1. Speaking of dumplings, it can be said that everyone is very familiar with them.

In China, we always make dumplings every time we celebrate the holidays and welcome relatives and friends.

The dumplings are smooth and delicious, with a delicious taste and profound meaning.

Every New Year's Eve, every household in northern my country will sit together and make dumplings.

"Everyone loves to eat dumplings, and dumplings are especially delicious during the New Year meal." This sentence represents people's love for dumplings.

2. Dumplings have a long history, dating back to the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

When Zhang Zhongjing, the "Medical Saint", returned to his hometown during the winter solstice and passed through Nanyang, he saw many poor people with frostbitten ears, hungry and cold, and many people contracted cold.

Zhang Zhongjing suddenly felt pity, so he built a medical shed there, set up a large pot, stuffed it with mutton, chili peppers and medicinal materials that can dispel cold and improve heat, then wrap it into the shape of an ear and serve it to the poor.

People ate it from the winter solstice to New Year's Eve, resisting typhoid fever and curing frozen ears.

In order to thank Zhang Zhongjing for his kindness and selflessness.

Every year on the Winter Solstice and New Year's Eve, people eat dumplings.

Gradually, eating dumplings has become a custom for us Chinese.

3. In different periods, dumplings have different names.

In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, dumplings were called "Jiao Er".

In the Tang Dynasty, it was called "Tangzhongluowan"; in the Yuan Dynasty, it was called "Shisuijiao"; in the late Ming Dynasty, it was called "Fenjiao"; in the Qing Dynasty, it was also called "Bianshi"... With the development of history, dumplings gradually began to

become numerous.

Such as Chengfen shrimp dumplings from Guangdong, potsticker dumplings from Shanghai, crab roe steamed dumplings from Yangzhou, soup dumplings from Shandong, and Laobian dumplings from Northeast China.

Sichuan's Chuan dumplings, etc., all have their own characteristics and are very popular.

4. Dumplings are not only delicious, but also unique and simple to make.

First, you need to roll the dough into a long strip, then cut the long strip into small pieces and roll it into dough.

Then mince some vegetables or meat and mix it with seasonings such as oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar to make the stuffing.

Then wrap the filling with dough, and pinch the dough tightly with your hands, so that a beautiful dumpling is ready.

These wrapped dumplings also come in different shapes and contain profound meanings: the crescent-shaped one is called "Niefu"; the ingot-shaped one symbolizes wealth everywhere and the house is full of gold and silver; the wheat-ear-shaped one symbolizes a bumper harvest in the new year...

It seems that this little dumpling is also full of people's yearning for a better life!

5. Dumplings are not just for the Chinese!

Foreign dumplings also have a unique flavor.

For example, Russian dumpling fillings include beef, carrots, eggs, onions, salt and MSG. In addition, they also add some minced chili peppers to the dumpling fillings, and the dumplings are very large.

The most special thing is that they use clear soup made from beef bones to cook dumplings.

However, for Russians, eating dumpling soup is the first course, and eating dumplings is the second course.

Others such as Hungarian dumplings, Italian dumplings, Korean dumplings, etc. are also unique and unique.