This is why northerners must eat jiaozi on New Year's Eve. Secondly, the shape of jiaozi is very similar to that of an ingot, so people think that jiaozi symbolizes wealth. A big pot of jiaozi served on New Year's Eve is like a silver ingot, which makes people feel happy. This also indicates that in the new year, when we eat jiaozi at home, we will put some coins in the jiaozi. Whoever can eat coins means that whoever will have good luck in the coming year. Although everyone knows that this is not true, they will still eat coins happily, mainly for a good omen. When people are in a good mood, things will naturally go smoothly.
Jiaozi has a history of thousands of years. Jiaozi originally came from the Han Dynasty and was invented by Zhang Zhongjing. At that time, there were many poor people, and people often didn't have enough to eat and clothes. Once Zhang Zhongjing found that some poor people's ears were frozen, so he made a bowl? Quhan Joule Decoction? It is made of mutton wrapped in dough to look like jiaozi, and then boiled into soup. Later, after continuous evolution, it finally became the shape of jiaozi that we see now.
Although we northerners always eat jiaozi during the Chinese New Year, the customs are different due to different regions. Some people eat it at 30 nights, and some people eat it on the first day of the month.