jiaozi is a well-known folk food in China, symbolizing reunion and celebration. Since ancient times, there have been a series of folk customs of eating jiaozi, such as eating jiaozi on New Year's Eve, eating jiaozi on Friday, eating jiaozi in crouching, eating jiaozi on the winter solstice, and not as delicious as jiaozi ... The record of jiaozi in China dates back to the Han Dynasty. In the 196s, a wooden bowl containing a well-preserved jiaozi was excavated from a Tang Dynasty tomb in Xinjiang, China, which is the oldest jiaozi ever discovered.
Today, jiaozi, which has been handed down from generation to generation, shines brilliantly, breaking the world record and winning the medal of "Best Dumpling Variety in the World" with the largest variety in jiaozi. It is reported that there are many Guinness World Records in Tianjin, but it is the first time that the catering industry has broken the Guinness World Record.
There are 229 kinds of dumplings in Baijiao Garden, which are divided into ten series, including vegetarian stuffing, aquatic products, wild vegetables, health care, seafood, etc. Among them, there are hot and sour duck blood, shrimp celery, vegetarian three fresh, corn flour, hawthorn tremella and other varieties, each with thin skin and big stuffing, which are packaged and cooked now. Among them, jiaozi, which is exquisitely carved and the size of a little finger belly, stands out. It is shaped like a pearl with delicious stuffing, and is known as the "Empress Dowager Hotpot" jiaozi.
It is said that during Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing, and Empress Dowager Cixi fled in a hurry. When passing by Yangcun village in Tianjin, the queen mother felt a little tired and immediately ordered to stop here. In the evening, the Queen Mother was moping about watching Beijing Opera when she suddenly felt a little empty in her stomach and her body moved slightly. When the careful eunuch saw it, he immediately leaned over and asked the queen mother if she wanted to have some food. The queen mother nodded slightly and the eunuch hurried away.
In order to please the Queen Mother, the eunuch gave the chefs a menu. They were ordered to make a royal meal that the Empress Dowager had never eaten before and could be cooked while eating. The chefs were busy separately, and in a few minutes, a plate of chicken breast, which was the queen mother's favorite at ordinary times, was served with jiaozi wrapped with seasoning and stuffing. I saw jiaozi, the size of apricot kernels, dotted with beautiful pearls. At this time, the eunuch set up a single-wind copper hot pot on the long table in front of the queen mother, carefully poured the chicken and duck soup cooked in advance, and lit the charcoal below. Under the night, the burning flame keeps beating, just like blooming chrysanthemums, so it is also called "chrysanthemum hot pot". The Empress Dowager was very excited to see this scene and praised it again and again, hence the name "Empress Dowager Hotpot" jiaozi.
As the saying goes, "The more you eat, the more you have in jiaozi". Baijiao Garden presents more than 1 kinds of jiaozi, as well as five cuisines from Tianjin, Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong and Fujian. The Baijiao Garden in Beijing has a golden tile red wall and red lanterns hanging high, which has the beauty of ancient Chinese rhyme. Antique interior decoration, many antiques, calligraphy and paintings decorated by Mo Bao, waiters in traditional costumes standing on both sides, ancient music around the beam, bright file operation tense and orderly. Some people say that only eating jiaozi can solve the problem of "different opinions". In your spare time, let your body and mind wander in the long river of ancient Chinese culture and savor the five flavors in exquisite dough.