Sì (pronounced [si˥˧], Min Dong Chinese: 𥻵, transcribed as sì in Foochow Romanized) is a traditional spherical dessert made from glutinous rice, eaten in celebration of the Winter Solstice festival in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China. It is usually produced without filling, in contrast to the tangyuan. 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 add fried (even burnt) soybean powder mixed with brown sugar onto the glutinous rice sphere.
The pronunciation of 𥻵 is the same as 時 (time, fortune) in Fuzhou dialect of Chinese. The "turn" in fortune is embodied in a well-known chengyu (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, many Fuzhou people believe that eating sì may result in good fortune.[1][2][3]
^官桂銓 (2005-12-21). (in Simplified Chinese). 福州市檔案局(館). Archived from the original on 2016-03-08.
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dessert, pronounced, dong, chinese, 𥻵, transcribed, foochow, romanized, traditional, spherical, dessert, made, from, glutinous, rice, eaten, celebration, winter, solstice, festival, fuzhou, fujian, province, china, usually, produced, without, filling, contrast. Si pronounced si Min Dong Chinese 𥻵 transcribed as si in Foochow Romanized is a traditional spherical dessert made from glutinous rice eaten in celebration of the Winter Solstice festival in Fuzhou Fujian Province China It is usually produced without filling in contrast to the tangyuan The si 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 add fried even burnt soybean powder mixed with brown sugar onto the glutinous rice sphere Si 𥻵 SiChinese𥻵TranscriptionsEastern MinFuzhou BUCsiThis article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet IPA For an introductory guide on IPA symbols see Help IPA For the distinction between and see IPA Brackets and transcription delimiters This article contains extremely rarely used Chinese characters Without proper rendering support you may see question marks boxes or other symbols instead of the intended characters The pronunciation of 𥻵 is the same as 時 time fortune in Fuzhou dialect of Chinese The turn in fortune is embodied in a well known chengyu simplified Chinese 时来运转 traditional Chinese 時來運轉 pinyin shilaiyunzhuǎn lit time comes fortune turns often linked to the Winter Solstice which in the Fuzhou dialect is pronounced the same as when si comes fortune turns BUC si lai ong diōng As a result of these homophones many Fuzhou people believe that eating si may result in good fortune 1 2 3 Folk rhyme EditFuzhou Chinese Chinese characters Fuzhou Chinese Foochow Romanized English Translation搓𥻵之搓搓 依奶疼依哥 依哥有老媽 依弟單身哥 Chŏ si chĭ chŏ chŏ ĭ na tiang ĭ gŏ ĭ gŏ o lau ma ĭ die dăng sĭng gŏ Making Si roll and roll The mother dearly loves the elder brother After the elder brother has a wife The younger brother is still single References Edit 福州市志 in Simplified Chinese 方志出版社 December 1998 ISBN 7 80122 400 0 官桂銓 2005 12 21 福州團圓節 冬至 in Simplified Chinese 福州市檔案局 館 Archived from the original on 2016 03 08 福州搓𥻵過冬節 林則徐紀念館 in Simplified Chinese 福州新聞網 2009 07 28 Archived from the original on 2016 03 13 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Si dessert amp oldid 1104409853, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
