How do people in different regions spend the Beginning of Winter?

The beauty of time lies in its inevitable passage. Spring flowers, autumn moon, summer, winter snow. Beginning of winter is here again. "Li is the beginning of construction; winter is the end, and everything is collected."

People always have too many expectations and imaginations about winter. Next, let’s take a look at the folk delicacies of people from all over the world at the beginning of winter with Xiaozhi!

Eating dumplings in the north

In northern my country, especially people in Beijing and Tianjin love to eat dumplings at the beginning of winter. An old Beijinger said: "The beginning of winter is to make up for the winter, but not to make up for the empty mouth." Because dumplings look like ears, people think that eating dumplings will protect their ears from freezing in winter. As the saying goes, "If you don't carry dumpling bowls at the beginning of winter, your ears will freeze and no one will care." .

Eating sugar cane in Fujian

In many places in Fujian, sugar cane is eaten at the beginning of winter. Sugarcane can become one of the foods that "supplement the winter" because there is a folk saying that "eating sugarcane at the beginning of winter will not cause toothache", which means that the sugarcane in "beginning of winter" has matured and will not cause internal heat after eating it. At this time, "eating sugarcane" It can not only protect teeth, but also have a nourishing effect.

Eat raw onions in Nanjing

There is a proverb in Nanjing: "Half a green onion a day will make your legs feel windy in winter." At the beginning of winter, old Nanjing people pay special attention to eating raw onions. To resist the wet and cold winter in Nanjing and reduce the occurrence of diseases. Green onions are warm in nature and pungent in taste, and can dissipate sweat, causing the stagnant Yang Qi in the body to be discharged with sweat. The Yang Qi will flow smoothly, and disease pathogens will be driven away with sweat.

Eating fragrant rice in Chaoshan

The custom of eating fragrant rice at the beginning of winter in Chaoshan area has actually been around since ancient times. As the saying goes, "Eat fragrant rice on October 10th", one of its origins is Because autumn is the harvest season, Chaoshan people use various harvested foods to make rice balls to worship ancestors and gods; secondly, it has the meaning of "peace" and "harvest"!

Yellow wine making in Shaoxing

It is Shaoxing’s traditional winemaking custom to start making yellow wine on the day of the Beginning of Winter. In winter, the water is clear and the temperature is low, which can effectively inhibit the growth of miscellaneous bacteria and enable the wine to develop a good flavor during low-temperature and long-term fermentation. It is the most suitable season for winemaking and fermentation.

Warming wine in a cold furnace, chatting and laughing around the fire

Writing new poems with frozen pen is lazy,

Wine is warm in a cold furnace.

Drunkenly looking at the ink flowers and the white moon,

The village in front of me is filled with snow.