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Qingtuan (sweet green rice balls)
Updated: Apr 23, 2018
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Qingtuan, or sweet green rice balls, is a Qingming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Day) food, usually used as an offering in ancestral rituals, with a light scent of grass. Qingtuans usually have red date paste or bean paste filling. The green color comes from mugwort juice that is added while kneading the dough.
