The legend of eating dumplings:

According to the "Guang Ya" written by Zhang Yi, a man from the Wei Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms, there was a crescent-shaped food called "wonton" at that time, and the current dumplings The shapes are basically similar. By the Northern and Southern Dynasties, wontons were "shaped like a crescent moon and were eaten all over the world." It is speculated that after the dumplings were cooked at that time, they were not taken out and eaten separately, but mixed with the soup in a bowl and eaten, so people at that time called the dumplings "wontons". This way of eating is still popular in some areas of my country. For example, when people in Henan, Shaanxi and other places eat dumplings, they put some coriander, chopped green onion, dried shrimps, leeks and other small ingredients in the soup.

According to ancient customs, dumplings are a food eaten after New Year sacrifices. During the Chinese New Year, people pay attention to keeping the New Year's Bun, and eating it when they say goodbye, that is, eating it at Zi time. This is the turn of two years, the time to welcome the new year and say goodbye to the old. It has special significance and takes the meaning of "Jiao Zi", "Zi" It is "Zi Shi", which is homophonic with "dumpling". It means festive reunion and good luck, and it indicates good luck in the new year.