J+186 The end of spring festival ~ lantern festival (元宵节)

 

Yesterday was the lantern festival.

The weather was really bad so my family just stayed at home, as if it was a normal day. I was about to go for a lazy evening home when I suddenly changed my mind. It would have been too foolish. This is a one chance occasion. I went to Confucius temple, even though the WHOLE of Nanjing was there... Roads closed, 2 subway stations closed... All around it. I figured out running was the best way to get there!

I managed to join my friend Nicky and her mother, by some miracle !

We took a boat trip together, and enjoyed all the light shows.

 

 

 

The Lantern Festival, which occurs on the 15-th day of the First Month of the Chinese Year, marks the end of the New Year's Holiday.

Yuanxiao is the special food for the Lantern Festival. It is believed that Yuanxiao is named after a palace maid, Yuanxiao, of Emperor Wu Di of the Han Dynasty.

Yuanxiao is a kind of sweet dumpling, which is made with sticky rice flour filled with sweet stuffing. And the Festival is named after the famous dumpling.

It is very easy to cook - simply dump them in a pot of boiling water for a few minutes - and eaten as a desert.

Soooooooo good!

These are very sweet... But I particularly enjoy them at breakfast!