You can eat dumplings at the beginning of winter and the winter solstice.

1. Eating dumplings at the beginning of winter

The beginning of winter is between November 7 and 8. The word "Li" in Lidong means the beginning of early winter. Eating dumplings at the beginning of winter comes from the saying "Jiaozi time". "Dumplings" is also called Jiaozi, which means the replacement of old and new. Beginning of winter is the turn of autumn and winter, so dumplings at the "Jiaozi" time cannot be ignored.

2. Eating dumplings on the Winter Solstice

The Winter Solstice is between December 21st and 23rd. The word "Zhi" in the Winter Solstice means that the cold is coming. Dumplings are eaten during the Winter Solstice because dumplings have the meaning of "repelling the cold". There is a folk proverb that "If you don't carry the dumpling bowl during the Winter Solstice, your ears will freeze off and no one will care."

A festival for eating dumplings

1. The first day of the new year

We call the first day of the new year the New Year, and the first day of the new year is this year On the first day of the New Year, the fortune must be good, so dumplings must be eaten during the Spring Festival, and you cannot light a fire on the first day of the Lunar New Year. You just eat the leftover dumplings from the night before. This is also called having more than enough every year.

2. The fifth day of the first lunar month

The fifth day of the first lunar month is called "Powu", and dumplings are also eaten. There is a saying that there are many taboos in the few days from the first to the fifth day of the lunar month, and people should not "act rashly". Once the fifth day of the lunar month is over, it is basically the New Year's Eve and there are no more taboos, so dumplings are eaten to celebrate.