Jiaozi is one of the indispensable foods during the Spring Festival in northern China. Jiaozi with meat stuffing or jiaozi with vegetarian stuffing is very particular about Chinese New Year.
In Haikou, there are two special customs on New Year's Day: fasting and ancestor worship. Haikou people say "fast", in a broad sense, is vegetarian. The custom of the Spring Festival handed down from generation to generation in Haikou is not to eat meat on the first day, so you must eat fast to be clean. Eating "fast food" on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month will make this day safe and auspicious. In the early morning of the first day, people of all ages have to get up and eat "fast food", that is, clean and clean, in memory of their ancestors.
Cantonese people pay special attention to vegetarianism in the first day of junior high school, among which Hakkas are the most respected. According to Hakka diners, when I was a child, I had to be vegetarian for three meals a day on the first day, and I couldn't leave oil stars in the pots and bowls. The older generation of Cantonese firmly believe that vegetarianism on New Year's Day can bring a whole year of simplicity and peace. Judging from the development trend of modern diet, this custom left by our ancestors allows well-fed people to spend the Spring Festival and rest their tired stomachs. Therefore, this custom is now respected by many young people.
There is a saying in southeastern Shandong that "meat is not moved on New Year's Day". First, because "not moving meat" also means not being angry; Second, Jiaozi, who is a vegetarian on the first day of the Lunar New Year, prayed for a peaceful life in the new year, that is, to be quiet and worry-free all year round, and "to seek peace and worry-free for one year".