What shapes does jiaozi have?

There are bobo jiaozi, jiaozi Clam, jiaozi Fish and so on.

1, Bobo jiaozi

Put a dumpling skin in your palm, put in a proper amount of stuffing, fold the dumpling skin in half and seal it into a semicircle, hold the edge of the dumpling skin slightly in front of your thumb, push the dumpling skin forward and fold it slightly, and push it to the top of the right end repeatedly to let go, so that a bobo jiaozi is completed.

2. Clam jiaozi

Take a dumpling skin and put it in the palm of your hand. Add a proper amount of stuffing. Fold the dumpling skin in half and fold both sides inward. Hold the folded edge and hold the folded mouth on both sides. Hold the upper right corner with your right thumb and pinch it thin. Press down the thinned top and continue to press down to form a twisted edge pattern until a jiaozi in the shape of a clam appears at the left end.

3. Fish jiaozi

Make a fist with your left hand, and your thumb and forefinger will stretch out naturally. Take a dumpling skin and put it in the stuffing. Fold the dumpling wrapper in half, with one side folded inward by about 1-2CM, then folded inward by 1-2CM after extrusion, then extruded, and repeated to the other side. Finally, when you close your mouth, pinch your tail up a little.

Extended data

Jiaozi is a folk food with a long history in China. Eating jiaozi during the Spring Festival is also a unique folk tradition of China people. Because it means "making friends when you are young", it is very popular with people. During the Spring Festival, jiaozi has become an indispensable delicacy. In many Han folk customs, eating "jiaozi" on New Year's Eve is an important feast that no food can replace.

Jiaozi originated in the era of Zhang Zhongjing, and "jiaozi" is also called "Jiaozi" or "Joule", which means the alternation of the old and the new, and it is also a feast that must be eaten according to God's meaning. Otherwise, God will remove your name from the world of Yin and Yang and become an unrecorded ghost after death. It shows that our ancestors attached great importance to this.

Anyway, in order to get rid of the bad luck for a year, you should eat "jiaozi" on New Year's Eve. People from far away will cross mountains and rivers to return to their hometown and eat jiaozi with their families in winter to show that they have a happy home.

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