The food to eat at frost time is persimmon, duck, beef, taro and mutton.

1, persimmons

In some parts of China, red persimmons are eaten at the time of frost, and the old people of Quanzhou for eating persimmons at the time of frost are: eat ding persimmons at the time of frost and won't have a runny nose. In some places, the explanation for this custom is: you have to eat persimmons on the day of frost, or else your lips will be cracked throughout the winter.

2, duck

In southern Fujian and Taiwan, the day of the frost to eat tonic, which is often referred to as the north of the "autumn fat". Southern Fujian has a proverb, called "a year to make up through, not as good as make up the frost", fully expresses the importance of the folk of Fujian and Taiwan on the frost this festival. Every frost season, the duck in Fujian and Taiwan will be sold very hot.

3, Beef

Residents of Yulin, Guangxi are used to eating beef river fried noodles for breakfast, beef fried radish for lunch or dinner, or beef brisket in casserole and so on on this day of Frost Festival to replenish their energy and pray for a warm and strong body in winter.

4, taro

Folk this day is to eat taro "send taro ghosts" custom, especially in the Gaoming area of Guangdong, where people will boil taro porridge to drink on this day, to do a variety of taro food, symbolizing the special good, hope that the next year more successful.

5, mutton

Folk have "make up for the winter is not as good as make up for the frost" said. Frost season, the weather is getting colder and colder, folk food customs are very distinctive. People believe that the first "make up for the sun" after "make up for the frost", and "fall" than "winter" is more important. Therefore, the frost season, folk have boiled mutton, boiled sheep head food custom.