People around China are feasting on dumplings to celebrate the Lunar New Year. But in Liuminying, a hamlet in Beijing's suburbs, what began as a small lunch sponsored by the local Communist Party in 1980 has grown into a feast that served 1,000 people this year during a three-hour spectacle that also included singing and dancing. Some 18,000 dumplings were prepared for the occasion, and about 300 people gathered the day before to make the delicacies, which were then stored overnight in a refrigerated room.