Do you eat jiaozi during the Spring Festival?

Jiaozi is a traditional food in China, and jiaozi is an essential dish in the New Year's Eve dinner.

In the north of China, people spend New Year's Eve in the jiaozi, and usually jiaozi on the morning of New Year's Day is also packed.

After jiaozi wraps it, he will eat it at midnight, which is the beginning of the first day of the first lunar month. Eating jiaozi means "making friends when you are young", and "making friends" is homophonic with "jiaozi", meaning "happy reunion" and "good luck".

The origin of the custom of eating jiaozi during the Spring Festival.

According to legend, more than 1800 years ago, the winter in Nanyang, Henan Province was wet and cold, and there was insufficient clothing. Residents suffered from frequent frostbite, especially ear frostbite. Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage, invented jiaozi. He chopped leeks, fennel, ginger, mutton, peppers, etc. Wrap it in a flour bag and cook it in a pot. Add vinegar, yellow wine and chopped green onion to the soup. Jiaozi eats with soup.

After eating it, people feel feverish all over, their ears are feverish, and frostbite will be cured. This kind of food was called "jiaozi bait" and later became jiaozi. This kind of sour soup jiaozi with soup and water is very popular in Henan, Shaanxi and other places.