According to "Guangya" written by Zhang Yi of the Three Kingdoms Wei Dynasty, there were already foods shaped like a crescent moon known as "wontons", which are basically similar in shape to the current dumplings. To the North and South Dynasties, wontons "shaped like a crescent moon, the world's common food". It is assumed that after the dumplings were cooked, they were not fished out and eaten separately, but were mixed with the soup and served in a bowl, so the people at that time called the dumplings "wontons". This way of eating is still popular in some areas of China, such as Henan, Shaanxi and other places, people eat dumplings, to put some parsley, green onion, shrimp, chives and other small ingredients in the soup.

According to ancient customs, dumplings are the food eaten after the New Year's sacrifice. New Year's Eve, pay attention to the year-end package, eat when the year-end, that is, to eat at the time, this time for the turn of the two years, welcome the new resignation of the old moment, has a special significance, to take the meaning of the "change of the year to hand over the son," "son" for the "son of the time! ", and "dumplings" resonate with "dumplings", there is a joyful reunion and auspicious meaning, heralding a new year of good luck.