Symbolism of Tangyuan

Symbolism of soup dumplings

Symbolism of soup dumplings, soup dumplings is one of the representatives of the traditional Han snacks. Made of glutinous rice flour and other spherical food, at the same time, is also a traditional Chinese festival of the Lantern Festival has the most characteristic food, the following understanding of the symbolism of the dumplings and related content

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The name of the dumplings and the word "reunion" similar to the sound, take the reunion of the meaning of the word. The symbolism of soup dumplings is to symbolize the reunion of the family, eating soup dumplings means that in the new year, the family is happy, reunion, but also expresses the people's aspirations and expectations for a happy life.

Soup dumplings, also known as "dumplings", "floating yuanzi", is one of the representatives of the traditional Chinese snacks, is a kind of glutinous rice and sugar-based food, the name of the dumplings and "reunion", similar to the sound of the word "reunion", the name of the dumplings and "reunion". The name of soup dumplings is similar to the sound of the word "reunion", taking the meaning of reunion. The symbolism of the dumplings is to symbolize the reunion of the family, eating dumplings means that in the new year, the family is happy, reunion, but also expresses the people for a happy life of a yearning and expectations.

According to legend, soup dumplings originated in the Song Dynasty. At that time, the rise of eating a novelty food, that is, with a variety of fruit bait as a filling, the outside with glutinous rice flour rolled into a ball, cooked, eat up sweet and savory, interesting. Because this glutinous rice ball cooked in the pot and floating and sinking, so it was first called "floating Yuanzi", and then some areas of the "floating Yuanzi" renamed Lantern.

Eating dumplings is a traditional Han Chinese custom, especially prevalent in Jiangnan. There is a folk saying that "eating dumplings is a year older". Chen Zhiyou's poem "Soup Dumplings" says: "Every year, the winter solstice is cooked at home, and a year of potential add know nothing," and the Ningbo proverb says: "Ningbo families pounded rice to make soup dumplings, know enough to be always happy and another day." Hu Bingyan also has a poem that says: "Fragrant sticky rice to do dumplings, boiling water floating silver rich and salty. It is sweet, smooth and refreshing, and the whole family is happy and drunk.

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The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month of the South generally eat dumplings, most of the North to eat the Lantern Festival, although the flavor is different, but the two foods are similar in appearance, the same symbolism, are on behalf of the reunion of the meaning of the reunion.

Many people are not very clear about the Lantern Festival Chinatown snacks why is the dumplings, and the origin of the dumplings and what is it? And I'm going to look down together!

Soup dumplings, also known as "Lantern Festival", "dumplings", "floating yuanzi", is one of the representatives of the traditional Chinese snacks, is made of glutinous rice flour and other ball-shaped food.

Generally have fillings, cooked with soup to eat. Because this glutinous rice ball cooked in the pot and floating and sinking, so the origin of the dumplings was first called "floating yuanzi", and later some regions of the "floating yuanzi" renamed Lantern.

Soup dumplings symbolize the reunion of the family better, eat soup dumplings means a new year of family happiness, reunion, so is the first month of the fifteenth Lantern Festival essential food, but also the Lantern Festival is the most characteristic food, a very long history.

Tangyuan was a famous snack in Mingzhou (now Ningbo, Zhejiang Province), and one of the representative snacks of China.

In the past, that is, with black sesame, lard as filling, add a little sugar, the outside with glutinous rice flour rolled into a round, cooked, eat sweet and savory, interesting. Now the dumplings filling is more and more rich, optional flavors are also a variety of.

The origin of soup dumplings

Legend has it that when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was a courtesan in the palace named "Yuanxiao", who was secluded in the palace for many years, missing her parents, and washed her face with tears all day long.

The minister Dongfang Shuo was determined to help her, so he lied to Emperor Wu, saying that the fire god was ordered by the Jade Emperor to burn Chang'an on the 15th day of the first month, and that the only way to escape was to let the "girl of the night" make a lot of dumplings, which were loved by the god of the fire, on the 15th day of the first month, and to make offerings to the god with lanterns by the whole population.

