Why can't you make dumplings on the 15th day of the first month?

The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, according to the Henan people "fifteen flat, sixteen round" Lantern Festival customs, traditions, the 15th day of the first month should eat dumplings. On the sixteenth day of the first month, and then eat the Lantern Festival. The symbol is reunion, auspicious, flat and round another year. So eat dumplings on the 15th of the first month.

Dumplings originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and were first created by Zhang Zhongjing, the sage of medicine. At that time, dumplings were used for medicinal purposes, and Zhang Zhongjing wrapped some medicines in dough to cure diseases. During the Three Kingdoms period, this food was mentioned in the book "Guangya" written by Zhang Yi of Wei. Qing Dynasty historical records say: "the first day of every year, rich or poor, rich or poor, all to do dumplings with white flour to eat, known as boiled meat and potatoes, the country is the same, no difference. Wealthy families, secretly to gold and silver small ingot hidden in the meat and potatoes, in order to divine the smooth, family members to eat the person, then the end of the year is very lucky."

This shows that people eat dumplings on New Year's Day, meaning good luck, to show that the old and welcome the new. The recent Xu Ke compilation of the "Qing Barnyard Banknotes" said: "In the filling, or called the powder angle - and steamed food fried food can be, to boil and have soup called dumplings." For thousands of years, dumplings as a New Year's Eve food, customary, passed down to the present day.