Tangyuan, also known as "Tangtuan" and "Fuyuanzi", is one of the representative traditional snacks of the Han nationality. At the same time, it is also the most characteristic food of the Lantern Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, which also expresses the yearning and expectation of the ancient people for a happy life.
Tangyuan was first called "Fuyuanzi" and later "Tangyuan", also known as Yuanxiao. "Tangyuan" is made of sesame, bean paste, walnut, nut and jujube paste. It is wrapped in a round shape with glutinous rice powder. It can be both meat and vegetable with different flavors. Soup can be boiled, fried, steamed food, reunion happy meaning.
湯圓，別稱“湯團”“浮元子”，是漢族傳統小吃的代表之壹。同時，也是中國的傳統節日元宵節所最具有特色的食物，也表達了古代人民對幸福生活的壹種向往和期盼。
湯圓最早叫“浮元子”後稱“湯圓”，又稱元宵；“湯圓”以芝麻、豆沙、核桃仁、果仁、棗泥等為餡料，用糯米粉包成圓形，可葷可素，風味各異。可湯煮、油炸、蒸食，有團圓美滿之意。
湯圓由來
據傳，湯圓起源於宋朝。當時的明州（現浙江省寧波市）所興起的壹種新奇食品，即用黑芝麻、豬板油做餡、加入少許白糖，外面用糯米粉搓成圓形，煮熟後，吃起來香甜軟糯，回味無窮。
同時，湯圓象征合家團圓美滿，吃湯圓也意味著在新的壹年裏合家幸福、團團圓圓，所以是正月十五元宵節必備美食。