Why does Jiaozi commemorate Zhang Zhongjing?

Zhang Zhongjing was a famous doctor in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. After he resigned and returned to his hometown, he was kind to the local people. On the solstice of winter, it is very cold. At this time, he found that the people were hungry and cold, and their ears were frostbitten and frozen because of the cold.

So he bought mutton with his own pocket, and all kinds of nourishing ingredients and peppers, all of which were mixed in a pot, stewed into a pot of soup, fished out the ingredients inside and chopped them, and wrapped them in epithelia to make Joule, which is now jiaozi.

Then share Joule and soup with the common people. After eating, the cold has left the body, and the people will not feel particularly cold, and the frostbite on their ears will be fine. Later, the custom of eating jiaozi on the winter solstice was actually to commemorate Zhang Zhongjing.

The origin of jiaozi:

Jiaozi evolved from wonton. In its long development process, there are many names, such as "prison pill", "flat food", "dumpling bait" and "powder horn" in ancient times. It was called "Crescent Wonton" in the Three Kingdoms period, "Wonton" in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, "Crescent Wonton" in the Tang Dynasty, "jiaozi" in the Song Dynasty and "Flat Food" in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. It was called "Jiaozi" in Qing Dynasty.

Jiaozi originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty and was initiated by Zhang Zhongjing, a native of Dengzhou, Henan Province in the Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, jiaozi was used as a medicine, and Zhang Zhongjing wrapped some cold-dispelling herbs in dough to treat diseases (mutton, pepper, etc. ) to avoid frostbite of patients' ears.