Steamed dumplings are a traditional holiday food of the Chinese nation and must be eaten every Spring Festival. According to legend, it was first invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage" in Nanyang, China during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Many provinces and cities in China also have the habit of eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter. Jiaozi is also a common food in southern China.

Jiaozi is generally just a traditional snack with pork, beef, mutton and vegetables as stuffing. But now not only chicken, duck, fish, eggs, seafood, delicacies, fresh vegetables, dried vegetables and fruits can be used as fillings. But all delicious and nutritious materials can be used as fillings.

There are many kinds of jiaozi in China, with a wide range of materials and various production methods. Especially the dumpling banquet, one jiaozi and one hundred jiaozi, has five grades and fifteen series, including peony banquet, hundred flowers banquet, eight treasures banquet and court banquet, which has been well received by Chinese and foreign guests. Really make jiaozi delicious and unforgettable!

People in northern China think eating jiaozi is very grand. People in northern China regard jiaozi as the food of important festivals, such as winter solstice, and jiaozi is their staple food. People in southwest Chengdu often regard jiaozi as a snack to change and adjust their tastes. But compared with the north, jiaozi in Chengdu is not inferior.

The origin of steamed dumplings

Northern Qi Dynasty: Yan Zhitui told jiaozi very clearly: "Today's wonton is shaped like a crescent moon, and it is also the time when the world is connected." Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, saw that the poor people's ears were frozen in the cold winter. He made a soup for the poor to treat frostbite. After eating, people feel warm all over and their ears are hot. Later, people followed suit.

Tang Dynasty: jiaozi is exactly the same as jiaozi now. In the Tang Dynasty, this traditional food from China spread to the western regions due to the exchange of the Silk Road, and Yang Guifei especially liked the beautifully processed jiaozi.

Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty loved Yang Guifei, and Li Lang ordered the chef to make a jiaozi to worship her. Royal chefs dare not ignore it. He thought: The royal family likes plump women, but they are favored as imperial concubines, so he made jiaozi into the shape of a fat doll.