On December 22, the winter solstice of the year is coming again. The winter solstice is not only one of the twenty-four solar terms, but also one of the important festivals in our country.

In many places, this day is called "Jiaojiu" or "Counting Nine" because from this day onwards, the coldest month of winter will truly begin.

Therefore, on the day of Dongzhi, the delicacies in various places are related to warmth and nourishment, so let’s take a look at what delicacies are eaten in various places on this day.

In my hometown, the winter custom during the Winter Solstice is to eat dumplings.

In fact, in the north, dumplings are eaten on this day in most places. When we were young, our parents told us that if we didn’t eat dumplings on the winter solstice, our ears would be frozen off, because dumplings in some places are similar to

The ears are very similar. Eating dumplings is equivalent to wrapping the ears and preventing them from freezing.

The allusion of eating dumplings can be traced back to the Eastern Han Dynasty. The famous doctor Zhang Zhongjing saw that many people were suffering from hunger and cold, and their ears were rotten by the cold, so he invented the "Quhan Jiaoer Soup", which is made of mutton, pepper and some cold-dispelling medicinal materials.

Boil them in a pot. After cooking, take these things out and chop them into pieces. Wrap them in dough to make ear-shaped "Jiao Er". After boiling them in the pot, give them to the patients. Each person has two Jiao Er and a bowl of soup.

After people take the Quhan Decoction, their whole body will feel warm, their blood will flow smoothly, and their ears will become warm. After a while, the patient's rotten ears will be cured.