The story of dumplings: how a traditional Chinese medicine cure went global
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The Origins of Dumplings
Dumplings were invented by a physician named Zhang Zhongcheng at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. There were a lot of diseases at that time and the physician was famous for curing a lot of people. The reason why he invented dumplings was unknown. Historical records did not say why, how or what he put in it.
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