The customs and eating habits vary from place to place during the solar term of the winter solstice. On this day, everyone's same wish is a beautiful meaning such as health and good luck. In the south, there are customs such as ancestor worship and eating glutinous rice balls, while in the north, there are customs such as eating jiaozi and noodles on the winter solstice. Here are six kinds of custom foods for the winter solstice festival ~~

The first one-jiaozi

There is a saying in the north that "nobody cares if you freeze your ears when you misbehave in a jiaozi bowl on the winter solstice". The temperature in the north is relatively low, and northerners pack jiaozi's meat stuffing with dozens of combinations. On the winter solstice, people in some places will specially buy a few kilograms of mutton, mix it with green onions and mushrooms, and make it into mutton stuffing jiaozi, because mutton warms the body, and eat mutton jiaozi on the winter solstice, which is warm and nourishing.

In addition to mutton stuffing, there are leek eggs, tomato eggs, eggplant eggs, beef with green onions, fennel and so on. It is completely eliminated that family members in different regions have different tastes, and every household will pack some jiaozi and jiaozi soup, which is nutritious and warm. Although I am from the south, I also like to eat jiaozi, and my favorite is the pork stuffed with leeks.

The second course-noodle on the winter solstice

Noodle on the winter solstice, there is a saying in the northern part that "eating noodles on the winter solstice makes a day grow longer". Instead of eating noodles in jiaozi, according to different regions, the head of noodle soup is particular, and some are made from old hen soup, including old duck soup, mutton soup, beef soup and even donkey broth.

in the old tradition, noodles also have the meaning of longevity. Whether it's handmade noodles, handmade noodles, hollow noodles or solid noodles, when cooking noodles, we should pay attention to the fact that the elasticity of noodles is not easy to stick, the cooking time should be controlled well, and the cooked noodles should be soaked in cold water quickly, so that the noodles are not easy to stick and are more refreshing.

the third way-rice cakes

The winter solstice is the longest night in a year. But it also means that the sun will approach us again from today. Dry and Kun alternate, and reincarnation restarts. Life is quietly sprouting, and everything is worth looking forward to. Eating rice cakes on the winter solstice is an old tradition of Hangzhou people, especially children. It means "getting taller every year", getting taller every year, and it also means blessing, which means eternal hope year after year. The implication of having children at home is getting taller and taller every year, and the implication of doing business is getting better and better every year. In addition, the rice cake is made of glutinous rice, and Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui have their own production methods, and the shape is very beautiful.

The rice cakes are made into strips, blocks, circles and rectangles, and the eating methods of the rice cakes are sweet and salty. The salty rice cakes are generally cooked in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and some like to dip them in white sugar and fry them until they are slightly golden. They are salty and sweet, and soft and waxy.

The fourth course-Tangyuan

Eating Tangyuan on the winter solstice is a traditional custom in the south of China. Tangyuan, also known as dumplings, is a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour, and "round" means "reunion" and "perfection", so eating tangyuan on the winter solstice is also called "winter solstice dumplings". Every winter solstice morning, every household in the south will start grinding glutinous rice flour, and make stuffing with sugar, meat, shredded radish, etc. to make a winter solstice ball. Not only do the family members eat it, but they also give it to their relatives and friends as a sign of blessing. Tangyuan is also made of glutinous rice flour, which, like rice cakes, is sweet and salty. Most of the tangyuan in Suzhou is salty with meat stuffing, while most of the tangyuan in Guangdong is sweet with black sesame, milk yellow, brown sugar, red bean paste and so on. There are more than a dozen ready-made tangyuan flavors in supermarkets.

the fifth way-fermented grains

It is essential to make wine in winter on the night of the winter solstice. People in Suzhou think that if you don't drink winter wine on the winter solstice, you will freeze for a winter. Winemaking in winter is only brewed once a year. Winter brewing is a kind of rice wine, which is brewed with osmanthus flowers. The taste is sweet and the fragrance is strong. After opening, you can smell a strong bouquet, and the alcohol content of winter wine is not high, which is suitable for a wide range of people.

In addition to ordinary glutinous rice, there are also fermented grains made from Redmi and purple rice, cooked with red dates, brown sugar, ginger and eggs. Fermented wine is a sweet food, which also symbolizes everyone's yearning for a sweet and beautiful life.

sixth course-glutinous rice

glutinous rice is one of the traditional foods that Hakkas must eat in the winter solstice. In autumn, southerners make pork belly into bacon and sausage, and after air-drying and storage, on the winter solstice, the bacon and sausage will be diced and cooked with glutinous rice to make fragrant glutinous rice.

Glutinous rice is soft and delicious, which warms and nourishes the stomach, and it also has the meaning of family reunion. Glutinous rice is also a delicious food that Xiaobian has eaten on the winter solstice since she had memories as a child. Every year, my mother cooks a pot in person, which is warm.

Thousands of miles are different in wind and customs, and the customs of celebrating the winter solstice vary from place to place. Food comes first, so family reunion is naturally the best. If you can't spend the winter solstice together, then at least choose a traditional winter solstice food that you are most familiar with to treat yourself and your family, and have a happy and smooth winter!