Jiaozi originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty and was born at the same time as steamed bread. Jiaozi, also known as Tangyuan, is a jiaozi made of stuffing. It is said that when Guan Yunchang led the Tieqi 500 to Huarong Road, Jianli, Honghu, Huarong and Yueyang people used glutinous rice and cabbage as paste to wrap jiaozi to express their condolences to the soldiers stationed there in order to wish the army and people a peaceful life. After that, this kind of local famous food took the lead in cross-strait snacks. The change of time and the inheritance of food make jiaozi the warmest food memory in Huarong people's daily life.

The Legend of jiaozi

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 nearby farmer came forward to help, disguised Li Xiucheng as a farmer and cultivated land with him. Li Xiucheng didn't get caught, and the Qing soldiers didn't let it go, so they sent more soldiers to set up checkpoints 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 thought about what to bring to Li Xiucheng and slipped on a clump of wormwood. When he got up, he saw that his hands and knees were stained with green. 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 zongzi.

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