Last week was winter solstice.This festival is the most important day in chinese tradition.
Being a traditional holiday as well, it is still now celebrated quite
often in many regions. Early during the Spring and Autumn period, 2500
odd years from now, Winter solstice was first determined as the Chinese
traditional solar term among the total 24 terms. In Gregorian calendar,
it is around Dec 22nd or 23rd.
Ancient china did pay great attention to this holiday, regarding it as a
big event. There was the saying that "Winter solstice holiday is
greater than the spring festival". Nowadays, many regions still
celebrate it as a big holiday. Northerners may have dumplings and
raviolis that day while southerners may have dumplings made by rice and
long noodles. Some places even have the tradition to offer sacrifices to
the heaven and earth.
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| rainbow tang yuan.it looked like Mentos. |
Honestly,i don't like to eat tang yuan.i feel it's tasteless.i miss those time that celebrate winter solstice with grandmum.
Eat tang yuan is the winter solstice traditions, especially popular in
the south. Tang Yuan is the essential winter food, is a circle with a
dessert made of glutinous rice flour, "round" means "happy" and
"fulfillment".So we have to make it as round as possible. Winter Solstice to eat glutinous rice balls, a symbol of
family harmony, good fortune, so they eat them to the Winter Solstice
called "winter group." Folk of. "eating rice balls a year older," said.Grandmum always said,how old you are,how much you eat.
p/s: As the rice balls with a high amount of "sugar", with peanuts, sesame,
fresh meat with the "high oil" and "high energy", must be a small amount
of food, not an eat too much.
Love,
yyhwei
