On this winter solstice, Bian Xiao specially packed winter solstice food from all over the country. Let's taste the warmth of our hometown together in this cold winter!
Shandong: Mutton soup nourishes and warms the body. In the cold north, it is of course necessary to eat meat to keep out the cold. In Shandong, there is a custom of eating mutton from the winter solstice. According to legend, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, ate mutton made in Fan Kuai on the solstice of winter, which was particularly delicious and full of praise. Since then, people have been eating mutton and various nourishing foods on the solstice in winter, so as to bring good omen for the coming year.
Suzhou: winter solstice wonton-Xi city in winter solstice, Suzhou people have the custom of eating wonton. According to legend, the prince of Wu was tired of eating delicacies and had no appetite, so the beauty Xi went into the chef and packed a snack for him. The king of Wu ate a big bowl in one breath and repeatedly asked, "What kind of snack is this, so delicious?"
Hangzhou: Eat rice cakes three times a day. People in Hangzhou like to eat rice cakes on the solstice in winter to celebrate. Every winter solstice, cakes are made to worship ancestors or give gifts to relatives and friends. In the diet, three meals will make different flavors of rice cakes, such as rice cakes mixed with sesame powder and sugar, fried rice cakes with shredded pork and so on. People in Hangzhou eat rice cakes on the solstice in winter for good luck, which means getting old.
Xiamen: Waiting in line to buy ginger duck As the saying goes in Xiamen, "It is better to make up for a winter than a year". Up to now, Minnan people still have the custom of eating warm foods such as ginger duck and four-thing duck as winter solstice supplements. Ginger duck is the top grade of nourishing in winter. It is made from muscovy duck with red face, fried duck meat with sesame oil, and then stewed with ginger and rice wine. It has the effects of soothing liver and moistening lung, nourishing stomach and strengthening spleen, relaxing muscles and tendons, promoting blood circulation, dispelling cold and resolving phlegm, and is especially nourishing.
Taiwan Province Province: Nine-layer cakes were first used to worship ancestors in Taiwan Province Province, China, and the tradition of using nine-layer cakes to worship ancestors from winter to Sunday was preserved. Glutinous rice flour is kneaded into animals symbolizing good luck and auspiciousness, such as chickens, ducks, turtles, pigs, cows and sheep, and then steamed in layers in a steamer to show that they have not forgotten their ancestors.