In the cold winter solstice, every family has the custom of eating dumplings. This custom is passed down from generation to generation. So why eat dumplings in the winter solstice? What's the story and origin?
In fact, despite the legend, eating dumplings at the winter solstice is also conducive to health. The winter solstice is a good time for health preservation, mainly because 'Qi begins at the Winter Solstice'. Because from the beginning of winter, life activities begin to turn from decline to prosperity and from static rotation. At this time, scientific health preservation helps to ensure vigorous energy and prevent premature aging, so as to prolong life.
In the winter solstice, the diet should be diverse, the grain, fruit, meat and vegetables should be matched reasonably, and the high calcium food should be selected appropriately. Different places have different customs during the winter solstice. Most places in northern China have the custom of eating dumplings during the winter solstice. After thousands of years of development, the winter solstice has formed a unique festival food culture.
Eating dumplings has become the custom of most Chinese people during the winter solstice. Of course, there are exceptions. For example, the custom of drinking mutton soup on the day of winter solstice is popular in Tengzhou City, Shandong Province, which means to get rid of the cold. On the winter solstice of the lunar calendar every year, dumplings are an essential holiday meal for both rich and poor.
What is the saying of eating dumplings at the winter solstice: dispel diseases and expel cold, and don't freeze your ears in severe winter. This legend is related to Zhang Zhongjing. In winter, the weather is cold, diseases occur frequently, and frostbite and cold diseases are easy to occur. It is also said that eating dumplings is mainly in the hope that money will roll in the future. " Dumplings are shaped like Yuanbao and have the meaning of making a fortune. I personally think this is the most reasonable explanation. Therefore, eating dumplings means hoping to make a fortune. "