What is the meaning and symbol of eating jiaozi?

Jiaozi symbolizes happiness, peace, auspiciousness, hope and wealth in the coming year. It was a fruitful year, symbolizing China people's respect and love for family culture. Jiaozi originated from the ancient corner of China, and was originally named Jiaoer, a traditional noodle of Han nationality, which was invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a native of Nanyang in the Eastern Han Dynasty. There is a folk proverb called "Eat jiaozi for the New Year in cold weather".

The history of jiaozi:

Jiaozi is a folk food with a long history. 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. There is a folk saying "delicious but not as good as jiaozi".

Jiaozi has many famous products in China, such as Guangdong's powdered shrimp dumplings, An's sour soup jiaozi, Hengshui's pork and cabbage jiaozi, Shanghai's fried dumplings, Yangzhou's crab roe steamed dumplings, Shandong's glutinous rice balls, Shenyang's jiaozi and Sichuan's Zhong jiaozi, all of which are popular varieties.

You should also eat jiaozi on the 15th day of the first lunar month, because this day is the first full moon of the Lunar New Year. There is also a saying in the north that "jiaozi is the solstice in winter and noodles are the solstice in summer", so the north regards jiaozi as a kind of food symbolizing festival ceremonies.