Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage", was invented to save the world and save medicine on the winter solstice. At that time, he asked his disciples to set up a shed and support a pot in Dongguan, Nanyang, and cook mutton, pepper and cold-dispelling herbs in one pot. After cooking, he took them out and chopped them, wrapped them in flour bags into the shape of ears, and then cooked them into "soup for dispelling cold and charming ears" for the people to eat to cure frozen ears. There is a folk saying that "jiaozi Bowl is misbehaved in the winter solstice, and no one cares about frozen ears". It can be seen that eating jiaozi in the winter solstice has already become a custom.
Another way of saying this is that according to legend, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, loved meatballs but was afraid of being greasy, which made the chef add vegetables to the meat. As a result, the fried pork could not be shaped, so the chef had an idea and wrapped it in dough and boiled it. As a result, Emperor Taizong was overjoyed and praised him again and again, asking, "What is it?" The chef replied, "In order to be firm when cooking, the dough bag is used to make pills, so it is called' prison pills'." This is jiaozi in the Tang Dynasty.
jiaozi jiaozi originated from the ancient "slot". As early as the Three Kingdoms period, this kind of food was mentioned in the book Guangya written by Wei Zhangyi. According to research, it was developed from the "crescent-shaped wonton" from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Tang Dynasty and the "dried meat with double corners" in the Southern Song Dynasty, with a history of 1,4 years. According to the historical records of Qing Dynasty; On New Year's Day, when people are happy, they leave together, such as eating flat food and being famous. "He added:" Every junior high school, no matter how rich or poor, they all make dumplings with white flour, which is called cooking cakes, which is the same in the whole country. A rich family is hidden in a treasure trove of gold and silver. If it is successful, those who have food for their families will be lucky in the end. "This shows that people eat jiaozi during the Spring Festival, which means good luck to say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new year. "Clear barnyard grass banknotes" edited by Xu Ke, a close friend, said: "There is stuffing in it, or it is called powder horn-both steamed food and fried food can be used, and boiled soup is called dumplings. "For thousands of years, jiaozi, as a New Year's food, has been loved by people, and it has been passed down to this day.