During the Three Kingdoms period, according to historical records, there was a crescent-shaped food called wonton, which was basically similar to the shape of jiaozi now. By about the Tang Dynasty, jiaozi had become exactly the same as jiaozi now, so it was fished out and put on a plate to eat by itself. Jiaozi was called Jiao in Song Dynasty, which was the etymology of Jiaozi in later generations. This kind of writing can still be seen in the following Yuan, Ming, Qing and Republic of China.
The folk custom of eating jiaozi during the Spring Festival has been quite popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Generally, jiaozi should wrap it up before New Year's Eve 12, and eat it at midnight. At this time, it is the beginning of the first day of the first lunar month. When eating jiaozi, it means that you can make friends at a young age. When a child was a child, jiaozi was homophonic, which meant celebration and reunion, and good luck.
Jiaozi variety
1, vegetable jiaozi: Add vegetable juice when mixing flour.
2. Seafood jiaozi: It consists of pork, seafood, fresh soup and seasonings.
3. Open jiaozi: There is at least one opening at the longitudinal ends or the top of jiaozi, which communicates with jiaozi in jiaozi.
4. Flavor jiaozi: The fillings include lean meat, fresh eggs, vegetable oil and refined vegetables. , with seasoning made of fresh soup and poultry skeleton.
5, cactus dumplings: the main ingredient is cactus diced and shredded.
6. Fish dumplings: The filling formula is fish, white pork, eggs, ginger, onion, salt and monosodium glutamate.
7. jiaozi: The fillings include palace yellow chicken, pork, fresh shavings, medlar, Amomum villosum, nutmeg, clove, bone soup, scallion oil, ginger foam, shrimp skin, cooking wine, etc.