During the Spring Festival, many people will cook a pot of hot dumplings to enjoy with their families. The dumplings are delicious, the family is reunited, and it’s a peaceful scene.

Eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year:

1. Symbolizes wealth and treasures: Because the shape of dumplings is very similar to ancient silver coins and ingots, eating dumplings during the Lunar New Year has the effect of "bringing in wealth and treasures" meaning.

2. Representing the New Year's Eve: According to folklore, the authentic time to eat dumplings is at midnight on New Year's Eve, which is when dumplings are eaten at midnight on New Year's Eve to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. "Gengsuijiaozi", so dumplings symbolize the transition between the old and the new, symbolizing the arrival of the new year and the passing of the old year.

3. It means a lot of money in the coming year: Because when cooking dumplings, you need to add three drops of cold water to the pot to roll the dumplings three times, so the dumplings also mean a lot of money in the coming year.

4. It means reunion: "Jiao" is a homophone for "dumpling", which means "happy reunion" and "good luck". The night before the actual Chinese New Year is called Reunion Night. People who are away from home have to rush home thousands of miles away, and the whole family sits together to make dumplings to celebrate the New Year. Because the word "和" in noodles means "合"; the characters "Jiao" and "Jiao" in dumplings are homophonic, and "He" and "Jiao" also mean getting together, so dumplings are used to symbolize reunion and joy. The whole family gathers together to make dumplings, talk about the New Year, and have fun.