On Chinese New Year, many people will cook a pot of hot dumplings to enjoy with their family***. Dumplings are delicious, family reunion, a peaceful scene.

Eating dumplings on New Year's Day:

1, a symbol of wealth and treasure: Because the shape of the dumplings is very similar to the ancient silver dollar treasure, so in the Lunar New Year to eat dumplings have the meaning of "wealth and treasure".

2, on behalf of the new year, the son: According to folklore, the authentic time to eat dumplings is in the evening of the New Year's Eve, that is, in the middle of the night of the New Year's Eve, when you eat dumplings on the occasion of the resignation of the old year and welcome the new year, on behalf of the "year of the new year, the son", so the dumplings symbolize the alternation between the old and the new, and symbolize that the new year comes, and the old year passes away. It symbolizes that the new year is coming and the old year is over.

3. It symbolizes the coming year's prosperity: Because when the dumplings are boiled, it is necessary to add three courses of cold water to the pot to make the dumplings roll three times, so the dumplings also have the meaning of the coming year's prosperity.

4, means reunion: cross and "dumplings" resonate with "happy reunion" and "good luck". The first night before the actual New Year's Eve is called Tuanjiao. The night before New Year's Eve is called the Night of Reunion, when people who are away from home have to travel thousands of miles to come back home, and the whole family has to sit together to make dumplings for New Year's Eve. This is because the word "he" (和) means "together", and the word "dumpling" (饺子) harmonizes with "交", which means "together" and "reunion". The words "合" and "交" have the meaning of getting together, so dumplings are used to symbolize reunion and happiness. Families get together to make dumplings and talk about the New Year.