Israeli Wu Weining: jiaozi is a common and precious taste in a year.

When I was a child, did Wu Weining's family wrap jiaozi together, put copper coins and rice cakes in jiaozi, and also wrapped deep blessings. After being married to Israel 10 for many years, Wu Weining has kept the custom of spending the New Year in distant jiaozi, Israel, conveying an ordinary and precious reunion flavor with her three daughters.

In the evening of winter, I turned on my laptop on the dining table in the corner of the kitchen, put on my headphones and chatted softly with my sister in Taiwan Province Province. Xiaoya, the eldest daughter, heard me speaking Chinese and leaned over quietly. Seeing the aunt in the computer, she couldn't help cheering loudly: "Aunt, will you come to Israel this New Year's Eve?" I'll take care of jiaozi. Oh, come and pack jiaozi with us! "My sister and I smiled at each other." Well, when I get to Israel, we will prepare jiaozi together! "My sister replied.

I have been married to Israel for more than 10 years, and my eldest brother Xiaoya, who was born before New Year's Eve, just celebrated her 12 birthday. There are few people from China in this country. In Eilat, a small town in the Red Sea where I live, there are less than five permanent residents in China and a few laborers coming and going from China. This country is not only very westernized in its eating habits, but also because its population background is dominated by Jewish culture and Muslim culture, both of which have strict food discipline. Many common ingredients in Taiwan Province Province are hard to obtain, and high-quality seafood is one of them, not to mention pork.

Having lived here for so long, I have done as the Romans do. You can't buy leafy vegetables here, so you start eating salads. Everyone is used to cooking in the oven, so I learned to fish, roast chicken legs and even cake cookies. Sometimes, when I feel homesick, I will make a cake roll, rice ball (of course, I don't make fried dough sticks) or steamed bread that children like to eat to ease my yearning for Taiwan Province cuisine.

The most important food on New Year's Eve: jiaozi.

As there are not many people in China, my husband and I only communicate in English and Hebrew. Children at home have little exposure to Chinese and China culture. Living in the Jewish community, I have never experienced the festive atmosphere in China. Even so, for a foreign bride who lives alone in a foreign land, Chinese New Year is still very important. Most festivals in China, such as Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, are just gifts that children receive from relatives and friends in Taiwan Province Province. However, New Year's Eve is a big event at home, because my mother will seriously start preparing big dishes a few days in advance, especially, there is the most important New Year's dish that day: jiaozi!