What are the traditional cultures in jiaozi?

It is no exaggeration to say that jiaozi is a part of China culture. As a traditional food in China, the family eats it by itself, which symbolizes reunion; Used to entertain guests, showing honor and enthusiasm. If a foreigner goes to China and doesn't eat jiaozi in China, he will probably be laughed at and go to China for nothing.

Generally speaking, jiaozi is a kind of food that is cooked by wrapping the stuffing with dough. In the past, jiaozi was mainly used as holiday food, especially on New Year's Eve, and jiaozi was a must-eat food for every family in China. In the custom of China, jiaozi pays great attention to the stuffing, the shape of the buns and the eating process.

Let's talk about making dumpling stuffing first. There are meat and vegetables in jiaozi, usually meat and vegetables. In the process of making stuffing, the most important thing is to chop stuffing. It is the process of mixing meat, vegetables and various condiments, putting them on a chopping board and chopping them with a knife. When chopping stuffing, the knife collided with the chopping board and made a powerful "pop" sound. Because the force is constantly changing, this sound gives rhythmic changes in strength and rhythm, and spreads to neighbors like beautiful music. People want to chop stuffing at home the loudest and longest. Meat and vegetables mixed with stuffing, homophonic "rich", stuffing has the loudest sound and takes a long time, which means that the longer the stuffing is chopped, the more jiaozi there is, which symbolizes the prosperity of life.

The stuffing is ready, and Bao jiaozi is exquisitely shaped. Most areas are used to keeping the traditional meniscus shape. When wrapping this shape, fold the round dough in half and knead it along the edge of the semicircle with the thumb and forefinger of your right hand. To knead evenly, it is called "kneading happiness". Some families put the two corners of jiaozi, which have been pinched into a crescent shape, together into an "ingot" shape and put it on the curtain, symbolizing wealth everywhere and gold and silver all over the house. In rural areas, people make jiaozi into the shape of ears of wheat, just like ears of wheat with full grains, symbolizing a bumper harvest in the new year.

Jiaozi, wrap it up. It's time to cook jiaozi. When the water in the pot is boiled, put it into jiaozi in turn. It feels like putting a work of art into clear water. Then stir the bottom of the pot with a spoon to ensure that jiaozi will not stick to the bottom of the pot. In the process of cooking, it is usually necessary to pour cold water into the pot every three times, taking its homophonic "music back" After about ten or twenty minutes, the delicious jiaozi is cooked.

Eating jiaozi is also a custom. The first bowl should be dedicated to the ancestors to show respect and nostalgia for the deceased elders. The second bowl of jiaozi is dedicated to folk gods such as the Kitchen God, and the old people at home should also read a prayer devoutly, such as:

Jiaozi with two pointed heads,

Into the pot thousands.

Gold spoon, silver bowl end,

Respect the old people when you bring them to the table.

The gods loved it when they saw it,

Keep safe all the year round.

A family can only eat the third bowl. Remember when eating, it is better to eat even numbers than odd numbers. Some old people say loudly while eating: "Eat more (wealth), eat more" and other old sayings. After dinner, jiaozi's plates and bowls, and even jiaozi's pots, should be deliberately left on the curtain of jiaozi, which means "more than a year".

Jiaozi is usually a must-eat food on New Year's Eve every year. Whether working, studying or doing business outside, people have to rush home for reunion. The family packed jiaozi, ate jiaozi together and enjoyed it in a relaxed holiday atmosphere.

In fact, in real life, in addition to its cultural symbolic significance, jiaozi has also undergone great changes in many processes related to jiaozi. For example, nowadays in cities, people seldom package jiaozi or even jiaozi by themselves. During the Spring Festival, they just go to the supermarket to buy frozen jiaozi and cook it, or simply go to the restaurant to eat jiaozi. Even in rural areas, the customs of eating jiaozi in the past are getting less and less.

Jiaozi is a traditional special food deeply loved by Chinese people, and it is the staple food of people in northern China, local snacks and New Year's food.

Jiaozi's cooking methods mainly include boiling, steaming, searing, frying, frying and baking.

Dumpling stuffing is mainly divided into meat stuffing and vegetarian stuffing. Before making, add a small amount of water, then add chopped green onion, Jiang Mo, pepper noodles or five-spice powder, vegetarian food, salt, a small amount of soy sauce, cooking wine, etc., then stir evenly in one direction, and then adjust the salinity. After a while, the mixed meat can be wrapped in jiaozi.

The jiaozi shape of the New Year's Eve dinner is also exquisite, and most areas are used to keeping the traditional crescent shape. When wrapping this shape, fold the dough in half and knead it along the edge of the semicircle with the thumb and forefinger of your right hand. You have to knead carefully and evenly. This is called "kneading happiness". Some farmhouses pinch the two corners of jiaozi, which has been pinched into a crescent shape, into an "ingot" shape and put it on the door curtain, symbolizing wealth everywhere and gold and silver all over the house.

During its long development, jiaozi has various names. In the Tang Dynasty, jiaozi was called "Tang Zhong Prison Pill". The Yuan Dynasty was called "Shiluojoule"; In the late Ming dynasty, it was called "powder angle"; Jiaozi, called "flat food" in Qing Dynasty, originated from ancient trough. According to textual research, it is a "crescent wonton" from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Tang Dynasty. And the "dried meat double trough" in the Southern Song Dynasty, which has a history of 1400 years. For thousands of years, jiaozi, as a New Year's food, has been loved by people and spread to this day.

Jiaozi has long been more than just a kind of food, but when you mention the representative of Chinese food to your friends, you will always mention it. Every part of it contains China culture, which is basically a must-have food for every family on New Year's Eve, expressing people's yearning and appeal for a better life.