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Beginning of winter eats jiaozi.
"jiaozi", also known as "jiaozi" or "Joule", means the alternation of the old and the new, and it also means inheriting God.

Beginning of winter's eating jiaozi symbolizes people's beautiful expectation for winter. Because jiaozi's appearance is very similar to his ears, people think that if he eats it, his ears will not be frozen in winter. There is also a saying that "beginning of winter acted recklessly in jiaozi bowl, and nobody cares whether he freezes his ears or not". In addition, jiaozi and jiaozi have similar pronunciations. beginning of winter means to eat jiaozi at the turn of autumn and winter.

The origin of jiaozi

Jiaozi originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty and was initiated by Zhang Zhongjing, a native of Dengzhou, Henan Province in the Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, jiaozi was used as a medicine, and Zhang Zhongjing wrapped some cold-dispelling herbs in dough to treat diseases (mutton, pepper, etc. ) to avoid frostbite of patients' ears. Jiaozi evolved from wonton.

In its long development process, there are many names, such as "prison pill", "flat food", "dumpling bait" and "powder horn" in ancient times. It was called "Crescent Wonton" in the Three Kingdoms Period, "Wonton" in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, "Crescent Wonton" in the Tang Dynasty, "jiaozi" in the Song Dynasty and "Flat Food" in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. It was called "Jiaozi" in Qing Dynasty.