1. Sichuan eats during the Winter Solstice: mutton soup. In the memory of people in Chengdu, Sichuan, they eat mutton every winter solstice. It is delicious and keeps away the cold. The milky white soup base has a strong mutton flavor. The tender mutton and haggis are paired with red millet peppers and a pinch of The mutton soup with green onion, coriander, and delicious flavor has long become a local favorite.
2. People in Chengdu, Sichuan and even Sichuan people like to eat mutton during the Winter Solstice. According to legend, when Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was in Sichuan, he ate dog meat cooked by Fan Kuai on the day of the Winter Solstice. He thought it tasted particularly delicious and was full of praise. Winter Solstice Eating dog meat has been spread among the people since then, and I hope it will have a good omen in the coming year.
3. In many areas of northern my country, there is a custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice every year. According to legend, when the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing saw the frozen people when he returned home from old age, he used mutton, some cold-repelling medicinal materials and dough, wrapped them in the shape of ears, and made a medicine called "Cold-Repelling Ear Decoction" and gave it to the people. eat. Later, every winter solstice, people would imitate and eat it, forming a custom.