Making Chinese Dumplings
During Chinese New Year Holiday, many of our friends and relatives came to my home to make Jiaozi (Chinese Dumpling). It was not that we love to eat dumpling that much, it has being a tradition and a team work.
The shape of Chinese dumplings is similar to ancient Chinese gold or silver ingots, they symbolize wealth. Traditionally, we may hide a coin in one of the dumplings. The person who finds the coin will likely have a good fortune in the New Year. We don't do this because all of our family members are Christians, and we believe that the good fortune is in Christ.
Making dumplings is really a team work. All our family members and relatives and friends joined the work. I was not very good at making the skins of dumplings and to stuff the dumplings, so my job was to knead dough which requires no skill but muscle.
The dumplings tasted very good after three hours of hardworking.
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