Why do you eat jiaozi on the winter solstice?

Because it is a traditional custom in our country to eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter.

Eating jiaozi in the winter of solstice originated from doctor Zhang Zhongjing. When he saw people's ears were frozen in the cold, he used bread to drive away the cold and cooked it into Joule soup to cure people's ears.

Winter solstice is the first of the 24 solar terms, which is called "sub-year". During the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, the day before winter ended the year. In ancient times, the winter solstice was a very important festival. It is said that the winter solstice was as big as a year. The imperial court and the people have always attached great importance to it, and there have been sacrificial activities since the Zhou Dynasty.

On the solstice after winter, the weather is mainly cold, so people often keep warm and nourish yang to resist cold evil. Jiaozi is a delicious food with comprehensive nutrition and easy digestion and absorption. You can stuff mutton, cabbage, green onions, leeks and radishes. These dishes are warm and have a certain warming effect on the human body.

In ancient times, people used the winter solstice weather and the position of the winter solstice solar terms in January to predict the future weather. "The winter solstice is dark and the New Year is thin; The winter solstice is sparse, and the New Year is black "means: If the winter solstice is cloudy, the New Year's Day is sunny; If the winter solstice is sunny, it may be cloudy or even snowy on New Year's Day.