Zhang Zhongjing invented dumplings.

The original name of dumplings is "Jiao Er". According to legend, it was the Chinese medical sage Zhang Zhongjing who first invented it. The story of his "Quhan Jiao Er Soup" has been passed down among the people to this day. There is a saying among the people that “dumplings are not as delicious as dumplings”.

Zhang Zhongjing, Mingji, courtesy name Zhongjing, was born in Nanyang (Nanyang, Henan Province) in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He studied medical books diligently since he was a child, learned from many others' strengths, and became the founder of traditional Chinese medicine. He wrote "Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases", which is a collection of medical achievements and is regarded as a classic by doctors of all ages. Zhang Zhongjing has a famous saying: "If you advance, you will save the world; if you retreat, you will save the people; if you cannot be a good prime minister, you should also be a good doctor." Zhang Zhongjing is not only excellent in medical skills and can cure all difficult and complicated diseases, but also has noble medical ethics. He treats both poor and rich people. They all treated seriously and saved countless lives.

The name of Zhang Zhongjing's medicine is "Quhan Jiaoer Decoction", which is a summary of more than 300 years of clinical practice in the Han Dynasty. The method is to boil mutton and some cold-dispelling medicinal materials in a pot. Then take these things out, chop them up, wrap them in dough into ear-shaped "Jiao Er", boil them in a pot and distribute them to patients begging for medicine. Each person has two charming ears and a bowl of soup. After people take the Quhan Decoction, their whole body becomes hot, their blood becomes smooth, and their ears become warm. The common people ate it from the winter solstice to New Year's Eve, resisting typhoid fever and curing their frozen ears.