The Significance of Eating Tangyuan

Eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter is especially popular in Jiangnan. There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls is one year older". Tangyuan is also called dumplings, and eating dumplings on the solstice in winter is also called "winter solstice reunion" or "winter solstice yen" According to the records of Qing Dynasty, Jiangnan people made dough with glutinous rice flour covered with lean meat, apples, bean paste, shredded radish and so on. Can the winter solstice group be used to worship ancestors or give gifts to relatives and friends? .

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On the 15th day of the first month of the Lantern Festival, Ningbo Tangyuan, as a kind of food, has a long history in China. This kind of food was originally called "floating Zi Yuan", and later it was called "Tangyuan", also known as Yuanxiao; "Tangyuan" contains sesame seeds, red bean paste, walnuts, nuts, jujube paste and so on. And wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a circle, you can be vegetarian and have different flavors. It can be boiled, fried and steamed, which means happy reunion.

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1, when making the winter solstice circle, we often pinch some small animals at the request of children, such as kittens, puppies, rabbits, tigers and so on. The children are very happy at this time. Before eating the winter solstice yen, you should stick a winter solstice yen on the back of the bed lamp in the doors and windows, which is called "waste day" and "send the stove" before baking food.

2、? Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival or Lantern Festival, is a festival to eat glutinous rice balls and enjoy lanterns. According to folk history records, the Lantern Festival began at the end of Sui Dynasty, and it is said that it was the 15th day of the first month of 6 10. Yang Di tried his best to whitewash the peace and show off the wealth of the country, and ordered to set up a high-platform theater shed in Luoyang City, bringing in all kinds of master plays from all over the country. From the night of 15, lanterns are very high every night.

Singing and dancing life, string songs are endless. For a time, people watching lanterns, people watching operas and people doing small businesses made Luoyang city boil. It is said that at this time, the owner of a snack bar was ingenious. He ground glutinous rice into powder, wrapped jiaozi with sugar stuffing, and cooked it. It was full and warm and very popular. Because in ancient times, the fifteenth day of the first month was called Shangyuan Festival and the night was called Xiao, so Yuanxiao got its name. ?

According to legend, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was a maid-in-waiting named Yuanxiao, who lived in seclusion in the palace for many years and missed her parents, and spent all day in Lacrimosa. Dong Fangshuo, the minister, was determined to help her, so he lied to Emperor Wu that Vulcan burned Chang 'an on the 15th day of the first month on orders from the Jade Emperor.

The only way to avoid trouble is to let "Yuanxiao Girl" cook a lot of jiaozi that Vulcan likes to eat on the fifteenth day of the first month, and all the subjects will decorate it with lanterns. With the help of Emperor Wu, "Yuanxiao Girl" finally met her family. Since then, the Lantern Festival has been formed.

Baidu Encyclopedia _ Tangyuan (China Traditional Cuisine)