Don’t eat dumplings on the winter solstice, be careful your ears are frozen off.
Eating dumplings on the winter solstice has become a common practice. On the winter solstice, everyone greets each other from [have you eaten yet? Have you eaten dumplings today? ] The reason why the winter solstice can form a pair with dumplings comes from a legend. Legend has it that on a snowy winter solstice, Zhang Zhongjing saw that many people were hungry and cold, and their ears were frozen. He felt very sad. So he made dumplings with mutton stuffing in a pot at his own expense. After people even ate the soup, they were warm all over, their ears were hot, and they were especially comfortable. Therefore, there was a tradition of eating dumplings on the winter solstice. Read More …