“Why do northerners eat dumplings during every festival?”

Today is New Year’s Eve!

Do you plan to eat dumplings?

Legendary dumplings

White Moonlight on the Tip of the Tongue of Northerners

Various festivals

Let the dumplings be arranged clearly

Beginning of the dog days? Beginning of winter?

Winter Solstice? Little New Year?

New Year's Eve? The first day of the Lunar New Year? The fifth day of the Lunar New Year?

Don't ask, just eat dumplings

In order to eat dumplings

Northerners display amazing linguistic creativity

All kinds of single and double bets are mastered:

“Dumplings to send off and noodles to welcome guests”

“Eat dumplings with wine, the more you eat, the more you have.”

“Nothing tastes better than dumplings, and nothing is more comfortable than lying down”

“Drinking dumpling soup is better than taking a prescription”

So, what’s so good about dumplings?

Give northerners a dumpling wrapper

They can take over the whole world

There is a saying that goes

Bad dumplings

Basically no

But delicious dumplings

Each has its own delicious

The soul of Northeast dumplings is sauerkraut

The pickled Chinese cabbage in the big jar is sour and refreshing

The pork filling should be slightly fatter

The dumplings are steaming hot when they come out of the pot

That guy, Gaga

Talk about various seafood dumplings

Shandong is definitely the leader

Yellow croaker, cuttlefish, Spanish mackerel

Mantis shrimp, shrimp, oysters

All kinds of things swimming in the water can be made into dumplings

The most special one is the sea sausage and chive filling

It’s so delicious when you take a bite!

Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei meat and vegetable

Three fresh meat dishes, three fresh vegetarian dishes

Pork and cabbage, pork and fennel, pork and beans

Beef with green onion, lamb with carrot

Chive eggs, zucchini eggs

…

All kinds of combinations are welcome

You must try sour soup dumplings in Shaanxi

Good dumplings, better soup

Eat a big bowl of it hot

My whole body warmed up

Photo by Liu Jiao, Xinhua News Agency

In addition to the above routine operations

There are many surprises you don't know.

You can never guess what's in the next dumpling

The package contains spicy crayfish and scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

Watermelon rind or spicy strips

…

Eating dumplings

Long history, profound

For quite a long time

Dumplings and wontons

There is no strict distinction

Yan Zhitui of the Northern Qi Dynasty once said:

"Today's wontons are shaped like a crescent moon and are eaten by people all over the world."

Prove this time

Although it is called "wonton"

But now the "dumplings" have been formed

And it is quite popular

Dumplings from the Han and Three Kingdoms periods. Kitchen figurines unearthed from the Linkou cemetery in Fengdu, Chongqing.

later

Dumplings gradually became

Many different names from wonton

Such as the "Tangzhonglaowan" in the Tang Dynasty

"Jiao'er" and "Bianshi" in the Song and Yuan Dynasties

"Shuijiao'er", "Tangjiao" and "Zhubobo" in the Ming and Qing Dynasties

Dumplings and snacks from the Tang Dynasty. Unearthed in Turpan, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Northerners eat dumplings

"Justified"

It’s cold? You need to eat dumplings!

"If you don't eat dumplings during the winter solstice, your ears will freeze off and no one will care"

Folk legend has it that dumplings were invented by the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing

It is used to treat the ear frostbite that occurs in winter.

Eating dumplings during the winter solstice has become a custom

It is because people hope to have a safe winter and not have their ears frozen.

Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Zhao Dongshan)

It’s hot? You still have to eat dumplings!

“Dumplings on the first day of the dog days and noodles on the second day of the dog days”

Hot weather in the dog days

People tend to feel tired and have a poor appetite.

It's been so hard.

You have to treat yourself to something good.

If you want to increase your appetite, dumplings are the way to go.

Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Zhou You)

New Year’s Eve? It has to be dumplings!

"Dumplings" means "changing the year and handing over the child"

"Zi" means "midnight", which is homophonic with "jiao".

It indicates the alternation of the old and the new, and auspiciousness in the coming year.

From a nutritional perspective

The overall index of dumplings is also very good

There are meat, vegetables and starch

Balanced nutritional elements

Dumpling soup is also available to help digestion

A northern proverb says "the original soup turns into the original food"

The taste of dumplings

It tastes like home

In fact, for northerners

Dumplings have long gone beyond the meaning of food

Became a complex

Making dumplings is an activity that the whole family can participate in.

Usually the elders in the family make the stuffing.

The next generation of rolling dough

Pack together with the juniors

Especially in winter

The cold wind is howling outside the window

The house is warm and cozy

The family sits together

The dumpling filling exudes an enticing aroma

The adults gossiped about their daily lives

Children can play with a small piece of dough for a long time

Reunion, harmony and beauty

This warm feeling

The name is "Happiness"

The memory of eating dumplings is also touching

Freshly cooked dumplings fill the plate

Shrouded in a faint white smoke

Hurry up and pick one out

Put it in your mouth regardless of the heat

One bite

The overflowing soup stimulates the upper teeth

The dumplings are still in my mouth.

I can only vaguely say "delicious"

The family next to them

A face full of anger and pampering

But I couldn't hide the smile on my lips

Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Wang Wei)

Grow up and leave home

Dumplings become a kind of comfort

No matter what setbacks life throws at you

There is always someone to rely on in my heart:

At worst, I can go home.

Eat dumplings made by mom

I forgot everything.

In the final analysis

The purpose of celebrating festivals is to have fun and reunite with family.

What you eat is not important

Who do you eat with?

The most important thing

Who will you spend the Spring Festival with this year?

What are you planning to eat for New Year’s Eve dinner?

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Stick to the post and worry about what to eat tomorrow night

Braised beef, chicken stewed with mushrooms, scallion-fried spareribs, shrimp and fish cake

(Instant noodles)

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Source: Xinhuanet·Treasure Youth Studio

Producer: Liu Hong, Mou Yanqiu

Author: Dong Jingxue

Editor: Liang Tiantian

Proofreading: Gui Ting

So here comes the question,

Why do many southerners

No dumplings for Chinese New Year?