2. Mutton: It can not only resist the cold, but also supplement the body. It is most suitable for eating in winter, so it is called winter tonic and is very popular with people.
3. White radish: White radish is a common vegetable, which can be eaten raw or cooked, and it tastes slightly spicy. Compendium of Materia Medica calls it "the most beneficial vegetable".
4. Duck: Duck is an excellent dish on the table, and it is also an excellent food for people to supplement. The villagers also said that ducks are the "holy medicine" for tuberculosis patients.
5. Jujube: It has a high vitamin content and has the reputation of "natural vitamin pills".
Jiaozi: jiaozi is a famous snack in the Yangtze River valley, including white jiaozi and green jiaozi. Jiaozi is spherical, which means round and round. It is similar to the Lantern Festival in the north, but it is also bigger than the Lantern Festival, as big as an apple. An adult with a big appetite will be chubby after eating three bellies. Jiaozi is crispy outside, and all kinds of spices inside will be heated together with jiaozi, and the aroma will come to the nose. The structure of jiaozi is the same as that of steamed bread. The outer layer is glutinous rice and the inner layer is various fillings. Jiaozi is rich in fillings: meat, dried bean curd, pickled mustard tuber, garlic, ginger, chives, lotus roots, dried plums and peppers. Chop them into fine particles, season them, stir-fry them in a pot, add seasonings such as salt, cool them, and wrap jiaozi with drained glutinous rice paste.
7. Brewing yellow wine: It is a traditional wine-making custom in Shaoxing to start brewing yellow wine on the day of beginning of winter. The cold water and low temperature in winter can effectively inhibit the growth of miscellaneous bacteria and make the wine form a good flavor in the process of low temperature and long-term fermentation. This is the most suitable season for wine fermentation. Therefore, Shaoxing people call the most suitable time for brewing yellow wine in beginning of spring from the winter solstice the following year "winter brewing" and pray for happiness.