Jiaozi, also known as Chinese dumplings, is a must-have during holidays in Northern China. It is said that people in ancient times began to eat dumplings more than 1800 years ago.
Jiaozi is one of the most important foods in Chinese New Year. Since jiaozi is in the shape of ancient Chinese gold or silver ingots (银锭), it symbolizes wealth (财富). Traditionally, the members of a family get together to make dumplings on New Year’s Eve. They may put a coin in one of the dumplings. The person who finds the coin will possibly have good luck. As the Spring Festival is the start of a new year, people choose to eat jiaozi in the hope of having a good future in the coming new year.
According to your taste, you can make different kinds of Chinese dumplings using different fillings.
There is not set rule as to what makes dumpling fillings. They can be anything from vegetables, meat or seafood. Whatever the fillings are, the wrapping skill (包的技巧) needs to be exquisite (精美的) to make.
jiaozi good-looking.
As China is a country with a vast territory (幅员辽阔), there are differences in different areas in ways of making jiaozi or even serving it. For example, dumpling wrappers are made with a rolling stick in Beijing and Hebei province, while in some parts of Inner Mongolia, wrappers are hand-pressed.
【小题1】When did Chinese people probably begin to have jiaozi?【小题2】What does jiaozi symbolize?
【小题3】Why do people choose to eat jiaozi on New Year’s Eve?
【小题4】Do people need to follow set rules to make dumpling fillings?
【小题5】How are dumpling wrappers made in some parts of Inner Mongolia?
Under the influence of the Silk Road, China is often an exporter (输出国). However, throughout the history of these routes, many things were introduced to China through them. Here are three of them.
The Central Asian area introduced many products to China. For example, during the Han and Jin dynasties, nomadic people from the North introduced crops (作物) like carrots to China through the Northern Silk Road. One of the foods made from those crops is Hubing, a type of bread popular in the western areas of China. It was introduced to Chang’an by people from Central Asia during the Tang Dynasty.
Besides, many of these people from western areas opened cake shops in Chang’an. One of the most popular products these shops sold was Biluo, a type of cake that looked like a pillow. People could see the color of the filling inside from the outside because the surface of this dessert was quite thin.
Another food is a large number of spices (香料), such as pepper. They were introduced to China through areas such as the Indian Subcontinent. Pepper was first used for medical purposes, but later, during the Tang Dynasty it was used for cooking. After the Tang Dynasty, China began to grow pepper in its southern areas. However, the production was not enough to meet the needs and pepper continued to be imported (进口) from abroad.
During the Song Dynasty, thanks to the development of sea transportation, pepper was imported in large numbers and it was no longer as valuable as before. But for most people, pepper remained an expensive spice that was only saved for special events, such as when cooking for guests. During the Ming Dynasty, the Sea Silk Road greatly increased the import of pepper to China.
The food introduced to China through the Silk Road not only enriched the diet of the Chinese people, but also encouraged cultural exchanges.
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