Chinese Dumplings

Making Chinese dumplings is a custom in Northern China during the New Year. It is when all the family members reunite, no matter how far they have traveled. Every member will gather in the kitchen on new year’s eve, taking up their respective roles assigned by the grandparents since childhood – preparing the filling, wrapping, and shaping the dumplings. This dumpling-making ritual is a family affair. It’s the moment the youngster retold their childhood stories and sharing their encounters while away from home. The elderly will repeat their same old advice to their grown-up children as if they are still three-year-old kids in their memory.