high fat" and "high calories," they must be eaten in small amounts and not too much at one time.