There are bobo dumplings, clam dumplings, fish dumplings, and so on.

1, Bo Bo dumplings

Take a piece of dumpling skin in the palm of your hand, put in the right amount of filling and fold the dumpling skin into a semi-circle, pinch the edges of the dumpling with your index finger slightly over your thumb and slightly push the dumpling skin forward to the folds, repeat the folds and push it straight to the right end of the top and let it go, then a Bo Bo dumpling is finished.

2. Clam Dumplings

Take a piece of dumpling skin in the palm of your hand, put in the appropriate amount of filling, fold the dumpling skin in half and fold the sides inward. Pinch the folded edges firmly, and pinch the folded mouths on both sides firmly. With your right thumb, pinch the right top corner, pinch it thin, and press the thinned top down, pressing and pinching to form a twisted edge until a clam-shaped dumpling appears on the left side.

3. Fish-shaped dumplings

Make a fist with your left hand and extend your thumb and forefinger naturally. Take a piece of dumpling skin and place it on the top and put in the filling, fold the skin in half, fold one side of the dumpling inward by about 1-2cm, pinch it tightly, fold it inward by 1-2cm, and pinch it tightly again and so on until the other side, and then pinch it tightly until the other side, and finally close it upward with the tail pinched tightly.

Expanded

Dumplings are a time-honored Chinese folk food, and eating dumplings is a folk tradition unique to the Chinese New Year. It is popular among the people because of its meaning of "changing the year and handing over the children". Dumplings have become an indispensable delicacy during the Chinese New Year festivities. In the folklore of many Han Chinese regions, eating "dumplings" on New Year's Eve is a feast that cannot be replaced by any delicacies from the sea.

Dumplings originated in the time of Zhang Zhongjing, and "dumplings", also known as "jiaozi" or "jiaoer", is the meaning of the old and the new, but also adhering to the meaning of God, is a must eat! Otherwise, God will remove your name in the yin and yang world, and you will become a lonely ghost without a register after death. This shows the importance that our ancestors attached to this.

Nevertheless, in order to get rid of the bad luck of the year, you have to eat a "dumpling" on New Year's Eve. People from far away will travel back to their hometowns and families to eat dumplings on the winter festival to show that they have a successful homecoming.

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