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Sì (pronounced[si˥˧],Min Dong Chinese:𥻵, transcribed as sì inFoochow Romanized) is a traditional spherical dessert made fromglutinous rice, eaten in celebration of theWinter Solstice festival inFuzhou, Fujian Province, China. It is usually produced without filling, in contrast to thetangyuan. The sì is made by grinding glutinous rice into a powder, pressing the powder until almost dry, and then rolling the dry powder into a spherical shape, and finally adding fried (even burnt) soybean powder mixed withbrown sugar onto the glutinous rice sphere.

The pronunciation of 𥻵 is the same as 時 (time, fortune) inFuzhou dialect of Chinese. The "turn" in fortune is embodied in a well-knownchengyu (simplified Chinese:时来运转;traditional Chinese:時來運轉;pinyin:shíláiyùnzhuǎn;lit. 'time comes', 'fortune turns'), often linked to the Winter Solstice, which in the Fuzhou dialect is pronounced the same as "[when] sì comes, fortune turns" (BUC:sì-lài-ông-diōng). As a result of these homophones, manyFuzhou people believe that eating sì may result in good fortune.^[1][2][3]

• Fuzhou
• Fujian cuisine
• Glutinous rice desserts
• Chinese rice dishes
• Chinese desserts
• Chinese dumplings
• Holiday foods
• Winter solstice

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