Why do you eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter?

Because it is a traditional custom in our country to eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter.

In China, the reasons for eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter are as follows:

Eating jiaozi in the winter of solstice originated from doctor Zhang Zhongjing. When he saw people's ears were frozen in the cold, he used bread to drive away the cold and cooked it into Joule soup to cure people's ears.

Winter solstice is the first of the 24 solar terms, which is called "sub-year". During the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, the day before winter ended the year. In ancient times, the winter solstice was a very important festival. It is said that the winter solstice was as big as a year. The imperial court and the people have always attached great importance to it, and there have been sacrificial activities since the Zhou Dynasty.

On the solstice after winter, the weather is mainly cold, so people often keep warm and nourish yang to resist cold evil. Jiaozi is a delicious food with comprehensive nutrition and easy digestion and absorption. You can stuff mutton, cabbage, green onions, leeks and radishes. These dishes are warm and have a certain warming effect on the human body.

In some areas in the south, eating the winter solstice ball is more popular, which means reunion. On the morning of winter solstice, every household grinds glutinous rice flour, and uses sugar, meat, radish, fruit and shredded radish as stuffing to make winter solstice meatballs, which are not only eaten at home, but also given to relatives and friends as a symbol of blessing. In fact, eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter is a traditional custom in China, which is more common in Jiangnan. There is also a folk saying that "eating jiaozi is one year older".

In winter solstice, different places have different customs. In the north, there are customs of slaughtering sheep, eating jiaozi and eating wonton on the solstice in winter. In the south, there is a custom of eating glutinous rice balls and long noodles from winter solstice, while in Su Beiren, there is a custom of eating fried tofu with green onions from winter solstice. Eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter is also said to be a good deed of Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage", in "Quhan Joule Decoction". Up to now, there is still a folk song in Nanyang, which is called "jiaozi Bowl, and nobody cares about frozen ears." .