Eating jiaozi on New Year's Day means "good luck and prosperity". Tangyuan is one of the must-eat foods in many southern areas on New Year's Day! Moreover, on the first day of New Year's Day, glutinous rice balls are also called "Yuanbao", and eating glutinous rice balls on the first day of New Year's Day is called "Deyuanbao".

Jiaozi is a traditional food in China, which is stuffed with half-moon or ingot-shaped dough. The wrapped jiaozi can be used to make steamed dumplings, fried dumplings or glutinous rice balls. There are different opinions about the origin of jiaozi. Some people think that jiaozi evolved from wonton, while others think that jiaozi originated from the ancient "trough".