The two names are because Tangyuan and Yuanxiao are 2 different kinds of food. The difference is as follows:

1,? The taste is different: Lantern is hard to eat the mouth Tangyuan is soft to eat the mouth.

2, different flavors: Lanterns unique flavor is rose, chocolate. Tangyuan unique flavor: meat. Both are bean paste, sesame, fruit.

3, cooking time is different: Lanterns cooked for a long time, to 10 minutes + soup dumplings cooked for a short time, 3 ~ 5 minutes on the good, floating up.

4, the production process is different: shaking the snacks, the process is "shaking": the filling heart dipped in water, water dipped in dry glutinous rice flour, and then repeat the process N times until it is very large. The process of wrapping dumplings is "wrapping": it is similar to wrapping dumplings. The dough used is glutinous rice flour + soft filling.

5, the raw materials are not the same: Lantern raw materials: filling hard like mahjong tiles. The outer skin is dry glutinous rice flour. So a single Lantern is heavier, easy to eat full. Tangyuan original: filling is soft and bun filling almost. The outer skin is glutinous rice flour dough.

6, the distribution of geographically different: the north is mainly eaten in the Lantern. The South is mainly soup dumplings.