Be sure to wrap jiaozi before midnight on New Year's Eve and cook it then. At this time, it is the beginning of the first day of the first lunar month. Eating jiaozi means "making friends when you are young". "Zi" means "Zi Shi", which is homophonic with "Jiao", so it is named "Jiao Zi", which means happy reunion, auspiciousness, sweetness and peace.

In addition, jiaozi is shaped like an ingot, so eating jiaozi in the Spring Festival means making a fortune; Then there is the stuffing in jiaozi. People want to wrap things symbolizing good luck in jiaozi, which is the expectation for the new year. Generally speaking, on New Year's Eve, we will eat jiaozi with meat stuffing, while on New Year's Day, we will eat jiaozi with vegetarian stuffing. When wrapping jiaozi, people will wrap coins, peppers and peanuts in jiaozi. People who eat in different jiaozi restaurants will have different luck next year.

Implication of Spring Festival dumpling stuffing

As far as the fillings in jiaozi during the Spring Festival are concerned, they can be roughly divided into two types: meat and vegetables. All kinds of meat stuffing, seafood stuffing, vegetable stuffing, meat stuffing and so on. As the saying goes, "The first day in jiaozi is the second day". On New Year's Day, almost every family eats jiaozi. Folklore experts say that jiaozi is a folk food with a long history and is deeply loved by people. There is a folk saying that "hanging upside down is not as comfortable as it is, but it is more delicious than jiaozi". During the Spring Festival, jiaozi has become an indispensable delicacy.

When wrapping jiaozi, people usually wrap Jin Ruyi, sugar, peanuts, dates and chestnuts into stuffing. Eat the best and sugar, life will be sweeter in the coming year, eat peanuts, live a long and healthy life, eat dates and chestnuts, and have a baby early. In some areas, when people eat jiaozi, they should also prepare some non-staple food to show good luck.