GEORGE TOWN: Generations ago, rolling glutinous rice balls for the Winter Solstice was a village effort in China. Everyone took part in the manual milling of the flour, and cooking for the last ...

The northern hemisphere winter solstice takes place on December 21 this year. To mark the day, people in Taiwan traditionally eat tangyuan, sweet glutinous rice balls, to stave off the winter cold.

GEORGE TOWN: The rolling of glutinous rice balls for the Winter Solstice Festival has been a reunion of generations for the family of 75-year-old great-grandmother Saw Soh Lan. This year is no ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 21 — Today is the Winter Solstice Festival or Dūngzi ... so it’s tradition to have a bowl or two of tong ...

today it is an important time to spend with family and eat a hearty meal of tangyuan (glutinous rice balls) or dumplings, depending on what part of China one lives in. Peru's winter solstice is ...

The winter solstice marks the return of the light ... Traditional foods include meat-filled dumplings and tang yuan — glutinous rice balls that are usually colorful and cooked in a sweet or savory ...

People often associate tangyuan (glutinous rice balls) with two festivals, the Winter Solstice and the Lantern Festival. Eating glutinous rice balls on these two festivals symbolizes the auspicious ...

The winter solstice marks a seasonal turning point ... comprising dumplings, tangyuan (glutinous rice balls served with a sweet soup or savoury broth), hot pot, or wontons depending on which ...

The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year ... Traditional foods include tang yuan, sweet rice balls with a black sesame filling. It's believed to have its origins in post-harvest ...

Eating red-bean and glutinous rice In some regions south of the Yangtze River on the first day of Winter Solstice, the whole family gets together to have a meal made of red-bean and glutinous rice to ...