Shanghai time-honored handmade dumplings sell four or five thousand boxes a day. On which festivals will China people eat jiaozi?

During the Lantern Festival, the daily sales of many old-fashioned handmade dumplings in Shanghai reached four or five thousand boxes, and some single-product dumplings even reached the level of five or six thousand boxes a day. There is also a reason why China people love jiaozi so much. Mainly because jiaozi represents the meaning of family reunion, which is in line with the festive atmosphere. China people will eat jiaozi on the Lantern Festival. In addition, people in the south are also used to eating jiaozi during the Lantern Festival, the winter solstice and the Spring Festival.

Eating glutinous rice balls in the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month is a folk custom handed down from ancient China with a long history, which is said to have originated in the Song Dynasty. There are many ways to make soft glutinous dumplings, and the fillings are also varied, including white sugar, sesame, jujube paste, nuts, bean paste, walnuts and so on, with many flavors. The common way to eat is to make soup, but it can also be steamed and fried, which also means reunion. In the north, people usually eat jiaozi on Lantern Festival, but in many southern areas, people eat jiaozi on Spring Festival, Lantern Festival and winter solstice. Many southerners pay special attention to the winter solstice. There is a saying that eating jiaozi once on the winter solstice makes you one year older.

The moral of dumplings is that the image of dumplings is round, tender and lovely. After cooking, they float on the noodle soup and look very beautiful, similar to a bright moon hanging in the sky. On the occasion of family reunion during the Lantern Festival, people float in the air with a bowl of glutinous rice balls, corresponding to the full moon hanging in the sky, which sets off the beautiful meaning of family reunion, happiness and auspiciousness. Therefore, glutinous rice balls have always been a symbol of happiness and reunion in folk customs, and people like to eat a bowl of glutinous rice balls in festivals for prayer. Moreover, glutinous rice is the main raw material of glutinous rice, which has the effect of nourishing the spleen and stomach and nourishing human qi and blood. Depending on the stuffing of glutinous rice, it will also have different nutritional and fitness effects on the body.

Precautions for Eating Tangyuan Although it is delicious, it also has a beautiful meaning. But in fact, Tangyuan is a high-calorie and high-sugar food, which contains a certain amount of oil and is not suitable for eating more. In addition, the skin of zongzi is not easy to digest, so it is not suitable for eating in the morning, because the gastrointestinal function of the human body is weak in the morning. There are also elderly people, infants with immature digestive system, patients with gastrointestinal diseases or people with poor digestive ability, which are not suitable for eating zongzi because it is not easy to digest. Even for healthy adults, it is best to eat about 50 grams of glutinous rice balls every day. People with diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia should eat a small amount of glutinous rice balls. Also eat less fried dumplings, because fried jiaozi is fragrant and crisp, but its oil content and energy density have increased, so it is a kind of fried food that is not suitable for eating more.