Hubei people pay attention to reunion and excitement in early winter, so they like to drink chicken soup in early winter on that day and chicken soup near the end of the year, which symbolizes the peace of Qingtai. Among them, the main labor force should eat chicken feet, which means "grasping wealth in the New Year", while the younger generation will eat chicken wings, which means that they can fly high, and when they are family members, they will eat the head of a chicken, which means "getting ahead".

2. Glutinous rice

Among the She people in Hubei, beginning of winter is an important festival that can be compared with the Spring Festival. On this day, every household will slaughter animals and sacrifice to their ancestors. In early winter, I will eat red beans and glutinous rice on that day. Glutinous rice is sweet and warm, which can keep out the cold and is suitable for eating in winter.

? The custom of beginning of winter

Beginning of winter is not only a time to hold a grand harvest festival and a harvest feast, but also a season of cold wind. There are customs and activities such as "October New Moon", "Qin Sui Shou", "Cold Clothes Festival" and "Harvest Festival". At this time, in the north, it is the winter months when the water freezes and the ground begins to freeze, but in the south, it is the weather of Xiaoyangchun.

Some customs in early winter have been changed, and some have been passed down to this day. Beginning of winter is an important festival in October. During the Han and Wei Dynasties, on this day, Emperor Tiandi personally led the ministers to meet the winter weather, commended and supported the martyrs who died for their country and their families, asked the deceased to save their lives, and encouraged the people to resist the plunder and invasion of foreign enemies or evil bandits. There are folk customs such as ancestor worship, feasting and predicting the age of ancestors, so as to fulfill the obligations and responsibilities of future generations and pray for God to give them a bumper year in the coming year, and farmers themselves can get drinking.