Three ways to wrap dumplings.

1. Sunflower shape: Put an appropriate amount of meat filling in the center of the dumpling skin, then take a piece of dumpling skin and cover it with the meat filling, gluing the edges together, and then use your hands to turn up one corner of the dumpling skin in one direction, gluing it together.

2. Triangle: Place the meat mixture on top of the dumpling skin, bring the three sides of the dumpling skin towards the center, and then pinch the three sides towards the center.

3. Willow leaf shape: After wrapping the dumpling skin with the filling, push one end of the dumpling skin inward, then push and pinch the ends of the dumpling skin inward in turn, and then pinch the small tail at the end, and then pinch the small tail together.

The skin of the dumpling can also be made of hot noodles, shortening noodles, eggs or rice flour; the filling can be meat or vegetarian, sweet or salty; the cooking method can also be used for steaming, cooking, frying, deep-frying, and so on. Meat filling has three fresh, shrimp, crab meat, sea cucumber, fish, chicken, pork, beef, mutton, etc., vegetarian filling is divided into mixed vegetarian filling, ordinary vegetarian filling and so on.

Dumplings are characterized by their thin skin, tender filling, delicious flavor, and unique shape, and they are made with a full range of nutrients and steamed to ensure less nutrient loss.

There are many famous dumplings from all over China, such as shrimp dumplings made from Chengdu flour in Guangdong, dumplings in sour soup in Xi'an, pork and cabbage dumplings in Hengshui, pan-fried dumplings in Shanghai, steamed dumplings with crab roe in Yangzhou, small dumplings in high soup in Shandong, dumplings on the old side of the river in Shenyang, and Zhongshui dumplings in Sichuan, all of which are very popular varieties.

When wrapping dumplings, people often pack gold ruyi, brown sugar, peanuts, dates and chestnut coins into the filling. Those who eat Ruyi and brown sugar will have sweeter days in the coming year, those who eat peanuts will live a long and healthy life, those who eat jujube and chestnut will have a child early, and those who eat coins will have a constant source of wealth.