Yesterday was the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, and I heard a colleague from old Beijing say that the dumplings they ate last night at home were customarily saying that Yuan Jiu would eat dumplings on this day. A colleague from the South felt incomprehensible: the North eats

Yesterday was the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, and I heard a colleague from old Beijing say that the dumplings they ate last night at home were customarily saying that Yuan Jiu would eat dumplings on this day.

A colleague in the south did not understand: there are too many days to eat dumplings in the north, as if it is a program to eat dumplings.

Think about it, Li Dong wants to eat dumplings, the winter solstice still has to eat, let alone enter the nine. Chinese New Year's Eve to eat, the first day of the first year to eat. Break five also have to eat, plus yuan nine.

A rough count, a month down, to eat several meals. It seems that in the north of China, there is true love for dumplings.