date:Feb 17, 2013
s they became associated with good fortune and a staple Spring Festival dish.
The association with wealth continues today. Some families put a gold coin inside one dumpling and whoever finds it is supposed to have a prosperous year ahead.
China's obsession with dumplings can be seen in massive consumption figures, according to Gary Chu, president of General Mills' Greater China, whose Wanchai Ferry dumpling brand accounts for 44 percent of all frozen dumpling sales in China.
Dumpling sales so