? Yuxi

Doumian Tangyuan

In Yuxi, Doumian Tangyuan is eaten on the winter solstice. Use ground glutinous rice flour, then knead it into dough and cook it in a pot. The cooked glutinous rice balls are eaten with bean flour, which has a simple and sweet taste.

{ Lijiang }

Glutinous rice

Lijiang itself is inhabited by ethnic minorities, and people who love Lijiang all over the world gather here. Therefore, the traditional customs of the winter solstice in Lijiang today also integrate elements from other regions. In Lijiang, on the winter solstice, some people eat jiaozi, some people eat glutinous rice balls, and some people worship their ancestors at a distance ... But the main thing is glutinous rice, and yellow bean and My Sweetie are full of wonderful colors.

{ Kunming }

glutinous rice balls Baba

When eating glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice in Kunming, the "Sixi glutinous rice balls" symbolizing "happiness in life" is the first choice, followed by fried glutinous rice balls.

{ Dali }

Ciba and pig-killing rice

In Dali, Ciba is eaten on the winter solstice, and it is made of fine glutinous rice, which is actually a rice product.

When the winter solstice arrives, many places like Dali begin to kill Nian pigs. Friends and relatives invite each other, and neighbors help each other, killing Nian pigs and eating pig-killing rice. Villages and villages are very lively.

{ Diqing }

Gedong Festival

Every year, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture celebrates Gedong Festival from 26th to 29th in the Tibetan calendar. "Gedong" means cooking nine kinds of food for dinner. Local Tibetans came to Songzanlin Temple to watch the lamas dancing with masks, celebrating the bumper harvest and praying for peace and prosperity in the coming year.

{ Chuxiong }

Pig killing rice

In Chuxiong, there should be a certain order in the time for killing pigs in a village. Those with higher generations should kill pigs first, and those with lower generations should kill pigs later. When you kill the pig, you should drink the "pig-killing wine" first, and every strong man who participates in the pig-killing must take a sip. Then put red-hot stones, golden bamboo and clear water in a wooden ladle or bowl, and purify them with pure steam to remove all evil spirits from pigs last year, which shows sincere worship to ancestors and gods.

{ Wenshan, Honghe, Dehong }

Eating mutton

In Wenshan, Honghe, Dehong and other places, when the Winter Solstice Festival begins at dawn, people will cook the slaughtered sheep on fire, because all ethnic groups in these areas have the custom of eating mutton and other nourishing foods for the Winter Solstice Festival. Zhaotong used to eat dog meat, but now it also eats mutton.

{ Yunnan }

Rice noodles

In Yunnan, whenever there is a festival, there will be rice noodles on the table, or they will be used as staple food or mixed vegetables. It will not be complete if you don't eat some rice noodles after the festival.