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  2. Tangyuan (food) - Wikipedia

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    Tangyuan are traditionally eaten during the Lantern Festival, [2] but because the name is a homophone for reunion (traditional Chinese: 團圓; simplified Chinese: 团圆; pinyin: tuányuán) and symbolizes togetherness and completeness, this dish is also served at weddings, family reunions, Chinese New Year, and the Dōngzhì (winter solstice ...

  3. Lantern Festival - Wikipedia

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    Yuan-Xiao's parents went into the palace to watch the lantern decorations and were reunited with their daughter. The emperor decreed that people should do the same thing every year. Since Yuan-Xiao cooked the best tangyuan, people called the day Yuan-Xiao Festival. For each Festival celebrated, a switch in the Chinese Zodiac takes place.

  4. The traditionally Chinese holiday is also celebrated by a variety of other Southeast Asian cultures, ... Usually eaten on the 15th day of the Lunar New Year, tang yuan (湯圓) is a sweet treat ...

  5. Chinese New Year - Wikipedia

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    Chinese New Year festivities occur throughout the country, especially in provinces where many people of Chinese descent live such as Nakhon Sawan, Suphan Buri, and Phuket. [145] [146] [147] Observed by Thai Chinese and parts of the private sector, the festival is usually celebrated for three days, starting on the day before Chinese New Year's Eve.

  6. When Is the Chinese New Year in 2024? - AOL

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    The Chinese New Year public holiday (which begins on Chinese New Year's Eve and ends on the sixth day of the lunar year) is from Feb. 9-15, 2024. How long is the Year of the Dragon?

  7. Archaeologists Found Someone They Never Expected in an ...

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    A Tang dynasty tomb decorated with colorful murals is providing a new glimpse into daily life in China during the 8 th century. Most interestingly, the murals show signs of Western influence ...

  8. Bua loi - Wikipedia

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    Yuan xiao Festival or Lantern Festival. People in Thailand refer to "元宵节" as the "Yuan Xiao Festival" or the "Lantern Festival." Chinese people place high importance on this holiday. According to the lunar calendar, a full moon first appears after the Chinese New Year. It symbolizes the end of New Year's festivities.

  9. Yuanxiao - Wikipedia

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    Three Yuanxiao on a Chinese porcelain spoon. Yuanxiao (Chinese: 元宵; pinyin: yuánxiāo; Wade–Giles: Yuan 2 hisao 1; lit. 'first night') are dumplings of glutinous rice flour, filled with sesame or peanut powder and sugar, or sweet red bean paste, eaten in a soup during the Lantern Festival, the fifteenth day of the Chinese New Year.