Jade dumplings are made with spinach juice mixed with regular flour and plain flour. With green-colored wrappers, they look like jade after cooking. Pork belly, Chinese chives and spinach are the main ingredients for the dumpling filling. Spinach is rich in carotene, vitamin C, vitamin K and minerals. It can help cure anemia, moisturize the skin, slow aging and promote metabolism and is some of the most nutrient-dense vegetable.

　　Dubbed as the “Jade City”, Tengchong is full of jade lovers who own jade collections in their houses. The lives of locals have become inextricably intertwined with the ornamental stone. “A piece of jade is more valuable than a ton of gold”, as people in the city say. Therefore, jade is seen as a symbol of auspiciousness and a common object for family heirlooms in Tengchong. That’s also the reason behind the naming of the dish.