On the solstice of winter, our main custom is to "make a side stove", which means hot pot. People in Guangzhou usually eat hot pot in the coldest winter, otherwise they will definitely get angry. Even on the solstice of winter, rattlesnakes are always equipped with Jiaduobao, and its Shun or Deng Lao herbal tea is at hand, just in case.

Guangzhou people generally use clear soup as the soup base for their side stoves. The so-called clear soup is clear water or clear soup chicken soup, and very thin rice soup is also used as the soup base. Generally, there are fresh fish fillets, tripe, boneless duck feet, pork belly, fat beef, fresh squid, sea cucumber, prawn, octopus, fresh abalone, dried fish, egg dumplings, fish dumplings, meatballs, beef balls, beef tendon pills, fungi, konjac, green vegetables (lettuce, watercress), tofu and bean curd. In addition, because Guangzhou people think that "the solstice in winter is more important than the Spring Festival", "greater than" means "than" in Guangzhou dialect. . . Want to be big. " ), so in addition to the side stove, it is usually accompanied by some seasonal dishes, such as roasted meat (called "stove meat" in Beijing), "winter mushrooms" and "winter bamboo shoots" in three winters, and more expensive "Cordyceps sinensis". So what impressed me most when I was a child was that I would use mushrooms, bamboo shoots and cordyceps flowers at home. Indeed, I like playing football after the winter of November. Sure enough, my thighs are very strong and I can often score goals. It seems that there are psychological factors in this winter.

As for eating salty jiaozi on the solstice in winter, it may be a custom in rural areas.