Why do people eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter?

Make trouble in jiaozi Bowl on the solstice of winter, and no one will care if you freeze your ears. The proverb says: On 10/day, when the solstice of winter comes, every family will eat jiaozi. This custom is said to commemorate the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing, who gave up medicine on the solstice of winter. Therefore, in the north of China, during the winter solstice of the lunar calendar, jiaozi has become an indispensable holiday food for both the rich and the poor.

The solstice of winter is coming, eating jiaozi is round and round. In some places, on the day of winter solstice, the family will be very busy, preparing all kinds of dumpling wrappers and stuffing, and then the family will sit together to make jiaozi, eat jiaozi and get together for the winter solstice. In addition to eating jiaozi in the north, there is also the custom of eating glutinous rice balls in the south, which means that the round is full.