Jiaozi, also known as jiaozi, is a traditional special food deeply loved by the people of China. It is the staple food of people in northern China and local snacks, and it is also a New Year's food. Jiaozi is characterized by its thin skin and tender stuffing, delicious taste and unique shape, which makes people have an appetite. Jiaozi's raw materials are rich in nutrition, and the cooking method ensures less loss of nutrients, which is in line with the connotation of China's color, flavor and food culture. Jiaozi is a folk food with a long history and is deeply loved by people. There is a saying among the people that "it's delicious but not as good as jiaozi". During the Spring Festival, jiaozi has become an indispensable delicacy. Jiaozi originated from the ancient trough. Jiaozi jiaozi is a kind of pasta filled with bread, which is shaped like a half moon or an ingot. Jiaozi is a typical folk food in northern China. People think it is "delicious but not as good as jiaozi". Jiaozi originated in China very early, and it may be a holiday food differentiated from wonton food. Half-moon wonton is probably the predecessor of jiaozi. Wonton is a seasonal food for the winter solstice festival in ancient China. After the first day of the first month as the beginning of the year, the seasonal food from the winter solstice was transplanted to the seasonal food at the beginning of the year.

Jiaozi first appeared in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Today, archaeological discoveries can prove that jiaozi cuisine was enjoyed in the Tang Dynasty. 1972, Jiaozi was found in the tomb of Astana in Turpan, Xinjiang. Jiaozi was called "flat food" in Yuan and Ming Dynasties, "cake" in Qing Dynasty and "boiled cake" with jiaozi on New Year's Eve.

Zi, formerly known as Joule, was first invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a medical doctor in China, with a history of 1800 years. Jiaozi has become the symbolic food of the Northern New Year. On the one hand, because of jiaozi's delicious food, in the traditional society where life is not rich, ordinary people seldom eat a meal of jiaozi with white flour and big stuffing on weekdays, so jiaozi is considered as the best food for the New Year.

The more important reason is that jiaozi has cultural symbolic significance, and jiaozi is a symbol of the changes of the times. In the folk concept, the new year and the old year alternate at midnight. When New Year's Eve and the New Year alternate, the whole family eats jiaozi to celebrate the New Year, which means to say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new year. Moreover, because jiaozi is shaped like a silver ingot, there is a pot on the table, which is symbolic of "making a fortune in the New Year, and ingots roll in". Jiaozi is boiled, so it is not "broken" or "rotten", but "earned" and "rose".

In addition, for the sake of luck and happiness, people will put some things in jiaozi, such as red dates, which means having children early or getting rich early; Some put chestnuts, meaning good luck; Some people put coins in, and whoever eats coins indicates who can make a fortune.