The origin of dumplings originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty and was born at the same time as steamed bread. Dumplings, also known as dumplings, roll dumplings with stuffing. It is said that when Guan Yunchang led an iron rider 500 to Huarong Road, in order to wish the army and the people live in peace, Jianli, Honghu, Huarong and Yueyang people used sticky rice and sticky rice as the paste and cabbage as the stuffing to make dumplings to express their condolences to the soldiers stationed there. After that, this local famous food took the lead among snacks on both sides of the river. The change of years and the inheritance of delicious food make dumplings the warmest food memory in Huarong people's daily life.

The legend of dumplings

Legend has it that one year in Tomb-Sweeping Day, Li Xiucheng, the general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was chased by Qing soldiers, and a farmer nearby came forward to help, disguised Li Xiucheng as a farmer and cultivated land with him. Li Xiucheng was not caught, and the Qing soldiers did not leave it at that, so they added soldiers to set up posts in the village, and everyone who left the village had to be inspected to prevent them from bringing food to Li Xiucheng.

When he got home, the farmer stepped on a clump of wormwood and slipped while thinking about what to bring to Li Xiucheng. When he got up, he saw that his hands and knees were stained with green colors. He immediately had a plan, and quickly picked some wormwood to go home, washed it, boiled it, squeezed it into glutinous rice flour and made it into rice dumplings.

Then put the green dumplings in the grass and mix them with the sentries at the village entrance. Li Xiucheng ate the green balls, and felt fragrant, waxy and non-sticky. After dark, he bypassed the Qing soldiers' post and returned to the base camp safely. Later, Li Xiucheng ordered the Taiping rebels to learn to be a youth league to defend themselves against the enemy. The custom of eating youth league has spread.