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The custom of eating jiaozi.

Eating jiaozi is an important custom during the Spring Festival. In China culture, jiaozi symbolizes reunion and auspiciousness. Usually, families will pack jiaozi together, which is also a way of reunion. In the process of hiring jiaozi, people can talk and laugh, enhance their feelings and show the warmth and unity of their families. Besides, jiaozi is shaped like an ingot, symbolizing wealth and good luck. In many parts of China, people also believe that eating jiaozi can bring good luck and wealth to the new year.