My Lunch

One Chinese tradition is eating dumplings on New Year's Day. Drifting folks must be back home. It is time-consuming to make dumplings, so folks have enough time to talk, then all the members of family gather to enjoy a reunion dinner. Dumplings have many cultural connotation. They were named "饺尔" in ancient times. It is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine which can treatment of typhoid.


在中国有个传统，There is one tradition in China,

漂泊在外的亲人一定要回家过年，family members who are away must return for the New Year  漂泊 means drifting or wandering.  However, the meaning difference is subtle and in this context used wrongly. "drifters" means 漂浮浪子!

而且在除夕之夜一定吃饺子。and must eat dumplings on the eve. [definitely a nothern custom :)  A very good custom.  I wish we do it in the south as well.  However, that will be looked down upon as cheapskate since we eat them daily!  Chinese have so many conflicting customs.]

饺子做起来比较麻烦，要费时很长时间，Making dumplings is tedious and time consuming.

亲人在长时间里可以互相交流，然后一起吃团圆饭。[This way] family members can gather around to strengthen their familial bonds and later to be able to share the Reunion Dinner together.

饺子的文化内涵太多了，饺子古称”饺尔“，。There are too many cultural associations with dumplings.  In the old days, they are known as "Jiao Ne" (饺尔).  

中医讲是一味中药，可以去除伤寒 In traditional Chinese medicine, it is considered a way to treat typhoid.

My Lunch

One Chinese tradition is eating dumplings on New Year's Day.

Drifting folks must be back home.

People return to their hometowns on New Year's Day.

It is time-consuming to make dumplings, so folks have enough time to talk, then all the members of family gather to enjoy a reunion dinner.

It takes a lot of time to make dumplings, so people have time to talk.  [better to break up the sentence.  Also most English speakers don't use "folks"] Afterwards, the whole family has dinner together.

Dumplings have many cultural connotation.

Dumplings have many cultural connotations in China.

They were named "饺尔" in ancient times.

They were called "饺尔" in ancient times.

It is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine which can treatment of typhoid.
Jiao'er is a type of traditional Chinese medicine which was used to treat Typhoid.

[Your English is really great.  Keep on writing!]

在中国有个传统，漂泊在外的亲人一定要回家过年，而且在除夕之夜一定吃饺子。饺子做起来比较麻烦，要费时很长时间，亲人在长时间里可以互相交流，然后一起吃团圆饭。饺子的文化内涵太多了，饺子古称”饺尔“，中医讲是一味中药，可以去除伤寒。