1. Put an appropriate amount of cold water in the pot (depending on the amount you cook) and bring it to a boil.

2. Cook dumplings or Yuanxiao with boiling water.

When the water boils again, add a spoonful of cold water to keep it boiling. Repeat this for three times. When the water boils again and jiaozi or Yuanxiao has all floated on the water, you can turn off the fire.

Eating dumplings is a traditional custom of China people, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls is one year older". Chen Zhisui's poem "Tangyuan" said: "Every winter solstice, everyone cooks, one year old, do you know?" There is a saying in Ningbo: "Every family in Ningbo makes glutinous rice balls, and contentment is always happy." Hu also wrote a poem: "Xiangze glutinous rice is used as dumplings, and boiling water is rich and salty." The entrance is sweet and smooth, and the family is happy and drunk. " "Ningbo Tangyuan" is an essential food and a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour. "Circle" means "reunion" and "perfection". Eating glutinous rice balls during festivals symbolizes family harmony and auspiciousness, so it is also called "floating Zi Yuan".