<p class="ql-block">Eating dumplings means Ping An. The sound of jiaozi is the same as that of "Jiao," which means to bid farewell to the old and welcome in the new, to make good luck and Ping An. On the Winter Solstice, people eat dumplings to pray for favorable weather and good harvests for the coming year. For example, there is a saying: "the Winter Solstice do not eat dumplings frozen ears." </p>