Wonton is also known as wonton, flat meat, copious hands, wrapped noodles

Legend says that during the Han Dynasty, the northern Xiongnu tribes often harassed the frontier, killing and looting, and were very cruel. The people hated them to the bone, the Huns have Huns and Tuns two leaders, so the people wrapped into a corner with meat, take the "Hun" and "Tun" sound, called "Hundun".

Put into the pot steamed, hate to eat. And seek to quell the war, can live in peace. Because the first made wontons is in the winter solstice this day, in the winter solstice this day every family to eat wontons.

The most common types of wontons are:

Meat wontons: meat and green onions are minced and stirred together, then wrapped in wonton skins and cooked.

Shrimp wontons: Seafood is abundant in coastal areas, and shrimp and pork are often used as ingredients. Many restaurants use "seafood" as a selling point, and the wontons are filled with large pieces of fresh shrimp.

Vegetable wontons: Pork is served with shredded green vegetables, often in large sizes, also known as "vegetable wontons".

Red oil copping hand: Fresh meat wontons are usually served with a spicy oil-based sauce, a specialty of Sichuan.

Fried wontons: cooked by deep-frying.

Expanded:

Wonton is very simple and easy to learn how to make and eat, because of the region and accent, which caused the different names of wonton.

Guangdong: "wonton" (Cantonese), the English word "wonton" is derived from Cantonese.

Fujian: "flatbread", the meat is usually beaten with a mallet and the skin is made of noodles.

Guizhou: KúEN TUEN (馄饨), boiled in boiling water and dipped in chili water (chili peppers, soy sauce, garlic, vinegar, sesame oil, soybeans, etc.)

Beijing: Hundun (馄饨), as it is commonly called in northern China and elsewhere.

Sichuan: "copious hands", Sichuan people spicy, there is a famous dish called "red oil copious hands".

Hubei: "Bao mian" (as it is called in other parts of Hubei), and "dumplings" in Wuhan.

Anhui: "Baozi" is the name given to the southern part of Anhui Province, because the form of wrapping is very similar to wrapping clothes.