Introduction: Dumplings can be said to be the most common item in our daily lives. Dumplings are often eaten during many solar terms or festival customs. Dumplings are often eaten when people rarely go home or receive guests. It can be said that In many areas of northern my country, dumplings are eaten all the time. So, do you know the meaning of eating dumplings during the Spring Festival? What is the symbol of eating dumplings during the Spring Festival? If you don’t know, come with me to find out.
The meaning of eating dumplings during the Spring Festival
1. Dumplings means "Jiao Zi", and "Zi" means "Zi Shi". "Dumpling" is a homophonic pronunciation of "dumplings", which means festive reunion and good luck, indicating good luck in the new year. 2. Dumplings are shaped like ingots. People eat dumplings during the Spring Festival to "bring in wealth". 3. Dumplings have fillings, which facilitate people to wrap various auspicious and festive things in the fillings to express people's good expectations for the new year. 4. Dumplings themselves are delicious. There is a saying among the people that "it is better to lie down than to be comfortable, and it is not as delicious as dumplings".
The origin of eating dumplings during the Spring Festival
Dumplings represent the beginning of the new year, and eating dumplings during the Spring Festival is considered to be a good luck. In addition, dumplings are shaped like ingots. Making dumplings means wrapping up good luck, and eating dumplings symbolizes a wealthy life.
Dumplings are one of my country’s traditional foods. Also called flat food or boiled pastry. In ancient times, there were only wontons but no dumplings. Later, the wontons were shaped into crescents and became dumplings. The habit of eating dumplings in the Tang Dynasty has spread to remote areas of our country. On New Year's Eve, as soon as the clock strikes twelve o'clock, people start eating dumplings, so this time is the Zi hour, which means the alternation of the old and the new, and the coming of the Zi hour.
Chinese culture is extensive and profound, and folk customs also have their own characteristics. In some places, dumplings are eaten on New Year’s Eve, in other places they are eaten on the first day of the new year. In some areas in the north, there is also the custom of eating dumplings every morning from the first to the fifth day of the lunar new year... Although the custom of eating dumplings varies from place to place, it can never be separated. The descendants of Yan and Huang have good expectations for "Fu Lu, Longevity and Health". Cooking with good water creates a good taste in the New Year, and also carries the good protection of health. A new voyage!
What is the symbol of eating dumplings during the Spring Festival< /p>
Eating dumplings during the Spring Festival has many beautiful connotations, especially on New Year’s Eve. The reason why this dumpling meal on New Year's Eve is extraordinary is that firstly, the time from 23:00 on the 30th night of the twelfth lunar month to 1:00 on the first day of the new year coincides with Jiaozi time, which means "new year Jiaozi", and "zi" means "Jiaozi". "Zi Shi" is homophonic with "dumpling", which means "happy reunion" and "good luck".
The second is that people hope to eat the unhappy and troublesome things that happened in the past year together like eating dumplings, praying for good luck in the new year. Third, eating dumplings also means praying for the birth of a child early in the coming year, a prosperous family, and a promising future for the child. In addition, dumplings have become the mascot of the Spring Festival because they are shaped like silver ingots. Eating dumplings during the Spring Festival symbolizes "making a fortune in the new year, and ingots are rolling in", embodying people's good wishes of "bringing in wealth".
In order to be auspicious and festive, people will put some things in the dumplings when making them, such as red dates, which means having a child or getting rich early; some put chestnuts, which means good luck; some put If a coin is put into the coin, whoever gets it will predict who will get rich. Even though they are the same kind of dumplings, they have different ways of eating them: the Daur people in Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang cook the dumplings in vermicelli broth. Then eat it with soup and dumplings; in some areas of Henan, dumplings and noodles are cooked together, which is called "golden thread wearing ingot".
There are also taboos about eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year. For example, boiled dumplings should not be said to be "broken", "rotten" or "bad", but should be said to have "earned" or "increased". These taboos have the implication that people seek good luck and good luck.
