According to legend,the Eastern Han Dynasty,"Medical Saint",Mr CHEUNG served as Changsha Prefecture,resign after the return home.Coincided with the winter solstice on that day,he saw the South Seas,people from cold and hunger,two ears frostbite,when the typhoid epidemic,many people died.Han Zhang Zhongjing summarizes 300 years of clinical practice,they take a medical at the local shelters,support from side pot,suffering lamb,peppers and herbs Quhan to mention hot,with side bags into the ear shape,boiled decoction with a Food donated to the poor.New Year's Eve to eat from the winter solstice people to resist the typhoid fever,cured frozen ears.Since then,the township people and future generations to imitate the production,called "dumpling ear" or "dumplings",
There are also some places called "Bian Shi" or "Tang Mian dumplings." Gradually after the formation of customary holidays,do not eat dumplings is absolutely not work.