Snapshots
Buying "tang yuan"
December 23, 2009
Customers buy tang yung, or glutinous rice dumplings, at a shop in Taipei Dec. 22, the Dongzhi Festival, or the Winter solstice. According to traditional Chinese custom, people eat tang yuan on the day when the Earth's axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26'. (CNA)