Emperor Wu granted the request, "Lantern Girl" finally see their families. Since then, the Lantern Festival has been formed.

On the formation of the Lantern Festival custom, said a lot, but generally for the Han Dynasty on the first embryonic form.

It is said that during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han family had to sacrifice to a god called "Taiyi". Allegedly, Taiyi was a rather prominent god at that time, the status of the five emperors on top of, and have benefited from the Han Emperor, so by the worship of the more prosperous. It is also rumored that another Han emperor, Emperor Han Wendi, was also associated with the Lantern Festival.

The moral of eating dumplings

The dumplings symbolize the reunion of the family is better, eating dumplings means that the new year is a happy family, reunion, so it is the first month of the fifteenth Lantern Festival essential food.

And in some areas of the South, people in the Spring Festival will also be accustomed to eating soup dumplings.

This food, * early called "floating yuanzi" after the "dumplings", also known as Lantern; "dumplings" to sesame, bean paste, walnuts, nuts, jujube puree, etc. for the fillings, wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a round shape, and then wrapped in a round shape, with a small amount of glutinous rice flour, and then wrapped in a round shape. Glutinous rice flour wrapped into a round, meat can be vegetarian, different flavors. It can be boiled in soup, deep-fried, steamed, and has the meaning of reunion.

Soup dumplings with food

With a little spicy vegetables to protect the spleen and stomach. Soup dumplings are particularly high in sugar, and foods that are too sweet can affect the spleen and stomach.

Chinese medicine says "sweet into the spleen", sweet-tasting foods such as dumplings, "slow stagnation" effect, moderate intake can bring energy to the stomach, help digestion and absorption of food into the stomach, but eat too much will slow down the intestinal peristalsis, resulting in hiccups, flatulence, diarrhea, appetite, loss of appetite, and so on. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new pair of shoes or boots.

Therefore, you can eat soup dumplings with some pungent foods, such as green onions, ginger, garlic, and chili peppers, to balance out the stagnant effect of soup dumplings and reduce the damage to the spleen and stomach.

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First, the soup dumplings and Lantern which is more delicious

In fact, to say that delicious, I personally still think that the soup dumplings are delicious. Because soup dumplings have more flavors and various fillings. And in terms of taste, soup dumplings will be a little better, more glutinous, more chewy and elastic. Lanterns, on the other hand, are relatively homogeneous and small, which makes them slightly less satisfying to eat. So personally, I still prefer to eat dumplings, and I think they are even slightly better.

Second, the difference between dumplings and snacks

1, the difference in raw materials

Dumplings raw materials are generally made with water milling powder, that is, what we call glutinous rice flour, but it will be more than the ordinary glutinous rice flour more smooth and Q bullet some. And most of the time, the Lantern is made from rice flour, so the texture is a bit sticky, less elastic, and more soft and fluffy.

2, the different fillings

Tangyuan is a variety of fillings wrapped in the inside', such as like to eat sweet can be wrapped sesame filling, bean paste filling, peanut filling and so on. If you like to eat savory then you can have whole meat filling, vegetable meat filling, shredded radish filling and so on. However, the snacks are solid and have no filling, so you can add some cinnamon honey to them when kneading, so that they can be wrapped around the surface of the snacks.

3, the size of the different

The head of the dumplings is relatively large, some just a mouthful, some are very large, there is a baby's small fist general size. But Lanterns are very small, just like a small ball.

The above is the specific introduction of the analysis of which is more delicious and their differences between the dumplings and the Lantern Festival. I do not know whether you are in the Lantern Festival, in the end, eat the Lantern or dumplings? In fact, no matter whether it is to eat the Lantern Festival or eat dumplings, there is a kind of reunion in the symbolism, so what to eat on this day is very sweet.