It's just a fact that southerners don't eat jiaozi, and it doesn't need to be deliberate to tell the truth. Only lying needs deep motivation.

The custom of eating jiaozi in the North during the Spring Festival gradually became popular in the Ming Dynasty. Because jiaozi is homophonic, eating jiaozi on New Year's Eve, when the old and the new years alternate, is a symbol of great wealth and great wealth in the coming year. In the northern area with Beijing as the center, from the nobles of imperial power to the ordinary people, they will eat jiaozi during the Chinese New Year, and this custom has gradually continued to this day.

Secondly, it has something to do with the yield of wheat, which requires a high growth environment. Generally speaking, the wheat yield in the north is far greater than that in the south. South Renye Fang once tried to grow wheat, but the yield was very low, only about 3 Jin per mu. Therefore, for ancient southerners, wheat-based pasta was not rich and had little contact, so they gradually stopped catching a cold about pasta. However, the yield of wheat in the north is high, so eating jiaozi in the New Year has gradually become a habit.

why don't southerners eat jiaozi during the Chinese New Year

Apart from the low wheat yield, southerners don't eat jiaozi during the Chinese New Year, perhaps because jiaozi is too simple. Chinese New Year is one of the most important festivals in a year. Don't you think it's too boring to eat only jiaozi and a few side dishes? Southerners don't pay attention to the staple food at all, even if they don't eat, it doesn't matter, but there must be no less food. Generally speaking, southerners begin to prepare all kinds of delicious food in the afternoon of New Year's Eve, and they are busy until seven or eight in the evening, just in time to watch the Spring Festival Gala while eating New Year's Eve.

In addition to big fish and big meat, rice and zongzi are generally the staple foods of southerners during the New Year. It is a traditional custom to eat zongzi in the Spring Festival, which means "wrapped in a bag", "soaring to the sky" and "glorifying ancestors". Generally speaking, the custom of eating zongzi in the south can last until the fifteenth day of the first month, and it is indispensable when visiting relatives in the New Year. Therefore, people in the south eat zongzi the most during the Spring Festival, while jiaozi hardly eats it.

To sum up, there has always been a great difference in food culture between the north and the south of China, which is related to climate, food distribution and traditional culture. But in any case, jiaozi is an important component of the Chinese nation's food culture, and it is indispensable.