Singapore’s latitude at 1.3521 *N makes us in the northern hemisphere 😂, so by right we should be experiencing winter ☃️❄️ Winter solstice is an astronomical event making the shortest day and longest night of the year in the hemisphere. We still get 12 hrs of day and night just coz 1+ *N makes no difference. 😂
Chinese communities globally eat 汤圆. Key Reasons for the Tradition are :
1) Symbol of Reunion: The roundness of the balls signifies the family coming together, just as the sun begins its return after the longest night.
- 2) Completeness: Eating them signifies a complete and harmonious year ahead.
- 3) "Gaining a Year": Eating tangyuan marks the end of the year and symbolically adds one year to your age, preparing you for the new cycle.
- 4) Homophone for Reunion: The word tangyuan(湯圓) sounds like tuanyuan (團圓), meaning reunion, reinforcing the family theme.
I’m using ginger paste coz I don’t have any ginger in the kitchen 😬
The girls like theirs plain. Bought the riceballs late so there’s no peanut or sesame fillings 🤨
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