Dumplings on New Year’s Day must have vegetarian fillings.

Myth 1: Eating vegetarian dumplings on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year means that you have been vegetarian for the whole year. This also symbolizes that in the new year, your life will be simple, quiet and smooth.

Myth 2: Eating vegetarian dumplings on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year means "eating vegetarian food and not eating meat". Being immobile means not being angry or angry, so eating vegetarian dumplings is a sign of hope that in the new year there will be less worries, less anger, peace and quiet, and no worries.

Myth 3: Eating vegetarian dumplings on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year means "solemn", which means solemnity. It expresses the hope that the family will be quiet in the new year, with less quarrels and no annoying things.

Fourth statement: In some places in the south, such as Guangdong and Hainan, it is not popular to eat dumplings on the morning of New Year's Day, but the food is also vegetarian. In addition to the above meaning, it also means not killing animals in the coming year and praying for good fortune. Longevity, clean and safe good wishes are in it.

The origin of eating dumplings on New Year's Day:

It is said that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were many natural disasters and many people suffered from "rotten ears". When the famous medical scientist Zhang Zhongjing was an official in Changsha, he saw the epidemic of plague, so he found an open space, set up a big pot on the day of the winter solstice, and gave medicine to people to treat diseases, saving many poor people. Zhang Zhongjing's medicine is called "Quhan Jiao Er Soup". The method is as follows: put mutton, chili and some medicinal materials to dispel cold in a pot and stew. After simmering, take it out, chop it into pieces, and then use the dough to make an ear shape. Boil the food in a pot and distribute it to the patients.

Some people call this kind of thing "Jiao Er". After a person ate Jiao Er and drank a bowl of soup, his ears became hot and his blood boiled. Soon the rotten ears were cured. Zhang Zhongjing continued to give up medicine until New Year's Eve. On the first day of the new year, people celebrate the New Year and the recovery of rotten ears. They imitate the appearance of "Jiao Er" and make New Year's food and eat it on the morning of the first day of the new year. People called this food "Jiao Er", and later called it "dumplings".