Jiaozi is a traditional food in China. Jiaozi originated from the ancient trough.

Jiaozi is a traditional food in China. Jiaozi originated from the ancient trough.

Jiaozi, formerly known as Jiao 'er, was first invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a doctor in Nanyang, China, with a history of more than 1,800 years.

Jiaozi, formerly known as Joule, was invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a doctor in Nanyang, China, with a history of 1800 years.

It is a traditional food deeply loved by people in China, also called jiaozi, a folk staple food in China and local snacks, and also a food festival.

It is a traditional special food deeply loved by the people of China, also known as jiaozi. It is the staple food and local snacks of China people, and it is also the New Year food.

There is a folk song called "Cold and Slight Cold, Eat jiaozi and celebrate the New Year." Jiaozi often cooks with a noodle bag.

There is a folk song called "A slight cold arrives, eat jiaozi in the New Year." Jiaozi often cooks with flour and leather bag stuffing.

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According to legend, when Zhang Zhongjing was the magistrate of Changsha, he often treated the people. One year, when the local plague was prevalent, he built a cauldron at the entrance of Yamen, and sacrificed his life to save people, which won the love of Changsha people. After Zhang Zhongjing retired from Changsha, he happened to catch up with the winter solstice and walked to the bank of the Baihe River in his hometown. He saw that many poor people were hungry and cold, and their ears were frozen. It turned out that typhoid fever was prevalent at that time and many people died.

He was very upset and determined to treat them. When Zhang Zhongjing came home, many people sought medical treatment. He is as busy as a bee, but he always remembers the poor people with frozen ears. He followed Changsha's example and told his disciples to build a medical shed and medicine jar in an open space in Dongguan, Nanyang, and open it on the day of winter solstice to deliver medicine to the poor.

Zhang Zhongjing's "Quhan Joule Decoction" is a summary of more than 300 years of clinical practice in Han Dynasty. Its practice is to boil mutton and some cold-expelling herbs in a pot, take them out and chop them up after cooking, make them into ear-shaped Joules with flour bags, and then cook them in a pot and distribute them to patients begging for drugs. Everyone has two charming ears and a bowl of soup. After eating Quhan decoction, people feel warm all over, their blood is smooth and their ears are warm. The common people eat from the solstice of winter until New Year's Eve to resist typhoid fever and cure their frozen ears.

Zhang Zhongjing didn't give up medicine until New Year's Eve. On the first day of New Year's Day, people celebrate the New Year and the recovery of rotten ears. They cook New Year's food like burnt ears and eat it on the first morning. People call this kind of food "jiaozi", "jiaozi" or "flat food" and eat it on the solstice of winter and the first day of the New Year to commemorate the day when Zhang Zhongjing opened the shed to deliver medicine and cure patients.

Zhang Zhongjing's history is nearly 1800 years ago, but his story of "Quhan Joule Decoction" has been widely circulated among the people. On the solstice of winter and the first day of New Year's Day, people eat jiaozi, and they still remember Zhang Zhongjing's kindness in their hearts. Today, we don't need charming ears to treat frozen rotten ears, but jiaozi has become the most common and favorite food for people.