How to draw jiaozi on the solstice in winter?

1. Draw an oval jiaozi in the middle, draw lace squeezed by jiaozi on it, and draw a jiaozi on the left.

2. Continue to draw two jiaozi on the right and above, with several jiaozi piled together. Pay attention to draw the folding line of dumpling skin.

3. Then draw the surface of a plate under jiaozi, and then draw the bottom of the plate, and a plate of jiaozi will be drawn.

In the traditional custom of China, you must eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter to prevent your ears from freezing, but many people don't understand why you must eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter. In this important solar term, jiaozi is eaten in memory of the famous doctor Zhang Zhongjing, thanking him for cooking "cold-dispelling Joule soup" with mutton, pepper and cold-dispelling herbs in winter to treat people's ear chilblains. Therefore, there is a folk song in some areas, "Nobody cares if you don't take the jiaozi bowl on the solstice in winter."

After the winter solstice, it is the coldest time of the year to enter the "Nine Cold". Therefore, in order to keep warm, people like to eat some foods with higher calories. More generally, there is a custom of eating jiaozi from winter solstice in northern China. As the saying goes, "When winter solstice comes, eat jiaozi." In the south, we eat jiaozi, but there are exceptions. For example, the custom of drinking mutton soup from winter solstice is very popular in Tengzhou, Shandong Province, which means driving away the cold. Dietary customs vary from place to place, but eating jiaozi is the most common.