Ningdu meatball is a traditional dish in Ningdu County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, which belongs to Hakka cuisine. The production materials are pork, fish, bitter gourd and so on. In China New Year, wedding, being a guest, moving and traveling, it is often used as a dish to receive guests.
Ningdu County is a place where Hakkas migrate. In order to avoid the war in the Central Plains, the Hakkas in Ningdu suffered from migration, looking forward to the country and people's safety, longing for family reunion and enjoying peace and harmony forever, and specially made a round Hakka meatball with outstanding local characteristics and strong festive colors. Ningdu meatballs, pork meatballs and fish meatballs are a dish that Ningdu Hakkas must order for the New Year or every happy event, which means reunion and happiness.