The origin of eating jiaozi from winter solstice and the meaning of eating jiaozi from winter solstice are briefly described.

According to legend, eating jiaozi in winter is related to Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Zhang Zhongjing was born in a declining official family. His father, Zhang, is a scholar. Be an official in the court. Due to the special conditions of his family, he was exposed to many classics since he was a child. He is studious and loves medicine. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, years of melee, people abandoned agriculture, urban grange became a wilderness, people were displaced, hungry and cold. Plagues continued everywhere, and he worked hard to study medicine and became a doctor who could relieve people's suffering. Later, Zhang Zhongjing really became a good doctor, known as the sage of medicine and the ancestor of Zhong Fang.

According to legend, when Zhang Zhongjing returned to his hometown in his later years, it coincided with the snowy winter. Many people displaced by the war live in the streets without food and clothes, and many people's ears are frozen. Zhang Zhongjing couldn't bear to see this, so he set up a clinic east of Nanyang Pass. Let the disciples make stuffing with mutton, pepper and some herbs for dispelling cold, and then wrap it into jiaozi. Give alms to the people. This jiaozi has cured many villagers of their frozen ears.

From then on, every winter solstice into nine, everyone scrambled to eat jiaozi, there is a saying that jiaozi does not freeze ears, just on the winter solstice.

The meaning of eating jiaozi from winter to day is 1, which is rich in financial resources.

Eating jiaozi is to look forward to a rich life and rolling financial resources in the future. Because jiaozi is shaped like an ingot, which means making a fortune, eating jiaozi means seeking good luck and expecting to make a fortune.

2. Harmony and beauty

Jiaozi should be mixed with flour, which means harmony and beauty. The dough is round and moist, and the dumpling skin is round.

3. The meaning of long-term wealth

4. Family reunion

The solstice in winter is twenty-four solar terms, and the regional culture in China is quite different. From the solstice in winter to the solstice in summer, people have the habit of eating bread and jiaozi. On this day, when the family went out together, a group of people sat together and talked about jiaozi, which gave jiaozi a round symbol.

The benefits of eating jiaozi on the winter solstice are more than 1. From the perspective of culinary science, the cooking method of cooking jiaozi with water (steam) as the medium only needs about 100, which can not only cook food, but also sterilize it, avoiding the generation of strong carcinogens such as benzopyrene under the conditions of barbecue and frying, and ensuring food safety. Moreover, the nutritional components of food will not be lost due to peroxidation or hydrolysis during cooking.

3. From the point of view of nutrition, jiaozi cooked with water (steam) as heat transfer medium can fully decompose starch polysaccharide in food, which is beneficial to human absorption.

It is suitable for China people's stomach and eating habits. It is in line with the regimen of moderate diet, harmonious five flavors and harmonious skills.