Have you ever heard that "the beginning of winter is not good for dumplings, and no one cares if you freeze your ears?" what are the customs of the beginning of winter? What do you eat in the beginning of winter? So let's go to eat dumplings today.
"I don't serve dumpling bowls in the beginning of winter, no one cares if I freeze my ears." this sentence should be very familiar to friends in the north, but it may be confusing to friends in the south. In fact, the meaning is very simple. Take a close look at the dumplings that are warped on both sides and rolled in the middle. Do they look like some organ on our body?
Yes, ears. It's said that the dumplings had been in the Three Kingdoms, but the dumplings at that meeting are similar to the current wonton. When they are cooked, they are mixed in a bowl with soup, so people at that time called the dumplings' wonton '. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that dumplings became the same. The original name of dumpling is said to be 'jiao'er', which was first invented by Zhang Zhongjing, the doctor of our country. His story of "Quhan Jiaoer Decoction" is still popular among the people in China.
It is said that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Zhongjing, the "medical saint", was once the chief of Changsha, and then resigned to return home. Just in time for the winter solstice, he saw that people in Nanyang were starving and cold, and their ears were frostbitten. At that time, typhoid fever was prevalent and many people died of illness. Zhang Zhongjing summarized the clinical practice of the Han Dynasty for more than 300 years. He built a local medical shed and set up a large pot to boil mutton, peppers and herbs to dispel the cold and raise the heat. He wrapped the skin of the face into the shape of an ear, cooked it and gave it to the poor with soup and food. From the winter solstice to new year's Eve, the common people have resisted typhoid fever and cured the frozen ears. Since then, people in the countryside and later generations have imitated and made dumplings, which are called "dumpling ears" or "dumplings". In some places, they also call "flat food" or "hot dumplings".
Therefore, the custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice has been handed down. First, it's to commemorate the great doctor. Second, we have an old saying, it's called 'what to eat and what to make up'. The beginning of winter means the arrival of winter. When it's cold in winter, the ears are easily frostbitten when exposed. Therefore, eat dumplings that look like ears and make up ears. This is the right thing for the family The most intimate care of relatives.
It's just the time for jiaozi
The "hand over" of "hand over a son" means alternation, hand over and exchange. When do you think the dumplings are usually eaten? It's the beginning of winter and the new year's Eve, when the new and old things are handed over. New year's Eve is the transition of the old year and the new year, while Lidong is the transition of autumn and winter. Therefore, the dumplings at the time of "turning in" are not to be eaten.