Bianshi, or dumplings. Flat food is another name for dumplings, for the origin of dumplings, historical records and folklore is quite a lot. People in the north of China have a custom, on New Year's Day, to welcome friends and relatives, always pack a dumpling to eat. Especially on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the whole family to pay tribute to the New Year, will be sitting around together, while wrapping dumplings and chatting, south and north, everything to talk about, from time to time to draw laughter, great fun." Dumplings are everyone's favorite, and the New Year's meal is especially fragrant. When people eat this smooth and tasty water cake, if you know some of its origins, who can not marvel at the ancient civilization of our long history of pasta wonderland! Dumplings in its long process of development, a variety of names, the ancient times have "prison pill", "flat food", "dumpling bait", "powder angle" and so on. Tang Dynasty called dumplings "soup in the prison pill"; Yuan Dynasty called "time Luojiaoer"; the end of the Ming Dynasty called "powder angle"; the Qing Dynasty called "flat food" - Now, the north and south of the dumplings are not the same name.