Jiaozi is the most representative traditional food in China, which has a history of nearly two thousand years and is widely loved by people. There is an old saying in China that "it's delicious but not as good as jiaozi".

During the Spring Festival, especially in the north, jiaozi is an indispensable delicacy on the dinner table. Generally, jiaozi should be wrapped up before 12 o'clock on New Year's Eve and eaten at midnight, because this is the beginning of the first day of the first lunar month, and "Zi" means "Zi Shi", and "Jiao" is homophonic with "Jiao". Eating jiaozi means "Jiao Zi", which means "Celebration and Reunion" at the moment when the new year and the old year intersect.

2. Tangyuan

Eating glutinous rice balls in the Spring Festival means that the family will be happy and round in the new year. In Sichuan, we should eat dumplings for breakfast on the first day of the New Year's Day. They are called "Yuanbao" and "Deyuanbao". People in Yangzhou will eat Sixi Tangyuan on the first day of the New Year, which means all the best and family reunion.

3. rice cakes

During the Spring Festival, many areas pay attention to eating rice cakes, because rice cakes are also called "Niannian cakes", which is homophonic with "getting taller every year", meaning that people's work and life are getting better year by year. Therefore, rice cakes are not only a holiday food, but also represent beautiful meanings and hopes. As the poem says: "How high the human heart is, how high it is to make food in harmony, so that the year is better than the year, so as to pray for the year."