1, the origin of dumplings

According to legend, dumplings originated in the Song Dynasty. At that time, Mingzhou (now Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province), the rise of a novelty food, that is, with black sesame seeds, lard filling, adding a little sugar, the outside of the glutinous rice flour rolled into a round, cooked, eat sweet, soft, aftertaste. At the same time, the dumplings symbolize family reunion, eating dumplings also means that in the new year, family happiness, reunion, so it is the first month of the 15th Lantern Festival essential food.

2, soup dumplings legend

According to legend, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was a courtesan in the palace, named "Lantern", long years secluded in the palace, homesickness for his parents, all day long with tears.

Dongfang Shuo, the minister, was determined to help her, so he lied to Emperor Wu, saying that the fire god was ordered by the Jade Emperor to burn Chang'an on the 15th day of the first month, and that the only way to escape from the disaster was to let the "girl of the night" make a lot of dumplings that the fire god loved to eat on the 15th day of the first month, and all the subjects opened lamps for worship. Emperor Wu allowed it, and the "Lantern Girl" finally met her family. Since then, the Lantern Festival has been formed.

Soup dumplings culture

Eating soup dumplings is a traditional custom of the Han Chinese people, especially in the south of the Yangtze River is prevalent. There is a saying that "a year older after eating soup dumplings". Chen Zhiyou's poem "Soup Dumplings" reads, "Every year at the winter solstice, every family cooks, and a year of potential add know nothing," and a Ningbo proverb reads, "Every family in Ningbo pounds rice to make soup dumplings, and is always happy and contented for another day."

Hu Bingyan also has a poem that says: "The fragrance of glutinous rice made dumplings, boiling water floating silver rich and salty. In the mouth is sweet, smooth and refreshing, and the whole family is happy and drunken." "Ningbo soup dumplings are a must-have food, a kind of round dessert made of glutinous rice flour, and "round" means "reunion" and "success". "Round" means "reunion" and "complete", and eating dumplings at festival time symbolizes family harmony and good fortune, so to dumplings are also called "floating yuanzi".

The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, "Ningbo dumplings" as food, in our country has a long history. This food, the earliest called "floating yuanzi" later called "dumplings", also known as Lantern; "dumplings" to sesame, bean paste, walnuts, nuts, jujube puree, etc. for the filling, wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a circle The meat can be vegetarian, with different flavors. Soup can be boiled, fried, steamed, with the meaning of reunion.