Tangyuan is wrapped.

Yuanxiao is rolled out.

Different ingredients

Tangyuan is soft stuffing, while the stuffing is vegetarian, sweet and salty, and the skin is glutinous rice flour balls.

Yuanxiao is a hard stuffing, generally bean paste, sesame seeds, jujube paste, peanuts and other skins are dry glutinous rice flour.

Different finished products

Yuanxiao has a rough surface.

And the surface of glutinous rice balls is smooth.

Eat differently, too.

Tangyuan is usually cooked.

Yuanxiao is usually fried.

Although there are more and more ways to eat, these two ways are still the most popular.

Finally, the storage mode.

Tangyuan can be frozen and preserved for a long time, and can be eaten at ordinary times except the Lantern Festival.

The Lantern Festival is generally made and sold now. After a few days or freezing, it is easy to crack, except for the Lantern Festival, which is basically not eaten.