The significance of eating soup dumplings on Chinese New Year is reunion and peace.

Eating soup dumplings is a traditional Han Chinese custom, especially prevalent in Jiangnan. There is a saying that "a year older than the year you ate the dumplings". Chen Zhiyou's poem "Soup dumplings" says: "Every year at the winter solstice, the family cooks, a year of potential to add know nothing," Ningbo local saying: "Ningbo family pounded rice to do soup dumplings, know enough to be happy another day." Hu Bingyan also has a poem that says: "Fragrant sticky rice made of glutinous rice dumplings, boiling water floating silver rich and salty.

Entering the mouth is sweet and smooth, and the whole family is happy and drunk." "Ningbo soup dumplings" is a necessary food, is a kind of round dessert made of glutinous rice flour, "round" means "reunion", "complete! "Round" means "reunion" and "complete", and eating soup dumplings at festival time symbolizes family harmony and good fortune, which is why soup dumplings are also called "floating yuanzi".

Soup dumplings culture

Eating soup dumplings is a traditional custom of the Han Chinese, especially prevalent in Jiangnan. There is a saying that "a year older after eating soup dumplings". Chen Zhiyou's poem "Soup Dumplings" says: "Every year, the winter solstice is cooked at home, and a year of potential to add know nothing." The Ningbo proverb says: "Ningbo families pounded rice to make soup dumplings, know enough to always be happy and another day." Hu Bingyan also has a poem that says: "Fragrant glutinous rice made dumplings, boiling water floating silver rich and salty. It is sweet, smooth and refreshing, and the whole family is happy and drunk in the year of the Lord." "Ningbo soup dumplings are a must-have food, a kind of round dessert made of glutinous rice flour, and "round" means "reunion" and "success". "Round" means "reunion" and "complete", and eating dumplings at festival time symbolizes family harmony and good fortune, so to dumplings are also called "floating yuanzi".

The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, "Ningbo dumplings" as food, in our country has a long history. This food, the earliest called "floating yuanzi" later called "dumplings", also known as Lantern; "dumplings" to sesame, bean paste, walnuts, nuts, jujube puree, etc. for the filling, wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a circle The meat can be vegetarian, with different flavors. Soup can be boiled, fried, steamed, with the meaning of reunion.