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In Chinese folk custom, there are fish dumplings (Steamed Turbot Fish) on the door (Fulin Roast Duck) every year: to attract wealth and treasure. Eating "dumplings" on New Year's Eve is an important feast that cannot be replaced by any delicacies from the mountains and seas.

"Dumplings" are also known as "Jiaozi" or "Jiaoer", which means the alternation of the old and the new. It also adheres to the will of God. It is a must-eat feast delicacy.

Eating dumplings means "Gengsui Jiaozi", "zi" means "Zi Shi", and "Jiao" is a homophonic sound for "dumplings", which means "happy reunion" and "good luck".

In addition, because dumplings resemble ingots in shape, eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year also carries the auspicious meaning of "bringing in wealth and treasure".

The choice of dumpling fillings is directly related to its meaning. The most common leek filling means long-term wealth, because long-term means long time and long-term, which is called long-lasting wealth.

The typical winter cabbage stuffing with meat means hundreds of wealth.

Shiitake mushrooms have the most health-preserving effects. Wrapping them in dumpling fillings means to encourage wealth. The drum means to be high and protruding. The shape of the mushrooms is like an upward arrow, or it may be the trend of the stock market, which means upward and full.

It's called encouraging wealth.

Finally, there is the pickled cabbage that Nanjing people love to eat, which is said to have the meaning of fortune-telling.