Going out to eat dumplings means looking forward to reunion. It means a safe reunion, but also means hoping for an early return.

There is a tradition of eating dumplings during New Year’s Eve dinner, but the customs of eating dumplings vary from place to place. Some places eat dumplings on New Year's Eve, and some places eat dumplings on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Eating dumplings is a unique way to express people's wishes when bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new. The homophony of dumplings is "Jiaozi", which means the moment when the new year and the old year intersect. Eating dumplings during the Spring Festival means good luck. In addition, dumplings are shaped like ingots, and making dumplings means wrapping up good luck.

Dumplings are a traditional specialty food loved by the Han people in China. Dumplings are semicircular, half-moon or angular shaped pasta with fillings. According to legend, it was the Chinese medical sage Zhang Zhongjing who first invented dumplings. Dumplings are also a festival food in the north. Many places in northern China have the habit of eating dumplings during the winter solstice. Dumplings are also a common food in southern China.

The historical evolution of dumplings has gone through a long gradual process. Zhang Zilie gave a good explanation in the late Ming Dynasty: "Shui Jiao Er, Duan Cheng-style food, Tang Zhongluo Wan, or Fan Jiao, is read by northerners "Jiao is Jiao, because it is called dumpling bait, and it is fake as dumpling." Dumplings have various names due to the different fillings used. They are divided into fried dumplings, fried dumplings, steamed dumplings, boiled dumplings, etc. due to different ripening methods.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia entry? Dumplings