2.dog meat. Hangzhou people in Jiangnan area. In the first few years, I used to eat dog meat in the winter of solstice, because after the winter of solstice, I entered a cold period. Eating dog meat in this solar term can strengthen yang and tonify deficiency. Nowadays, people still have the custom of tonic in winter solstice.
In addition, there are habits of eating pumpkin pie, red bean glutinous rice, radish, etc. These ingredients can be found everywhere in winter, such as radish. Eating radish in winter can dispel cold and warm the body, and red beans and glutinous rice can warm the stomach.
4. wonton. Wonton is also one of the foods that southerners often eat during the winter solstice. It's called wonton in the south. It is a kind of food with stuffing wrapped in dough, which is very similar to jiaozi, but there are also differences. Usually, eating cooked wonton on the solstice in winter can warm your body.
5, mutton soup. It is especially good to drink mutton soup on the winter solstice in the south, because the winter solstice is the coldest time of the year, and the cold in the human body is increasing at this time. Then drinking mutton soup on the solstice in winter can play a role in driving away the cold and enhancing the body's resistance. In addition, mutton soup can also nourish the body, improve human immunity, thus alleviating physical weakness in winter solstice.
The annual winter solstice is also a solar term that people attach most importance to. There is a folk saying that the solstice in winter is like New Year's Day, because on this day, the sun between heaven and earth begins to change slowly, representing the beginning of a cycle. Everyone thinks this is an auspicious festival. Therefore, on this day, the north and the south will cook different foods.