What festival is it to eat jiaozi?

Generally, jiaozi should wrap it up before New Year's Eve 12, and eat it at midnight. 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", and "Zi" is homophonic with "jiaozi", which means "reunion" and "good luck".

2. Eat jiaozi on the fifth day of the first month.

The fifth day of the first month is called "Breaking Five", and you should also eat jiaozi. There is a saying that there are many taboos in the days from the first day to the fifth day, so people should not "act rashly". Once the fifth day is over, the New Year's Eve dinner is basically over, so they are no longer taboo and want to eat jiaozi's congratulations. Especially in Tianjin and its nearby areas (such as Cangzhou City), there is a custom of "covering jiaozi and holding the mouth of the villain", saying that the villain should be shut up and speak ill of him less in the coming year.

3. Eat jiaozi in the dog days.

Dog days are the days with the highest temperature, humidity and sultry weather in a year, and there are "dog days" in a year. It is at this time that the people say "bitter summer". At that time, it was not rich, and it happened that the wheat harvest was less than a month. In Man Cang, in every family valley, people take advantage of this opportunity to eat a rare white flour, and jiaozi is the top grade that is hard to see at ordinary times. Therefore, there is a saying in old Beijing that "head falls on jiaozi, face falls on it".

4. beginning of autumn eats jiaozi

There is a folk proverb in China, "Food is the most important thing for the people". Beginning of autumn is a very important solar term, and people can't forget to eat it. People have a bad appetite in dog days, so many people will lose weight. In the Qing Dynasty, it was popular in China to weigh people (children, of course) by hanging scales in dog days, and compare them with the weight of Chang Xia to measure their fatness. Losing weight is called "bitter summer". At that time, people often judged health only by being fat and thin. Of course, if you lose weight, you need to make up. The remedy is to "stick fat in autumn" and eat delicious food in early autumn. Of course, meat is the first choice, and "stick fat with meat". On this day, ordinary people eat stewed meat, while cultured people eat boiled meat and braised pork, as well as jiaozi, stewed chicken, stewed duck and braised fish.

5. beginning of winter eats jiaozi.

Beginning of winter solar terms mean autumn harvest and winter storage. China used to be a farming society. People who have worked for a year should take advantage of beginning of winter to have a rest and repay their families for their hard work. There is a proverb that "beginning of winter fills the winter and the mouth" is the best metaphor.

In the north of China, people like to eat jiaozi. There have been many legends about eating jiaozi since ancient times, and eating jiaozi has a kind of "good luck". Can be boiling, lively, harmonious, festive, auspicious and smooth. So it is welcomed by people of all ethnic groups everywhere.