Chun Juon

These nutritious snacks, as their name suggests, symbolise and commemorate the coming oj the spring season. They are among the traditional foods eaten in China on New Year’s Eve, which, by the Chinese lunar calendar, marks the end of the winter season; such foods as spring rolls and dumplings are always at hand then for family and for visitors.

The spring roll wrappers are thin and almost transparent, but they are firm enough to hold a substantial morsel of finely chopped