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<p>[CFWK] Create dish page (Infobox + Commons)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{#seo:<br /> |title=Yuanxiao (元宵) - Chinese Food Wiki<br /> |keywords=Yuanxiao,元宵,Tangyuan,Lantern Festival,Chinese New Year,sweet soup<br /> |description=Yuanxiao (元宵) are northern Chinese glutinous-rice dumplings made by the rolling method for the Lantern Festival, related to but distinct from Tangyuan.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Infobox chinese food<br /> | image = Yuanxiao.jpg<br /> | caption = Yuanxiao<br /> | alternate_name = Lantern Festival dumplings; yuan xiao; distinct from Tangyuan (汤圆)<br /> | pinyin = Yuánxiāo<br /> | type = Glutinous rice dumpling in sweet soup<br /> | course = Festival dessert / sweet soup<br /> | country = China<br /> | region = Northern China (classic Lantern Festival food); now nationwide<br /> | other = Rolling-method glutinous-rice balls for Lantern Festival — related to but distinct from Tangyuan<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Yuanxiao''' (Simplified/Traditional Chinese: 元宵; Pinyin: ''Yuánxiāo'') are glutinous-rice dumplings traditionally eaten at the the Lantern Festival (元宵节, the 15th day of the first lunar month). The classic northern method rolls a soft filling in dry glutinous-rice flour until a thick coat forms, then simmers the balls in sweet soup. They are closely related to [[Tangyuan]] (汤圆) but are '''not''' the same product: Tangyuan are usually hand-wrapped or machine-filled dough skins around a filling, while traditional yuanxiao use the dry-rolling coat. Both appear as round white dumplings in sweet broth; folk and commercial usage sometimes blur the names.&lt;ref name=&quot;wp&quot;&gt;[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangyuan_(food) English Wikipedia]&lt;/ref&gt;.<br /> <br /> == Characteristics ==<br /> <br /> Appearance is round and pale white with a floury exterior coat; filling may be black sesame, peanut, red bean, or savory in some modern variants. Texture of the coat is often slightly denser or more flour-textured than wrapped tangyuan skins. Served in lightly sweet clear or fermented-rice soup.<br /> <br /> == Ingredients (overview) ==<br /> <br /> Glutinous rice flour (dry for rolling), soft sweet fillings (sesame paste, peanut, bean paste), sugar syrup or sweet soup; optional osmanthus. Distinct production method from wrapped [[Tangyuan]].<br /> <br /> == History and culture ==<br /> <br /> Associated with northern Lantern Festival customs; the name 元宵 literally refers to the festival night. Southern and many commercial products labeled tangyuan use wrapping instead. English menus may say &quot;yuanxiao,&quot; &quot;Lantern Festival dumplings,&quot; or simply &quot;sweet rice balls.&quot; Soft/folk claims that the two names are fully interchangeable are disputed; this wiki treats them as related but distinct techniques.<br /> <br /> == Serving and variations ==<br /> <br /> Festival sweet soup at home or dessert shops around the Lantern Festival; packaged frozen yuanxiao year-round. See [[Tangyuan]], [[Mooncake]] (mid-autumn contrast), and northern festival foods.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Tangyuan]]<br /> * [[Beijing Food]]<br /> * [[Mooncake]]<br /> * [[Nian Gao]]<br /> * [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist}}</div>

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