On Friday, old Beijingers pay attention to eating jiaozi. Manchu and Mongolian banners in old Beijing called jiaozi "boiled beans". No matter whether it's a rich family or a poor family, jiaozi will eat it.
Jiaozi eaten by old Beijingers during the Spring Festival can be divided into four categories according to fillings. Jiaozi: There are two kinds of meat stuffing in jiaozi: mutton and cabbage stuffing and pork and leek stuffing. A more particular family will make beef sauerkraut stuffing, beef celery stuffing, three fresh stuffing and so on. Su Jiaozi: The fillings are fried pork chops, yellow flowers, fungus, mushrooms and shredded carrots. Shredded carrots are best fried with sesame oil and stuffed with Chinese cabbage. Stuffed wonton: pork, leek and spinach stuffing. It should also be cooked from the third day to the fifth day of the first month. Soup steamed stuffed bun: after the spinach dried in the spring is distributed, it is boiled into broth, also called soup steamed stuffed bun with vegetable stuffing.
During the Chinese New Year, jiaozi is always employed by the whole family, regardless of master and servant. There is also a habit of cooking jiaozi. If jiaozi cooks, you can't say "broken", but you must say "earned" for good luck. Some ingenious etiquette ladies regard jiaozi as an artistic creation and make jiaozi look like a chubby pig. Some even pinch a few round boxes to symbolize all the best in the New Year.
Some people also pay attention to taking out the garbage accumulated in the New Year on this day, which is called "sending poor soil". It reflects the psychology that old Beijingers hope to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, send away the old poverty and hardships, and welcome a better life in the new year.
This day is also the most concentrated day for setting off firecrackers. People hope to break all kinds of bad luck in the New Year by setting off firecrackers.