The old Beijingers said, "beginning of winter fills the winter, not the mouth." In Beijing and Tianjin, people have the custom of eating jiaozi in early winter, and some people even pay attention to eating jiaozi stuffed with "pumpkin". "beginning of winter misbehaves in jiaozi Bowl, and no one cares whether his ears are frozen." jiaozi looks like an ear. People think that if you eat it, your ears will not freeze in winter.

2. Nanjing: beginning of winter eats raw onions.

There is a proverb in Nanjing, "An onion and a half a day brings wind to the legs in winter". When they arrived in beginning of winter, the old Nanjing people paid special attention to eating raw onions to resist the cold and wet winter in Nanjing and reduce the incidence of diseases. According to the old man, onions are warm and pungent, which can make people sweat, so that the stagnant yang in the body is discharged with sweat, and the yang runs smoothly, and evil spirits are discharged with sweat.

3. Chaoshan, Fujian: beginning of winter eats sugar cane and fried fragrant rice.

In Fujian and Chaoshan, there has always been a folk saying that "it doesn't hurt to eat sugarcane in beginning of winter", so we should eat sugarcane fried rice in winter. "beginning of winter" sugarcane is ripe, and it will not get angry after eating, which can not only protect teeth, but also play a nourishing role. Sugarcane is one of the supplementary foods for Chaoshan people in winter.

4. Taiwan Province Province: beginning of winter eats mutton.

In Taiwan Province Province of Baodao, beginning of winter has the custom of eating meat for tonic. On the same day in early winter, restaurants such as "mutton stove" and "ginger duck" on the street supplemented the winter wedding. Many families will also stew sesame oil chicken and siwu chicken to supplement energy.