Today is dongzhi - the Winter Solstice. It's sort of the equivalent of Chinese Thanksgiving -- the members of the family are supposed to come together to celebrate the good year they have had and eat tong yuen together. Tong yuen are sweet glutinous rice dumplings. Eating tong yuen together symbolizes harmony, prosperity and unity together amongst the family members.
My favorite tong yuen is zhu ma tong yuen which are the ones filled with sesame seed paste. The lotus seed and peanut ones are pretty tasty too.
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