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Dumplings are a traditional specialty food favored by the Han Chinese people. Dumplings are a kind of semi-circular or half-moon, horn-shaped pasta with filling. Legend has it that it was first invented by Zhang Zhongjing, the sage of medicine in China. Dumplings are also an annual festival food in the north, and many places in northern China have the habit of eating dumplings at the winter solstice. Dumplings are also commonly eaten in southern China. The historical evolution of dumplings has experienced a long gradual process, the late Ming Zhang Zi Lie made a good description: "Dumplings ear, that is, the section into the type of food, soup in the firm pill, or called powder angle, the northern people read the angle for the Jiao, because of the call for dumpling bait, pseudo dumplings for the child." Dumplings because of its use of different names of different fillings are also varied, due to different ways of maturity is divided into fried dumplings, fried dumplings, steamed dumplings, dumplings and so on. In addition, gyoza, has gone global, loved by people from all over the world. For example, Japanese dumplings, North Korean dumplings, Korean dumplings, Vietnamese dumplings, Mexican dumplings and so on.

Flat food is wonton, which is the traditional name of Shanxi people, the custom of eating dumplings on New Year's Day, which is called flat food in Shanxi, Fujian, Taiwan and other places. Eating dumplings on New Year's Day is a folk culture handed down from generation to generation by the descendants of the Yellow Emperor and has a long history. Especially in the north, dumplings, as the king of pasta, are a must-eat New Year's meal.

Dumplings have been known by many names during their long development, and in ancient times they were known by names such as "Jungwan", "Bianshi", "Dumpling Bait", "Powder Horn", and so on. The name of the "powder horn" and so on. Three Kingdoms period called "crescent-shaped wontons", the North and South Dynasties period called "wontons", the Tang Dynasty called dumplings "supine crescent-shaped wontons", the Song Dynasty, called "horn", the Yuan Dynasty, called "dumplings", the Yuan Dynasty, called "dumplings", the Yuan Dynasty, called "dumplings", the Yuan Dynasty, called "dumplings", the Yuan Dynasty, called "dumplings".