general manager of China’s largest tangyuan supplier, Varry Food Inc. View Stock/Alamy (Credit: View Stock/Alamy) My first memory of eating tangyuan was when I was about six years old.

Tangyuan is the traditional food for the Lantern Festival or Yuanxiao Festival. The small dumpling balls are usually made of glutinous rice flour. We call these balls yuanxiao or tangyuan.

Tangyuan are assembled by making a depression ... Yuanxiao are not only a traditional holiday food, but also were used to express respect for the deities. Their round shape also represents ...

The tangyuan was prepared with the edible nest ... "The tradition of making food with sticky rice symbolizes the family's sticking together," he said. For him, such Chinese food traditions should ...

Beyond health benefits, many brands have also innovated in terms of taste and appearance, giving tangyuan both a traditional and a new cultural touch. Sanquan Food has launched tangyuan with ...

On the 15th day of the first month of the new lunar year, Chinese celebrate the year’s first full moon by eating hearty tangyuan (rice dumplings with sweet or meat fillings) with family and ...

As part of the celebrations for Lantern Festival, which falls today on the lunar calendar, many people will eat bowls of hot tangyuan (湯圓) — glutinous rice balls with flavored fillings, but an ...