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Ears will get frostbite. According to legend, during the Han Dynasty, Zhang Zhongjing cooked cold herbs into dough and distributed them to the poor during the coldest winter solstice, so that they could spend the winter safely.

Because poor people often lose their ears in the cold, Zhang Zhongjing squeezed this semi-medicinal and semi-edible thing into the shape of an ear and named it Jiaoer. Later, eating Joule on the winter solstice gradually became a custom, and the title of Joule gradually became jiaozi.

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As early as more than 2,500 years ago in the Spring and Autumn Period, China had observed the sun with earth gauges and determined the winter solstice, which was the earliest of the 24 solar terms, and the time was between 0 and 23 in the solar calendar 65438+February 265438+February, which was the shortest day and the longest night in the northern hemisphere.

People think that the winter solstice is a natural transformation of Yin and Yang and a blessing from heaven. In the Han Dynasty, the winter solstice was the "Winter Festival", and the government held a congratulatory ceremony called "He Dong", which was a routine festival. On the solstice of winter, there are different customs in the north and south of China. Jiaozi is eaten in most areas in the north, and glutinous rice balls are eaten in the south. There is also a proverb: When winter solstice comes, eat jiaozi, as well as poems and film and television works about this solar term.