The word "Li" in the Chinese character for "Li Dong" represents the beginning of winter, and this is the turn of the autumn and winter seasons, which belongs to the "time of the handover", and dumplings are synonymous with the handover, which means that the old and the new are alternating, which is why there is a custom to eat dumplings on the day of the Li Dong.
The winter solstice "to" represents the coming cold, and there is also a proverb that says: "October 1, the winter solstice to, families eat dumplings", so in the winter solstice this day is also the custom of eating dumplings, so no matter whether it is the first winter or the winter solstice, are The first thing you can do is to eat dumplings.
The origin of eating dumplings on the winter solstice is that it is the time of the year when people take a break from their work and reward the family for their hard work. There is a proverb, "winter, make up for the winter, make up for the mouth empty" is the best analogy. In the north, we like to use dumplings as our winter tonic food.
In the ancient Chinese medicine on the explanation: the arrival of this festival is the yang qi latent, yin qi full of extreme, grass and trees withered, hibernating insects hide, all things tend to rest, to hibernate in a state of health, to maintain the vitality for the next spring vigorously in preparation. Since you have to save your energy, you have to make food supplements to increase all kinds of immunity in winter, so you choose simple and easy to get dumplings as food supplement materials.
According to legend, the term "dumpling" originated from the phrase "the time of the handover". The 30th day of the Lunar New Year is the time between the old year and the new year, and the first day of winter is the time between the fall and winter seasons. There is a folk custom that says, "Whenever there is a change of season, dumplings must be eaten. So on the day of winter, all kinds of dumplings will be sold very hot.
In addition, the cold climate of winter affects the body's endocrine system. In the daily diet, the human body needs to "supplement" and increase its intake of various types of nutrients. And dumplings in the production of types, nutrition, flavor, etc. can meet this requirement, naturally very popular.