Brain teaser: Why eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter?

Eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter is a long tradition, a custom as always, but it is also exquisite. From the perspective of modern nutrition, it is suggested that everyone "spend the winter solstice healthily, and jiaozi will be different".

According to legend, Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage, was an official in Changsha. In a snowy winter, the wind is biting. He saw that the villagers on both sides of the Baihe River in Nanyang were naked, and many people's ears were frozen. So he asked his disciples to cook mutton, pepper and some herbs for removing cold in a pot, take them out and chop them up, image their ears with leather bags, and then cook them in a pot to make a medicine called "soup for removing cold and correcting ears" for the people to eat. After eating, the villagers' ears healed, and since then they have had the custom of eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter.

In addition, judging from the nutrition of jiaozi, jiaozi itself is a kind of food, with various foods and rich nutrition. Judging from the dumpling skin, it is made of grain and is rich in protein and carbohydrates. In particular, many people use coarse grains to make dumpling skins, which will be more nutritious and promote the matching of thickness.

In addition to the "skin", of course, there are full fillings, mainly vegetables and meat, and meat and vegetables are well matched. In addition, the filling of seasoning is very attractive in taste and shape. The perfect combination of skin and stuffing is an excellent food from winter solstice.

The solstice in winter is an important time for health preservation, mainly because "Qi starts from the solstice in winter". Because from beginning of winter, life activities began to turn from prosperity to decline, from dynamic to static. At this time, scientific health preservation helps to ensure vigorous energy and prevent premature aging, thus achieving the purpose of prolonging life.

After the winter solstice, it is also important to adjust your diet. Winter is dry and cold, and it is easy to get angry. Diet needs to "increase acid and reduce pungent" and drink plenty of water; In winter, the yang is weak, and the spleen likes warm and hates cold. It is advisable to eat warm and tonic products to protect the spleen and kidney; In order to avoid getting angry, eat less and eat more, and pay attention to "three more and three less", that is, more protein, vitamins and cellulose, less sugar, fat and salt; Also pay attention to avoid aggravating dryness and affecting the normal operation of the body.