Introduction: Eating dumplings during the Spring Festival is a traditional new custom that has lasted for a long time in northern China. "Big cold, little cold, eat dumplings for the New Year"
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Eating dumplings during the Spring Festival is a long-standing traditional Annual custom in northern China.
In 1972, among the Tang Dynasty cultural relics unearthed in Turpan, Xinjiang, were the physical objects of dumplings, which were almost exactly the same as the dumplings in the north today, more than a thousand years ago!
A number of dumplings were placed in a wooden bowl with a complete shape, shaped like a half moon, almost exactly the same as modern dumplings. Experts have identified the skin of these dumplings as wheat flour, the filling is difficult to identify, and the way to eat them seems to be fished out and put on a plate, just like now.
Tang Dynasty dumplings were found in the "Western Regions", indicating that the noodle culture along the Silk Road was very developed, and dumplings have spread to very remote areas through exchanges.
There is a sense of excitement in the air conversation! It is really happy to get together with your family and eat dumplings in the New Year, and you must pass on these traditional Traditional Cultures well
Dumplings are homophonous with Jiaozi, representing the time when the old year intersects with the new year
Dumplings were called "dumplings" during the Tang Dynasty, and only began to be called "horns" during the Song Dynasty
The original name of dumplings is "Jiao'er", which originates from the ancient horns of the mainland, which has a history of more than 1,800 years.
When it comes to the origin of dumplings, there are many folk legends. For example, according to legend, when Nuwa made people from the soil, due to the cold and freezing, the ears of the Loess people are easy to freeze off, in order to make the ears can not be fixed, Nuwa pricked a small eye on the ear of the villain, tied the ear with a thin line, and the other end of the line was placed in the mouth of the Loess people to bite, so that the ear could be done well.
In order to commemorate the merits of Nuwa, the common people wrapped up dumplings, pinched the shape of human ears with noodles, wrapped them with stuffing (thread), and bit them with their mouths.
However, regarding the inventor of dumplings, the public is more willing to accept zhang Zhongjing, the "medical saint". Initially, it had medicinal properties