The Chinese Jiaozi is the traditional characteristic food well received by Chinese people, also named the Chinese dumpling or Chinese ravioli. The Jiaozi is folk staple food and local snack of China and is festival food every year too. The Chinese Jiaozi originated from more than 1,400 years ago.
The skin of the Chinese Jiaozi is made by the flour; The filling of the Chinese Jiaozi can be shrimp shelled, sea cucumber, fish, chicken, pork, beef, mutton, etc. or various vegetables; The taste can be salty or sweet; The cooking method of Chinese Jiaozi include boiled, steam, bake, fry… The characteristic of the Chinese Jiaozi is that the skin is thin, the filling is tender, the taste is delicious and the form is unique.
The Chinese Jiaozi is liked by Chinese people since thousands of years. It is become a custom that as the festival food for the New Year, spread so far. It is one of the most important contents which Chinese celebrate the New Year. People will make Chinese Jiaozis on New Year’s Eve. The Chinese Jiaozi is not merely a kind of Chinese delicious food, but also contains Chinese culture too. You will refer to it when refer to the representatives of Chinese delicious food with the friend.
The Jiaozi is indispensable food that each Chinese family dinner in New Year. Because the Chinese Jiaozi is the expression of people’s yearning for a better life.
Cates? Cate - A choice or dainty food; a delicacy. This dictionary entry is marked “Archaic ” which means something like “ancient and no longer used”.
I realise that English is not your first language, but what you write has to be understandable. Most native English speakers won’t understand ‘cates’ - just like Chinese people don’t understand ancient Chinese.
When you look in your dictionary read the usage notes, too.
Also, ’skin’ would be better than ‘peel’. Peel is something we usually pull off to get to the stuff inside - like bananas.
I’ve also always hated the translation of jiaozi (饺子) as dumplings. They are nothing like dumplings. They are very like moon shaped ravioli, though.
Thank you for your valuable opinions very much. I have already corrected this article. Hope you can propose more suggestions. Thanks a lot!