What are the traditional customs of eating jiaozi?

1. Family Reunion: Every winter solstice, the family will be busy from morning till night, prepare a very rich dinner, and get together to eat hot jiaozi. Talking about daily life, talking about trivial things in life, and talking about the expectation of a better life next year. So eating jiaozi also means family reunion.

Second, the long-term meaning: There are many fillings in jiaozi, including Chinese cabbage, pork, beef, shrimp and corn. Among them, the special one belongs to "leek stuffing". Because "Jiu" and "Jiu" are homophones, people are good at getting a good cheer and a good omen between homophones. Therefore, jiaozi made of leek stuffing has a good wish of long life, abundant financial resources and long life.

Third, the financial resources are abundant: when you make jiaozi, you should pinch the edges and corners. When you pinch them, you must have edges and corners, so its shape generally looks like an ingot, which used to be a common currency. Therefore, the wrapped jiaozi has a good omen of rolling financial resources. He ate jiaozi again, and jiaozi symbolized holding wealth in his own hands.

Legends about jiaozi:

There is a custom of eating jiaozi every winter until today. Legend has it that it is to commemorate Zhang Zhongjing's kindness in "Quhan Joule Decoction". According to legend, in the winter of solstice, when Zhang Zhongjing came home, he saw the villagers sallow and emaciated, hungry and cold, and many people's ears were frozen. Let the apprentice set up a big pot at the entrance of the village. He put the cold medicine and mutton into the pot.