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New Year's custom of eating dumplings

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According to ancient customs, dumplings were eaten after the New Year's rituals. It is said to be eaten at the time of the New Year, that is, at the time of the New Year's Eve, when it is the turn of two years and the time of welcoming the new and resigning from the old, which has a special significance...

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The shape of the dumplings is very similar to that of a Yuanbao, so people use their imagination to eat dumplings at Chinese New Year as if they were eating a Yuanbao, which is called "inviting wealth and prosperity".

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Dumplings have a filling, which makes it easy for people to put all kinds of auspicious and joyful things into the filling, in order to send people's good wishes for the new year.

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Dumplings are delicious in their own right, with a variety of fillings, meat and vegetarian, and a variety of sauces!