Tangyuan Workshop for Lantern Festival

It was Lantern Festival on February 26th. To follow the tradition, a tangyuan workshop was held to let our employees enjoy the festival together.  

Ever since the Sung dynasty, people started enjoying tangyuan during the Lantern Festival. Tangyuan, also known as yuan xiao, is usually made from glutinous rice flour with either sesame or peanut as the filling. Tangyuan can be cooked in different ways, such as boiling, steaming, or even frying. In Chinese, the pronunciation of tangyuan is homophonic to "reunion". Thus, apart from enjoying the flavor of this dessert, people also eat tangyuan to wish for blessings for their families. 

A workshop was prepared for our FunPodium family to make tangyuan from scratch! After all the ingredients were mixed well and the dough had the right consistency, the fun part began as everyone molded their tangyuan into desired shapes. In the end, we had tangyuan in all sorts of shapes, be it bear, cat, star, or heart. As the sweet soup base finished cooking, everyone savored the heartwarming dessert together.  

Happy Lantern Festival and let’s stay together to work hard for the upcoming year!

2月26日是元宵節。跟隨著傳統，我們舉辦了一個湯圓手作坊讓員工一起享受節日的歡樂。

自宋朝以來，人們開始在元宵節時吃湯圓。湯圓，也被稱為元宵，通常是由糯米粉製成，而內餡往往是芝麻或花生。湯圓可以用不同的方法烹製，如湯煮、蒸食，甚至也可以油炸。湯圓與團圓諧音，因此人們除了享受這道甜點的風味外，也會吃湯圓來為家人祈福。

跟著FunPodium大家庭體驗從零開始做湯圓吧！當所有成分都充分混合且麵團具有合適的稠度後，大家覺得最有趣的塑形部分開始了。最後，在桌上可以看到各種形狀的湯圓，像是熊、貓、星星及心形。隨著甜湯底的烹飪完成，大家也一起品嚐了這道暖心的甜點。

元宵節快樂，讓我們一起為接下來的一年努力！