The Origin of Tianjin jiaozi

There are many historical records and folklore about the origin of jiaozi.

Jiaozi originated from the ancient trough. As early as the Three Kingdoms period, this kind of food was mentioned in the book Guangya written by Wei. According to textual research, it is a crescent-shaped wonton from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Tang Dynasty. It has a history of 1400 years. According to the historical records of the Qing Dynasty; During the Chinese New Year, everyone will go together when they are happy, such as eating flat food and becoming famous. He also said: Every first day, no matter rich or poor, jiaozi is wrapped in white flour, which is called sesame seed cake, and it is the same all over the country. A rich family is hidden in gold and silver treasures. If it succeeds, those who have food to support their families will be lucky in the end. This shows that people eat jiaozi in the Spring Festival, which means good luck, to show that they will bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. According to "Notes on Clear Barn" edited by best friend Tsui Hark, there is stuffing in it, or it is called vermicelli-steamed and fried, and boiled with water and soup is called jiaozi. For thousands of years, jiaozi, as a New Year's food, has been loved by people and spread to this day.

In its long development process, jiaozi has many names, such as prison pill, flat jiaozi, bait, pink horn and so on. In the Tang Dynasty, jiaozi was called Tang Zhong Prison Pill; The Yuan Dynasty was called Shiluojoule; At the end of Ming dynasty, it was called powder angle; The Qing Dynasty called it "flat food"-Tianjin people like to eat jiaozi, which is indispensable all year round, similar to Tianjin folk customs. Solar terms are closely related. In festivals, jiaozi is always used as a symbol of congratulations to entertain relatives and friends and celebrate birthdays, which has been circulated among the people for a long time. Form a customs. After 0/2 o'clock on New Year's Eve/KLOC-,it is the first time to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. I even aged two years overnight, and even older when I was a child. Pray and call the stuffed pasta jiaozi. Jiaozi-Jiaozi and Jiao are homophones of Jiao. On New Year's Eve, every household is wrapping jiaozi, calling him jiaozi, jiaozi and jiaozi. From then on, I will go to jiaozi the next day before the first month, such as jiaozi on the first day, zygote on the third day (jiaozi's deformed pattern), jiaozi on the fifth day, zygote on the eighth day, and jiaozi on the ninth day (to cater to the folk custom of "more eight and more nine"). In addition, jiaozi was a gift for friends and relatives. When her daughter got married, jiaozi was sent off. Eating jiaozi on the first day of her birthday is called "giving birth to jiaozi". Another example is that "Fu Tou jiaozi" is related to 24 solar terms. These are people's beautiful expectations for creating a kind of fun in life. It continues today.