Dumplings are a traditional Chinese delicacy and a character in Dragon Ball and its spin-offs, one of the weakest Z fighters who is able to use superpowers. Originally an apprentice of the Crane Immortal, after the end of the 22nd World First Martial Arts Meeting, he was taught by the Turtle Immortal, so as to change the evil and return to the right, and became the partner of Sun Wukong and others together with his senior brother Tianjin Fan, and followed Wukong and others to fight against strong opponents such as the Great Demon King of Vic and Saiyans, and finally lived with Tianjin Rice.
The topic returns to dumplings, which have a long history dating back to the Eastern Han Dynasty. According to the records of Zhang Zhongjing, a medical saint in the Eastern Han Dynasty, he once used dough to wrap mutton, pepper and other fillings to make a food called "dispelling cold and delicate ears", which was used to ** chilblains. This is probably the earliest prototype of dumplings.
During the Three Kingdoms period, dumplings have become a common food. Zhang Yi of Wei recorded in his book "Guangya": "Wontons, shaped like a glaive, are eaten all over the world. The "wonton" here is similar in shape to dumplings, which may have been a name for dumplings at the time.
In the Tang Dynasty, dumplings became more popular among the people. The Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu wrote in "Gift to the Eight Guards": "Today's money is more than 10,000, and I come to buy meat and wine." Zhang lanterns are colorful, and dumplings are cooked everywhere with cheers. It can be seen that dumplings have become a holiday food in the Tang Dynasty.
In the Song Dynasty, the status of dumplings in food culture was further enhanced. Su Shi, a lyricist of the Song Dynasty, wrote in "Huanxi Sha Lantern Festival": "Relieve Luo Shang lightly and go on the Lanzhou alone." Who in the clouds sent the brocade book? When the word goose returns, the moon is full in the west building. The flowers float and the water flows freely. One lovesickness, two sorrows. There is no way to eliminate this situation, so I frowned, but I was in my heart. In this poem, the shape of dumplings is likened to a "crescent moon", and eating dumplings is associated with homesickness, expressing the author's homesickness.
In the Yuan Dynasty, dumplings became an important holiday food. The court of the Yuan Dynasty would hold "dumpling feasts" on festivals such as the winter solstice and the Lantern Festival, and would take dumplings as tribute.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, dumplings became more popular among the people and became a common family food. Wang Shimao, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, recorded in his book "Xuejin Seeking the Original": "Today's customs, New Year's Day, winter solstice, cold food, and Dragon Boat Festival, are all sacrifices. It can be seen that dumplings have become an important seasonal food in the Ming Dynasty.
There are two main types of dumplings in Japan, one is the most popular dumpling in China, which is called dumplings in Japan, and Japanese dumplings are actually our fried dumplings.
There is a theory that the history of Japanese gyoza dates back to the 13th century, when China brought gyoza to Japan and gradually became popular in Japan. In Japan, gyoza were originally called "yakini" before being renamed "gyoza".
In the 17th century, during the Edo period in Japan, gyoza became more popular in Japan. At that time, there were many shops specializing in gyoza all over Japan, and gyoza became a popular home-cooked dish for the Japanese people.
At the end of the 19th century, during the Meiji Restoration, Japan began to introduce Western food culture. Under the influence of Western food, the cooking methods of Japanese gyoza have also changed, and various cooking methods such as fried and boiled have appeared.