When making dumplings, put coins inside one or several dumplings. Whoever eats a dumpling with coins indicates that he will have good fortune in the new year. This is a beautiful wish from workers during the farming civilization for wealth in the new year.

According to Professor Zhang Ming of Renmin University of China: Dumplings themselves mean getting rich. At the junction of two years, on the occasion of Jiaozi, eating dumplings represents Jiaozi. At the same time, the dumplings look like ingots, and eating them means getting rich in the coming year. Whoever puts money into the dumplings and eats them will be lucky in the coming year.

Today, due to hygiene considerations, coins are no longer placed in dumplings. Instead, peanuts and candies are placed, which are sweet and auspicious.

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Eating dumplings is a unique folk tradition of the Chinese during the Spring Festival. Because it means "Gengsuijiaozi", it is very popular among the people. There is a saying among the people that “dumplings are not as delicious as dumplings”. During the Spring Festival, dumplings have become an indispensable delicacy.

In the folk customs of many areas in China, staying up late and eating "dumplings" on New Year's Eve is an important feast that cannot be replaced by any delicacies from the mountains and seas. In addition to dumplings as a holiday delicacy in the north, people in the south also eat dumplings on certain occasions.

Dumplings originated in the era of Zhang Zhongjing. "Dumplings" are also known as "Jiaozi" or "Jiaoer", which means the alternation of the old and the new. It also adheres to the meaning of God. It is a must-eat banquet delicacy. . People from far away will travel across mountains and rivers to return to their hometowns to spend the winter festival with their families and eat dumplings to show that they have a happy destination.