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Do you love eating dumplings? Also known as jiaozi, they have a long history and have become an important _________ of many people’s lives.

According to a story, _________ the Eastern Han dynasty, there lived a famous doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, named Zhang Zhongjing. He _________ dumplings. About 1,800 years ago, Zhang Zhongjing _________ to his village after being absent for a long period. That was a really _________ winter. Lots of the poor villagers didn’t have _________ clothes and food and they had frostbite (冻疮), mainly around their ears. Seeing their _________, Zhang decided to do something to help them. He _________ meat, black pepper and some Chinese medicine, and then put them in the wrappers (饺子皮). He shaped the dumplings like ears and cooked them. Every sick person was _________ two “ears” along with a bowl of warm soup. After a few days, the frostbite was gone. Because of their __________, the dumplings were called “jiao’er”, which meant “tender (娇嫩的) ears”. From Winter Solstice to New Year’s Eve, Zhang __________ giving out the dumplings among all the villagers who were in need. Since then, most people began to __________ Zhang and make dumplings.

__________ time went by, the shape of dumplings has also changed. Some dumplings look like gold and silver ingots (锭) that were used as money in ancient China. So, people believe eating them can bring __________. Families love to eat them at the Spring Festival. Some of them __________ hide a clean coin inside a dumpling. It’s said that the person that finds it will have good luck in the new year.