Do you know what to eat on the solstice this winter?

Eat jiaozi on the winter solstice! So, do you know who jiaozi is eaten in winter to commemorate?

We know that the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan. Do you know who jiaozi is eaten in winter to commemorate?

The story has to start with Dr. Zhang Zhongjing from Gedong, Nanyang. His works include Treatise on Febrile Diseases, which is a masterpiece of doctors and is regarded as a classic by doctors in past dynasties.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, he served as the magistrate of Changsha, visited the hospital to apply medicine, practiced medicine in the lobby, and then resolutely resigned and returned to his hometown to govern his neighbors.

When he got home, it was already winter. Seeing that the villagers on both sides of the Baihe River were sallow and emaciated, hungry and cold, and many people's ears were frozen stiff, he asked his disciples to set up a medical shed in Dongguan, Nanyang, and set up a cauldron to treat frostbite on the day of winter solstice.

He boiled mutton, pepper and some herbs for removing cold in a pot, then took out mutton and medicine and chopped them, made them into ear-shaped "charming ears" with bread, and distributed them to people who came to ask for medicine after cooking.

Everyone has two Joules and a big bowl of broth. People ate "Joule" and drank "Quhan Decoction", and they were all hot, their ears were hot, and their frostbitten ears were cured.

Later generations learned the appearance of Joule and packaged it into food, also called "jiaozi" or "flat food".

So,

Eating jiaozi in the winter solstice turned out to be a good deed by 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." .

The origin of all traditional festivals is related to offering sacrifices to gods. The purpose of offering sacrifices to the gods is to entertain them. God is man-made, and all forms of entertaining them are ways to entertain people and make them happy. Ancient food, song and dance, sculpture, architectural painting after civilized society, etc. So all festivals can be said to be joyful.

In ancient times, the winter solstice changed from a production solar term to a festival. Today, we say a happy winter solstice to our relatives and friends. Let's bid farewell to the unfavorable time and greet the Spring Festival hopefully in the sunny winter solstice.