Winter Solstice is a very important solar term in China. The Winter Solstice festival is one of the traditional festivals of the Han people. It originated from the Han Dynasty and flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

The winter solstice is commonly known as "Winter Festival", "Long Solstice Festival", "Yasui", etc. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,500 years ago, China had used Tugui to observe the sun and determined the winter solstice. It is twenty-four

The earliest solar term to be formulated, the time is between December 21st and 23rd of the solar calendar every year. This day is the shortest day and the longest night in the whole year in the northern hemisphere.

On the day of the Winter Solstice, there are different customs in the north and south of China. Dumplings are eaten in most parts of the north, and glutinous rice balls are eaten in the south. There is also a proverb: "When the winter solstice comes, eat dumplings."

The origin of eating dumplings during the Winter Solstice. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, disasters were severe in various places and many people suffered from diseases.

There was a famous doctor in Nanyang named Zhang Ji, also known as Zhongjing. He studied medical books diligently since he was a child, learned from others' strengths, and became the founder of traditional Chinese medicine.

Zhang Zhongjing not only had excellent medical skills and could cure all difficult and complicated diseases at his fingertips, but also had high medical ethics. He treated both poor and rich seriously and saved countless lives.

When Zhang Zhongjing was an official in Changsha, he often cured diseases for the people.

One year when the local plague was prevalent, he built a big pot at the yamen gate and gave up medicine to save people. He was deeply loved by the people of Changsha.

After Zhang Zhongjing retired from Changsha and returned to his hometown, he walked to the bank of Baihe River in his hometown and saw many poor people suffering from hunger and cold, and their ears were rotten by the frost.

He felt very sad and determined to save them.

When Zhang Zhongjing returned home, there were so many people seeking medical treatment that he was very busy, but he always kept in mind the poor people whose ears were rotten by the cold.

He imitated the method in Changsha and asked his disciples to set up a medical shed and a large pot on an open space in Dongguan, Nanyang. They opened it on the winter solstice and gave medicine to the poor to treat their injuries.

Zhang Zhongjing's medicine is called "Quhan Jiao Er Soup". The method is to boil mutton, pepper and some cold medicine in a pot. After cooking, take these things out and chop them up, and wrap them in dough to look like ears.

The "Jiao Er" was cooked in a pot and distributed to patients begging for medicine.

Each person has two charming ears and a bowl of soup.

After people take the Quhan Decoction, their whole body becomes hot, their blood becomes smooth, and their ears become warm.

After taking it for a period of time, the patient's rotten ears will be cured.

Zhang Zhongjing continued to give up medicine until New Year's Eve.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, people celebrate the New Year and the recovery of rotten ears. They make New Year’s food like Jiao Er.

People call this kind of food "dumpling ears", "dumplings" or partial eclipse, and eat it on the winter solstice and the first day of the new year to commemorate the day when Zhang Zhongjing opened shed medicine and cured patients.

Zhang Zhongjing has been around for nearly 1800 years, but the story of his making "Jiaoer Soup to dispel cold" has been widely circulated among the people.

Every winter solstice and New Year's Day, people eat dumplings and still remember Zhang Zhongjing's kindness in their hearts.

Today, we no longer need to use jiao'er to treat frozen rotten ears, but dumplings have become people's most common and favorite food.

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?2. Traditional dumplings stuffed with three delicacies: using leeks, fresh meat, and shrimp as raw materials, it can not only lower blood fat and resist aging, but also moisturize the intestines, soothe the nerves, supplement calcium, and prevent cancer.

?3. Dumplings stuffed with carrots: Cut the carrots into cubes, blanch them with water, and add appropriate amount of green onion, ginger, salt, and sesame oil to make the filling.

It is of great benefit to asthma, physical weakness, fear of cold, and malnutrition, all diseases caused by deficiency and cold.

Suitable for the elderly to maintain health.

?4. Pork and radish dumplings: Pork and white radish are prepared in a ratio of 1:1 or 1:0.5. Pork is rich in vitamin B1, which has the effects of nourishing yin and moisturizing, replenishing qi and blood. White radish can open the chest, invigorate qi, and disperse

The effect of wind and cold makes it suitable for manual workers.

?5. Beef and celery dumplings: Beef and celery are prepared in proportion. Beef is a neutral food, containing a lot of high-quality protein. It has the effects of strengthening bones and muscles, replenishing qi and blood. Celery is rich in dietary fiber and has antihypertensive effects.

This stuffing is suitable for people with high blood pressure.

?6. Leek and egg dumplings: Fried eggs into egg skin or stir-fried, then cut into pieces, add leeks and seasonings and prepare.

Leeks are warm and yang-rich, rich in dietary fiber, and suitable for people with light tastes.

However, people with indigestion or poor liver function are prone to bloating after eating it and should not eat it.