Winter Solstice Celebration Pearl Soup 湯圓 トンユン
Today is Winter Solstice—the longest night of the year. In my family, we celebrate winter solstice with “pearl soup” or a bigger version of bubble tea. 
In Chinese, it’s called “tong yuan” or 湯圓. Winter solstice is always near Christmas, so while Chinese people celebrate winter solstice, western people celebrate Christmas.
The above picture shows the green tea pearl, the green ball in the picture—hmm…yummy yummy yummy. Never try the green tea pearl soup before. Gotta try. As you may know, anything related to green tea is very likely from Japan. I don’t know how Japanese call it or write it. I guess it with トンユン. 
Perhaps I should ask my brother-in-law, who is a Japanese.
So, why do we eat 湯圓? 
I’m not sure either, but it’s sure yummy. 
I’m guessing that perhaps the pearls in 湯圓 look rounded, so maybe it’s implicated with a blessing “Have a smooth, round year with everything going well”. That’s my 2 cents. 
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