Soup dumplings, also known as "dumplings" and "floating yuanzi", are one of the traditional snacks of the Han Chinese.
It is also the most characteristic food of the Chinese traditional festival of Lantern Festival, and expresses the ancient people's aspiration and expectation for a happy life.
At that time, Mingzhou (now Ningbo, Zhejiang Province) was a novelty food, which was filled with black sesame seeds and pig oil, added with a little sugar and rolled into a circle with glutinous rice flour on the outside.
At the same time, the dumplings symbolise the reunion of the family and the happiness of the new year, so they are a must-have food for the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month.