For every festival, there are customs and foods that have been passed down from ancient times to the present.

Generally speaking, people eat glutinous rice balls during the Lantern Festival; and moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Of course, there are also foods that have been passed down during the Winter Solstice. On the day of the Winter Solstice, every household will eat dog meat.

Although eating dog meat is highly controversial, there is actually a history of eating dog meat during the Winter Solstice, which dates back to the Han Dynasty.

The custom of eating dog meat during the Winter Solstice is said to have started in the Han Dynasty. According to legend, Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, ate dog meat cooked by Fan Kuai on the winter solstice and found it very delicious and praised it full of praise.

Since then, the traditional custom of eating dog meat during the winter solstice has been formed among the people.

Nowadays, people will eat dog meat, mutton and various nutritious foods as long as the winter solstice arrives, in order to have a very good omen in the coming year.

Rhyme or ballad 1: If you don’t bring dumpling bowls during the winter solstice, your ears will freeze off and no one will care.

To commemorate the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing, a thousand-year custom has been passed down again.

Rhyme or ballad 2: Cotton shoes, cotton trousers and new cotton jackets; gloves, scarves and big cotton hats; thousands of households eat dumplings; it was the winter solstice and it came; the winter solstice comes once a year; the coldness makes people pretty; the sun and the moon disappear and people grow older

; I hope we are not old.

Rhyme or ballad three: The cutting board is square and the knife is cold, and vegetables or meat are chopped into fillings.

The round dough is flattened under the stick, and the filling is filled with the chopsticks.

The delicate pleats are made with skillful hands, and the thin skin and filling will not stick to the big pot.

Shanxi mature vinegar, Shandong garlic, how many people are greedy for dumplings? Rhyme or ballad 4: The north is busy making dumplings during the winter solstice, while the south is making soup stock during the winter solstice.

If you want not to get sick for a year, quickly find a famous doctor to prescribe ointment.

Taking supplements in winter is fashionable, don’t forget to burn some incense for your ancestors.

The harmony of yin and yang is very important. The whole family is happy and healthy. Dog meat is very delicious and has many therapeutic effects. However, there are also many dietary taboos. You need to pay more attention while enjoying the food.