A Resident Cooks Glutinous Rice Balls During the Lantern Festival in Lianyungang, China

A resident cooks glutinous rice balls during the Lantern Festival in Yishan town, Guanyun county, Lianyungang city, East China's Jiangsu province, Feb 24, 2024. Eating glutinous rice balls is our Chinese tradition, the Lantern Festival to eat a bowl of sweet and soft glutinous dumplings, indicating that in the New Year will be a happy family, sweet and beautiful! glutinous rice balls, also known as "Yuanxiao", "Tangtuan" and "floating yuan Zi", is one of the representatives of traditional Chinese snacks. It is a ball food made of glutinous rice flour and so on. Usually have filling, cooked with soup to eat. It is also the most distinctive food of the Lantern Festival, which has a long history.