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Mmm… Jiaozi. Nothing beats traditio<\/em>nal Chinese dumplings. Steamed, boiled, or (as is more often the case in Japan) fried, Jiaozi has been around for thousands of years, and is most traditio<\/em>nally eaten on New Years Eve.
This short essay from ChinaVegan.com introduces the dish and covers its traditio<\/em>nal significance.
You’ll notice a reference to \u7834\u4e94 pò w\u01d4, the fifth day of New Years festivities. During the first four days, tradition dictates that it’s forbidden to cook, clean, or argue, but on the fifth day, these rules may all be broken, hence the name “Broken Five” festival.
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\u9985\u513f – xiàn er – Stuffing, filling
\u4e94\u82b1\u516b\u95e8 – w\u01d4 hu\u0101 b\u0101 mén – Myriad, all kinds
\u8001\u5c11\u7686\u5b9c – l\u01ceo shào ji\u0113 yí – Suitable for all ages
\u5bd3\u610f – yù yì – me<\/em>taphorical meaning
\u5143\u5b9d – yuán b\u01ceo – Fake gold brick burnt as an offering in ancient times
\u627f\u8f7d – chéng zài – Bear, sustain
\u5343\u4e1d\u4e07\u7f15 – qi\u0101n s\u012b wàn l\u01da – Bear, sustain
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Jiaozi uses flour to make the wrapping [lit: skin], but the stuffing can be made from myriad things, and modified to suit individual tastes. Because of this, jiaozi is a food enjoyed by people in every region, in every season, both young and old alike. Chinese people love to eat jiaozi, and with the exception of its multitude of flavors, the main reason is that over the course of its several-thousand-year [culinary] development, jiaozi is a food that has come to represent good luck. Jiaozi is oval in shape, and thus it looks very similar to the ancient fake gold ingots that signified wealth. Especially during Chinese New Year, when welcome the new and dismiss the old, families reunite and eat jiaozi, which [if eaten] at the beginning of the year can increase wealth and can bring even better days. Even more im<\/em>portantly, because jiaozi is filled with stuffing, you can fill it with many different types of [food that traditio<\/em>nally has an] auspicious significance. For example, if someone’s getting married, you can stuff the jiaozi with peanuts or chestnuts to mean that you hope the couple will give birth to a son soon. Such little jiaozi carries so much significance, and it’s been l<\/em>inked to China’s social traditions in countless ways. Since ancient times, people have had many customs a<\/em>bout eating jiaozi, such as eating it on New Year’s eve, and eating it on PoWu [Broken Five festival].
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