What is the origin and meaning of Tangyuan?

Soup dumplings originated in the Song Dynasty, when Mingzhou (now Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province), the rise of a novelty food, that is, black sesame, lard filling, adding a little sugar, the outside of the glutinous rice flour rolled into a round shape, boiled, eaten sweet, soft, glutinous, aftertaste.

At the same time, soup dumplings symbolize the reunion of the family, eating soup dumplings also means that in the new year, the family is happy, reunion, so it is the first month of the 15th Lantern Festival essential food.

Soup dumplings symbolize the reunion, good, send people's hopes for a better life.

Soup dumplings culture:

Eating soup dumplings is a traditional Han Chinese custom, especially prevalent in Jiangnan. There is a saying that "a year older after eating soup dumplings". "Ningbo soup dumplings" is a necessary food, is a kind of round dessert made of glutinous rice flour, "round" means "reunion", "complete!

The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, "Ningbo dumplings" as food, in our country has a long history. This food, the earliest called "floating yuanzi" later called "dumplings", also known as Lantern; "dumplings" to sesame, bean paste, walnuts, nuts, jujube puree, etc. for the filling, wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a circle The meat can be vegetarian, with different flavors. Soup can be boiled, fried, steamed, with the meaning of reunion.