Why beginning of winter eats jiaozi —— Exploring the cultural significance of jiaozi in beginning of winter's solar terms?

Warm prayer: it's very cold in winter. Eating hot jiaozi can keep you warm. The shape of jiaozi is similar to the silver ingot in ancient China, so eating jiaozi also symbolizes the accumulation and blessing of wealth.

Symbol of reunion: jiaozi is a kind of food made by family members, and eating jiaozi symbolizes family reunion, affection and harmony. On this day in early winter, family members get together to wrap jiaozi, which enhances the affection between family members.

Celebrate the harvest: beginning of winter is an important time in the lunar calendar, which means that the autumn harvest is over and farmers begin to enter the winter leisure period. Eating jiaozi is also to celebrate and thank the harvest.

Continuation of traditional customs: Eating jiaozi has a history of thousands of years in China, which is a continuation of traditional customs. People eat jiaozi to commemorate and inherit this custom and make it a part of China culture.

Generally speaking, beginning of winter's eating jiaozi is a custom in China's traditional culture. It has the cultural significance of keeping warm and praying, symbolizing reunion, celebrating harvest and continuing traditional customs.