Why do we eat dumplings at Chinese New Year?

. "Jiaozi

" means the time when the New Year meets the Old Year. Dumplings would mean the turning of the year into a new year, and eating dumplings for the Chinese New Year is considered to be great luck. In addition, dumplings are shaped like Yuanbao, which means wrapping them for good luck and eating them to symbolize a rich life.

2. Folklore has it that this is related to Zhang Zhongjing

, a famous doctor in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Said that one winter was particularly cold, many poor people's ears are frozen rotten, Zhang Zhongjing saw very difficult, from the winter solstice this day set up a cauldron, boiled a kind of "dispel the cold delicate ear

Soup" to the poor people to administer medicine to cure injuries. "Cold Jiao ear soup" practice is to use mutton, chili and some cold medicinal herbs in the pot to simmer, simmering and then fish out these things chopped up, wrapped in dough into an ear-shaped "Jiao ear", down the pot to cook and distribute to the patient to eat. The "Jiao Er" was very effective, people ate it after the blood flow, cured the frozen ear. Zhang Zhongjing continued to administer the medicine until the 30th day of the Lunar New Year. On New Year's Eve, people were grateful to Zhang Zhongjing for his kindness in administering the medicine, so they made New Year's food modeled after "Jiao Er" and called it "dumplings". Thus, dumplings were born.

Dumplings, as a long-established folk food, have been loved by the people since its inception, and there is a common saying that "it's not as good as dumplings".