Winter Solstice, also known as? Yi yangsheng? , an important solar term in the China lunar calendar [1], is also a traditional festival of the Chinese nation, commonly known as the winter solstice, and the time is between1February 2 1 day ~ 23rd every year. The winter solstice in 20 16 is1February 2 1 day. The ancients thought that since the winter solstice, the days are getting longer and longer, the sun be the spirit is rising, and the sun be the spirit of heaven and earth is becoming stronger and stronger, representing the beginning of the next cycle, which is a good day.
Jiaozi is a traditional special food deeply loved by the people of China, also known as dumplings. It is the staple food of the people in northern China and local snacks, and it is also a New Year's food. There is a folk song called? A slight cold, eat jiaozi for the New Year. ? During the Spring Festival, jiaozi has become an indispensable delicacy, which is eaten on New Year's Eve in many Han areas? Jiaozi? It is a big feast that cannot be replaced by any delicacies.
Jiaozi evolved from wonton. In its long development process, there were names such as prison pill, flat food, dumpling bait and powder horn in ancient times. It was called crescent wonton in the Three Kingdoms period, wonton in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, crescent wonton in jiaozi in the Tang Dynasty, jiaozi in the Song Dynasty, flat food in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, and jiaozi in the Qing Dynasty.
The origin of eating jiaozi on the winter solstice: jiaozi's original name? Jiaoer? It was first invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a medical saint in China. Zhang Zhongjing is a native of Gedong, Nanyang. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, he served as the prefect of Changsha, visiting patients to apply medicine and practicing medicine in the lobby. Later, he resolutely resigned and returned to his hometown to treat his neighbors. When he returned home, it was winter. He saw that the villagers on both sides of the Baihe River were sallow and emaciated, hungry and cold, and many people's ears were frozen. Let his disciples set up a medical shed and a cauldron in Dongguan, Nanyang, and give up on the winter solstice? Quhan Jiaoer Decoction? Treat frostbite. He boiled mutton, peppers and some herbs for dispelling cold in a pot, then fished out the mutton and herbs, chopped them up, and made them into ears with bread? Jiaoer? After cooking, give two to each person who asks for medicine? Jiaoer? A big bowl of broth.
People ate it? Jiaoer? , drink? Quhan decoction? I was warm all over, my ears were hot, and my frostbitten ears were cured. Future generations learn? Jiaoer? The way it looks, wrapped in food, also called? Jiaozi? Or? Flat food? . Eat jiaozi on the winter solstice, don't forget? Medical sage? Zhang Zhongjing? Quhan Jiaoer Decoction? The grace.