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A cold soup makes the family reunion warm.

Winter solstice is a very important solar term in China lunar calendar, and it is also a traditional festival of the Chinese nation. Then, do you know why you eat jiaozi on the winter solstice?

It is said to be related to Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in the Eastern Han Dynasty. In order to treat people's chilblain, Zhang Zhongjing developed a therapeutic prescription to keep out the cold, which is called "Quhan Joule Decoction". People ate "Joule" and drank "Quhan Decoction", and they were all hot, their ears were hot, and their frostbitten ears were cured. Later generations imitated Joule and packaged it into food, named it "jiaozi" or "Bian Shi". When you eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter, you will never forget the kindness of Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage", in "Quhan Joule Decoction".

That's why we eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter. Finally, when the winter solstice comes, I hope all the good things will come, all the troubles will run away, and everyone will be happy on the winter solstice.