Jiaozi originated from the ancient trough. As early as the Three Kingdoms period, this kind of food was mentioned in the book Guangya written by Wei. According to textual research, it is a "crescent wonton" from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Tang Dynasty. And the "dried meat double trough" in the Southern Song Dynasty, which has a history of 1400 years. According to the historical records of the Qing Dynasty; During the Chinese New Year, everyone will go together when they are happy, such as eating flat food and becoming famous. "He added," Every junior high school, rich or poor, uses white flour to wrap jiaozi, which is called sesame seed cake, and it is the same all over the country. A rich family is hidden in gold and silver treasures. If it succeeds, those who have food to support their families will be lucky in the end. "This shows that people eat jiaozi during the Spring Festival, which means saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming good luck in the new year. In the "Clear Barnyard Grass Notes" edited by Tsui Hark, a close friend, he said: "There is stuffing inside, or powder horn-it can be steamed and fried, and it can be boiled in water, which is called jiaozi. "For thousands of years, jiaozi, as a New Year's food, has been loved by people and has been passed down to this day.
During its long development, jiaozi has various names, including ancient prison pill, flat food, jiaozi bait and pink horn. In the Tang Dynasty, jiaozi was called "Tang Zhong Prison Pill"; The Yuan Dynasty was called "Shiluojoule"; In the late Ming dynasty, it was called "powder angle"; The Qing dynasty called it "flat grain"—
Now, the north and the south have different names for jiaozi. Northerners call it "Jiaozi". Many areas in the south are called "wonton". Jiaozi has various names due to different fillings, such as pork jiaozi, mutton jiaozi, beef jiaozi, Sam Sun jiaozi, red oil jiaozi, glutinous rice balls, flower jiaozi, fish jiaozi and crystal dumplings. In addition, because of its different ripening methods, it is still fried dumplings, steamed dumplings and so on. Therefore, eating jiaozi on New Year's Day is a good enjoyment in spirit and taste.
There is another folklore about the origin of jiaozi besides historical records. Once upon a time, there was an emperor who cared nothing about state affairs but fun. Treacherous court courtiers were favored, loyalty and righteousness suffered, the country was poor, and the people complained. One day, Pan Qi, a traitor known as Pan Sushui, knocked on the emperor's door and said that he had a good idea to make the emperor live forever. Hearing this, the emperor was full of love. "Pan, what's the magic method? Tell me quickly! " Pan Qi said, "If people can eat a hundred kinds of food, they can live a long life. The emperor can order people to choose famous chefs from all over the world, cook new dishes three times a day and eat hundreds of kinds of meals. Isn't that what he wants? " After hearing this, the emperor nodded again and again, that is, issued a notice to recruit soldiers nationwide.
Within a few days, many famous chefs from all over the country were sent to Beijing one after another. Sue is a skilled cook. He was selected after the court examination. From then on, Su used his superb skills to cook ninety-nine exquisite meals for the emperor, and the emperor was very satisfied. That night, Sue was very happy. I thought, "cook another meal tomorrow morning and you can leave this damned bad king and go home to reunite with your relatives." But when it comes to cooking, I don't know how to cook the last meal. He thought of suicide, thought of escape, and thought of poisoning the bad king who ate and drank the flesh and blood of the people. When he was sad, he suddenly saw some leftover mutton and vegetables on the food list, so he picked up a knife and chopped the mutton and vegetables together, put seasoning on them at random, made many small horns out of white bread, and then cooked them in a boiling pot as the last meal for the emperor. Sue just sat there waiting to die. But after eating this meal, the emperor ran into the kitchen in his pajamas and said, "This meal is the best today. What's its name? " Sue sighed, then looked up and saw this flat food. She casually replied, "This is the best folk food-flat food." The emperor asked Sue to continue cooking for him. Sheng Qiao was so angry with the greedy bad king that he ran away the next day. Later generations learned to eat flat food in memory of this chef. In this way, it has been passed down from generation to generation and has been passed down to today.