The legend of eating dumplings during the Spring Festival
There are many legends about eating dumplings during the Spring Festival. One is to commemorate the founding of the world by Pangu and the end of chaos, and the other is to take it from the "Hundun" Homophone, meaning "full of food".
In addition, there is also a folk saying that eating dumplings is related to Nuwa's creation of humans. When Nuwa kneaded earth to create a human being, the loess people's ears were easily frozen due to the cold weather. In order to keep the ears in place, Nuwa pierced a small eye in the human ear and tied the ear with a thin thread. , put the other end of the thread in the mouth of the loess and bite it to complete the ears.
In order to commemorate Nuwa's achievements, the common people made dumplings, shaped into the shape of human ears with dough, filled with stuffing (thread), and eaten with their mouths.
There is another saying about eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year: A long time ago, in a poor mountain village, there was a very poor family who often ate the first meal but not the next. On New Year's Eve, there was no flour or vegetables at home. I listened to the sound of chopping vegetables all around, and I was very anxious. I had no choice but to borrow rice noodles from relatives and friends. After making the noodles, I randomly mixed in some mixed vegetables to make the filling, and then made the dumplings. Because the noodles are borrowed, the dumplings are especially precious. When placed, they are placed in a circle from the inside to the outside, very neat and beautiful. The Kitchen God, who had just returned from heaven, was very happy to see it.
There was a rich man in the same village. His family had a fortune. He was used to eating delicacies from all over the world, so he didn’t take dumplings seriously at all. On New Year's Eve, stuffings with meat, eggs and other ingredients are used to make dumplings and placed randomly on the curtain. Unexpectedly, after the dumplings were cooked in the pot, their taste changed completely. Pork filling turned into radish dish. But the poor family's dumplings turned out to be stuffed with meat and eggs. It turned out that the Kitchen God was very dissatisfied with the rich man's attitude towards making dumplings. In order to punish him, he secretly mixed the dumplings from the two families. The next day, the news spread in the village. From then on, no matter how busy people are, the New Year's Eve dumplings must be arranged neatly to get a "lucky circle".
The meaning of dumpling stuffing during the Spring Festival
1. Celery stuffing - Qincai dumplings which means hard work
Many people like to eat dumplings stuffed with celery. It tastes fragrant, relieves tiredness, and can lower blood pressure after eating it. In fact, making dumpling fillings also represents diligence and hard work. Diligent wealth is a blessing for a steady stream of material wealth, and it is also a blessing for hard work and pragmatism.
2. Chive stuffing-Jiucai dumplings, which means Jiucai
Chives are very fragrant and tender. Chives and pork are used as fillings. The dumplings are very delicious, which is a real treat for people who love pasta and stuffing. Leek means eternity, long time, and eternity. It is a blessing for long-lasting material wealth, and it is also a blessing for eternity. I hope people will live long.
3. Cabbage stuffing - Baicai dumplings, which means hundreds of wealth
Cabbage is also people’s favorite dumpling filling. There are also blessings for such wealth, as well as good wishes for the newlyweds to grow old together.
4. Mushroom stuffing - Gucai dumplings, which means to encourage wealth
The shape of the mushroom is like an upward arrow, which has the trend of the stock market and means upward and full, so it is It is called encouraging wealth; it is also used to express good wishes to the younger generation in the hope that they will succeed.
5. Pickled cabbage dumplings - Suancai dumplings with the meaning of calculating wealth
Pickled cabbage dumplings are appetizing and relieving, but they actually have a profound meaning! There are calculations and calculations. Counting wealth means that those who have a lot of money will take a long time to count. Just counting money makes my hands cramp.
6. Mutton stuffing - Yangcai dumplings, which means foreign wealth
If you need nourishment in winter, you like to eat mutton. Mutton dumplings are nourishing, and there are many sheep. It means broader than the sea, and I hope to make a fortune and make a fortune widely.
7. Jujube stuffing - lucky dumplings with the meaning of attracting wealth
Very old people used to make dumplings during the Chinese New Year and would put a jujube in them. "Jujube" and "jujube" The homophonic pronunciation of " Zhao" means that young people are expected to attract wealth, which means money will come rolling in.