The sum of jiaozi surfaces

The method of making jiaozi noodles is 500 grams of flour and a spoonful of salt. Put flour and salt into a basin with proper amount of water, pour water into the basin and stir by hand until a large area of snow melts, then dip your hands in water and knead it into a smooth dough, cover it and lick it for about 30 minutes before kneading it until smooth. Be sure to use cold water when mixing dough, otherwise the dough will stick easily and the dumpling skin will not break easily.

Mixing flour is learned, and it is quite complicated in terms of mixing water and flour. For example, when rolling noodles, jiaozi uses cold water to make noodles, steamed dumplings use boiled water to make noodles, and the dough used for spreading spring rolls is different.

Folk customs in jiaozi

Winter solstice is one of the twenty-four solar terms and one of the most important solar terms. The winter solstice is a solar term divided by astronomy. In ancient times, the days were short and the days were short. From winter to the sun, the sun is located at 270 degrees of the ecliptic, and the sun shines almost directly to the Tropic of Capricorn, which has the shortest day in the northern hemisphere. Accordingly, during the winter solstice, the days in the southern hemisphere are the longest.

In the Han Dynasty, the winter solstice was a winter festival, and the official celebration ceremony was called "Hedong", which was a routine festival. According to "The History of the Later Han Dynasty", around the winter, gentlemen lived quietly, and officials refused to listen to political affairs, so they chose auspicious days to save trouble.

The winter solstice festival originated in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and has continued to this day. There is even a saying that winter is as big as a year's Shandong. This shows that the ancients attached great importance to the winter solstice, and people thought that the winter solstice was a natural transformation of yin and yang and a blessing from heaven.