Why is jiaozi round? For this reason.

Tangyuan is round in shape and has a Q-shape. Many people don't understand why dumplings should be made into a circle instead of other shapes. This is why dumplings are round.

Why is jiaozi round?

The shape of glutinous rice balls means reunion and perfection.

"Don't get stuck in a corner" means that everything is perfect and there are no defects. Where there are defects, there are odd corners.

"Shang" of "Shang Yuan" means extreme, too great and supreme; The "Yuan" of "Shangyuan" means perfection and beginning. Moreover, in ancient China, on 1 month 15, July 15 and 10/0, Xia Yuan were called Shangyuan, Zhongyuan and respectively: Shangyuan was a heavenly official and blessed; Zhongyuan is a local official and forgives sins; The next Yuan Wei is a water official, relieved. Therefore, jiaozi must be round in order to express their meaning with their shapes.

Why do you eat glutinous rice balls on Lantern Festival?

Yuanxiao better symbolizes family reunion, and eating Yuanxiao means happy family reunion in the new year, so Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month is necessary.

Tangyuan is one of the representatives of traditional snacks in China. It is a kind of spherical food made of glutinous rice flour, which usually has stuffing and is cooked in soup. It is also the most distinctive food of the Lantern Festival. It has a long history. According to legend, Tangyuan originated in the Song Dynasty. At that time, Mingzhou (now Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province) began to eat a novel food, which was filled with black sesame seeds and oil, added with a little sugar, and kneaded into balls with glutinous rice flour outside. When cooked, it tastes sweet and delicious. Because this kind of dumplings cooked in a pot will float and sink, it was originally called "floating Zi Yuan", and later it was renamed Yuanxiao in some areas.

Tangyuan Yuanxiao is very different.

Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China. Eating Yuanxiao in the north and Tangyuan in the south are two foods with different practices and tastes. Yuanxiao usually only uses vegetarian solid sweet stuffing, cut into small pieces, dipped in water and repeatedly wrapped in glutinous rice flour until the size is right and the surface is dry. The stuffing of glutinous rice balls is well prepared. First, make glutinous rice flour into dough, and wrap the stuffing like jiaozi before kneading. The taste of glutinous rice balls is more delicate and smooth than Yuanxiao.

Eating too many dumplings is not suitable for digestion.

Twenty glutinous rice balls can supply an adult man with the calories he needs in a day. Moreover, glutinous rice, the raw material for making glutinous rice balls, has an indigestible substance. People are prone to indigestion after eating glutinous rice balls. If they eat too much dumplings, they will feel bloating and have no appetite for other foods. It is best to choose small dumplings without stuffing, no more than four.