Monday was the festival of lanterns for Chinese. I don't know what Malaysian will do in that day, but for the people in china, they will eat sweet dumplings which they call "tang yuan".

Sweet dumplings are small balls. Most of them are white color, but also have black and mixed-color.The color all depends on the sources or filling inside. The white and black one often is empty inside; the yellow or green or purple one often has some stuffing inside, such as, mango paste, red bean filling, sesame filling, jujube paste, or meat can also put inside.We can make them our self or buy them in supermarket.After having sweet dumplings, we cooked them with some sweet soup. Sometimes, we put an egg in the soup, and fermented glutinous rice to make boiled glutinous rice balls in fermented glutinous rice which Chinese call "jiu niang yuan zi".

Why the Chinese eat sweet dumplings in the festival of lanterns? Because the sweet dumplings "tang yuan" which is sound like reunion in Chinese--"tuan yuan". Eating sweet dumplings also have the meaning that reunion and auspicious.Chinese always eat sweet dumplings to wish their families can stay together and being happiness.

Wish you have a good day.

Michelle Chia