According to legend, when Zhang Zhongjing resigned and returned to his hometown, he saw that the villagers were hungry and cold, and many people's ears were frozen. So they set up a medical shed, boiled the mutton and herbs for dispelling cold in a pot, then fished out the mutton and herbs and chopped them up, wrapped them into ear-like "jiao 'er" with flour bags, and distributed the soup for dispelling cold and jiao 'er to the villagers. Later, in order to commemorate Zhang Zhongjing, people learned to look like "charming ears" on this day and wrapped them into food, which is now jiaozi. Over time, they had the custom of eating jiaozi on the winter solstice.

In addition, it is recorded that the ancients regarded the "Winter Solstice" as an important festival. Qing Jia Lu even said that the winter solstice is as big as a year, which shows that the ancients attached great importance to the winter solstice.

The implication of eating jiaozi on the winter solstice.

1, rich in financial resources

Eating jiaozi is to look forward to a prosperous life and rich financial resources in the future. Because dumplings are shaped like ingots, and ingots have the meaning of making a fortune, eating dumplings has the meaning of seeking good luck and expecting to make a fortune.

2. Harmony and beauty

Bao jiaozi wants "harmony" noodles, which has the meaning of harmony and beauty. The dough is rolled round and moist, and the rolled dumpling skin indicates round and round.

3, the meaning of long-term wealth

Jiaozi's dumpling stuffing eaten in the winter solstice is also inextricably linked with the meaning. For example, ordinary leek stuffing symbolizes the meaning of making a fortune for a long time.

4. Family reunion

The winter solstice is 24 solar terms, China, and regional cultural differences have the habit of eating noodles from the winter solstice to the summer solstice in jiaozi. On this day, the family went out together, and when the group sat together to chat with jiaozi, it gave jiaozi a round symbol.