One: Eating jiaozi on New Year's Eve: The folk custom of eating jiaozi during the Spring Festival has been quite popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Two: Eat jiaozi on the fifth day of the first month;
In addition to eating jiaozi at the New Year's Eve, the fifth day of the first month is called "Breaking Five", and jiaozi is also eaten.
Three: beginning of autumn eats jiaozi: beginning of autumn, the folks have a saying that "food is the most important thing for the people". beginning of autumn is a very important solar term, and people certainly can't forget to eat it.
Four: beginning of winter eats jiaozi: The solar term in beginning of winter has the meaning of harvest in autumn and storage in winter. China used to be a farming society. People who have worked for a year should take a break on the day of beginning of winter to reward their family for their hard work over the past year.
Five: Eating jiaozi on the Winter Solstice: In the north of China, the custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice and the legend of "eating dumplings on the winter solstice to cure frozen ears" have been circulating since ancient times.
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Zhang Zhongjing invented "jiaozi" to treat the people.
Zhang Zhongjing, a native of Nanyang, lived in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. His Treatise on Febrile Diseases was a masterpiece of doctors and was regarded as a classic by doctors of all ages. Zhang Zhongjing has a famous saying: "If you advance, you will save the world; if you retreat, you will save the people;" You can't be a good doctor, but also a good doctor. " During the Jian 'an period, Zhang Zhongjing was sent to Changsha by the imperial court to be a satrap, but he still used his medical skills to relieve the pain of the people. In feudal times, officials were not allowed to enter houses casually, so Zhang Zhongjing thought of a way to choose the first and fifteenth days of each month, open the yamen wide and sit on the lobby to treat the people. Zhang Zhongjing's move caused a sensation in the local area. Later, people called the doctor sitting in the drugstore to treat people "Mr. Zuo Tang" to commemorate this great medical scientist.
Zhang Zhongjing was later dissatisfied with the darkness of officialdom and resigned and returned to his hometown. When he returned home, it was in the middle of winter. He saw many homeless people with sallow faces and thin clothes, and many people even had their ears frozen, which made them feel very uncomfortable. Let his disciples set up a medical shed and a cauldron in Dongguan, Nanyang, and give up "Quhan Jiaoer Decoction" to cure chilblain during the winter solstice to New Year's Eve.
He boiled mutton, peppers and some herbs for dispelling cold in a pot, then took them out and chopped them up, made them into ear-like "jiao-er" with bread, and shared them with the people after cooking. People ate "Jiao Er" and drank "Quhan Tang", and their whole bodies were warm and their ears were hot, and their frostbitten ears were cured. Later generations learned from Zhang Zhongjing's "charming ears" and made food to eat during the New Year, which is called "jiaozi". Up to now, there is still a folk song about "jiaozi Bowl is improper in the New Year, and nobody cares if you freeze your ears".