Winter solstice
1, eat jiaozi in winter solstice-most parts of the north.
Jiaozi is an indispensable food for northerners in winter solstice. Throughout the ages, rich people and poor people will try their best to eat a whole plate of hot jiaozi on this day. Eat meat dumplings, egg dumplings and shrimp dumplings with good conditions, and eat Chinese cabbage dumplings and green vegetable dumplings with general conditions. Of course, under the leadership of our great party, people's lives have generally improved, and they can eat whatever stuffing they want. Shrimp stuffing, three fresh stuffing, mutton stuffing, pork stuffing, beef stuffing, leek egg stuffing. .......
Chinese dumpling
Chinese dumpling
2. Drink mutton soup in winter-from Shandong Province to Ritengzhou City
In Tengzhou area, drinking mutton soup from winter solstice has a long history, which is said to have originated from Liu Bang in the early Han Dynasty. Mutton is warm, and drinking mutton soup in cold winter is naturally the warmest food. In addition, in the local area, drinking mutton soup has a special meaning, which is to have a good year. It can be said that this is a manifestation of people's longing for the future through food.
Mutton Soup
3. Eating glutinous rice balls in winter-Chaoshan from Guangdong to Japan
According to local customs, at the beginning of the winter solstice, people should burn incense to worship their ancestors, and then the family will sit around the table and eat jiaozi. Tangyuan, tangyuan means family reunion. This is the hope of Chaoshan people that their families will be round, harmonious and beautiful. Chaoshan jiaozi has become one of the indispensable delicacies in Chaoshan Winter Festival.
tangyuan
4. Eat red beans and glutinous rice in the solstice-Jiangnan water town in winter.
There is also an allusion that some people in Jiangnan water town eat red beans and glutinous rice on the solstice in winter. It is said that in ancient times, there was a local child who caused trouble, spread the plague and caused people's panic. One day, the local people found that red beans and glutinous rice can exorcise evil spirits, so they formed the custom of eating red beans and glutinous rice from winter to Sunday. It is intended to drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters, and seek peace and health.
5. Eat eggs and dried noodles on the solstice in winter.
Local people think that they should eat a bowl of hot egg noodles on the solstice in winter to face the coldest time of the year, that is, nine winters. This is an ordinary home-cooked dish, but it has a very strong smell of fireworks, ordinary and extraordinary.