What's the meaning of eating jiaozi on the winter solstice?

The significance of eating jiaozi in winter will not freeze your ears, because jiaozi looks like his ears, so there will be this meaning.

Jiaozi, known as Joule in ancient times, was invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage. According to legend, Zhang Zhongjing cooked the "soup for getting rid of cold and making friends with ears" in order to help the people who were hungry and cold. In memory of him, later generations eat jiaozi on the solstice of winter and the first day of New Year.

Every winter solstice, no matter the rich or the poor in northern China, jiaozi is indispensable. Jiaozi eaten in the winter solstice and jiaozi eaten in the Spring Festival have different meanings. Jiaozi eaten during the Spring Festival is at the junction of the new year and the old year, and jiaozi means "making friends" when you are old. Eating jiaozi during the Spring Festival is considered lucky. Jiaozi, which is eaten from the winter solstice, means to drive away the cold.

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Eating glutinous rice balls during the winter solstice in the south, also known as winter festival pills and winter solstice pills. It is very old to eat glutinous rice balls in the winter of solstice. After jiaozi is wrapped up, it is necessary to offer sacrifices to the gods and ancestors, and then the whole family will eat around. This is called "adding years".

The winter solstice group can be used to worship ancestors or give gifts to relatives and friends. There is a saying in Chaoshan that "one year later, we will eat the Winter Festival Yuan", among which "Winter Festival Yuan" is the glutinous rice balls. Eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter is particularly popular in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is a folk saying that "eating jiaozi is one year older".

The solstice in winter is the longest night in a year. On the winter solstice, people get up before dawn to make a fire to make jiaozi. First, they worship their ancestors, and then the whole family sit around and eat jiaozi.

Therefore, eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter means not only the gradual return of the sun, but also reunion. Modern people prefer to regard it as a symbol of perfection. In Jiangnan water town, in addition to eating dumplings, the whole family will get together to eat red beans and glutinous rice in the evening from winter to Sunday.