Dumplings for going out:

1. The appearance of dumplings looks like ingots, which means wealth and blessings. Eating a meal before leaving home means a Good start. In ancient times, people who went out were either students rushing to take exams, officials transferred from abroad, or businessmen. Whether it was official career, official luck, or financial fortune, they all started with a plate of hot dumplings.

2. There are many kinds of meat fillings in dumplings. After being cooked, the originally loose fillings will turn into a ball. This is to hope that people who have left home can come back and be with their families soon. reunion.

3. Jiaozi, Jiaozi, Jiaozi, the pronunciation and glyphs of these two words are quite similar. In addition to being currency, Jiaozi also means making friends. The family hopes that the travelers can make friends outside, so that they will have noble people to help them in times of trouble, and everything will go smoothly and they will be promoted step by step.

3. The making process and shape of dumplings also have warnings. After filling the dumplings, the two sides of the dumpling wrappers should be pinched to look like the middle. The two sides of the wrappers are like people's mouths, which symbolizes the need to be careful in words and deeds, because disaster comes from the mouth. You still have to be careful when doing things outside and don't talk nonsense.

Homecoming Noodles:

After returning from a long journey, my stomach is weak, and pasta is easy to digest. The noodles are long and thin, resembling a rope. The noodles symbolize "long" and "constant". "The family hopes that after eating this bowl of noodles, he can take back his wandering heart, stay firmly tied at home, and live a down-to-earth life.

Extended information:

Dumplings evolved from wontons. In its long development process, it has many names. In ancient times, it had names such as "Laowan", "Bianshi", "Dumpling Bait" and "Fanjiao". During the Three Kingdoms period, it was called "Crescent Wonton", during the Southern and Northern Dynasties it was called "Wonton", in the Tang Dynasty it was called "Crescent Wonton", in the Song Dynasty it was called "Jiaozi", in the Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty it was called "Bianshi", and in the Qing Dynasty it was called "dumpling" ".

Dumplings originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty and were first created by Zhang Zhongjing, the "medical sage" from Nanyang, Henan Province in the Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, dumplings were used for medicinal purposes. Zhang Zhongjing used the dough to wrap some cold-dispelling medicinal materials (mutton, pepper, etc.) to treat diseases and prevent patients from developing chilblains on their ears.