Dietary differences between north and south in solstice winter

South eats jiaozi.

For many places in the south, it is a custom to eat glutinous rice balls instead of jiaozi on the solstice in winter. There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls is one year older". Eating glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter is a traditional custom in China, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. Tangyuan is also called "Tangtuan", and eating it on the solstice in winter is also called "the solstice in winter". The "winter solstice group" can be used to worship ancestors or give gifts to relatives and friends.

Go to the north to eat jiaozi.

Eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter should be the most widely known custom, and now it is more popular in the north. Jiaozi, according to legend, Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage, saw a frozen man when he retired in his later years, so he asked his disciples to build a medicine shed, put mutton, peppers and some cold-dispelling herbs in a pot, fished them out and chopped them up, and imaged their ears with skins to make a medicine called "cold-dispelling and ear-correcting soup" for the people to eat. Later, on the solstice of winter, people imitated eating and formed a custom.

Suzhou eats rice wine.

Traditional Suzhou people will drink winter wine on the night of winter solstice. Winter brewing is a kind of rice wine, which is brewed with sweet-scented osmanthus and has a pleasant aroma. While drinking winter wine, Gusu people will also serve braised beef, braised mutton and other kinds of braised dishes. In the cold winter, winter brewing can not only drive away the cold, but also entrust Gusu people with their good wishes for life.

Eating ginger duck in southern Fujian

Ginger duck has a very good effect of dispelling cold and nourishing, so it is also very suitable for eating in winter. In southern Fujian, local people will enjoy ginger duck on the solstice in winter. Ginger duck is made of muscovy duck with red face, fried with fragrant oil, and stewed with ginger and rice wine. It has the functions 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 eats glutinous rice cakes.

Many people may not know the custom of winter solstice in Taiwan Province province. It is reported that China Taiwan Province Province retains the tradition of offering nine-layer cakes for ancestor worship. After the ceremony, there will be a grand banquet for the people who come to worship their ancestors. Let's have a good drink and contact each other.

Tengzhouchi mutton soup

Mutton is very suitable for nourishing food in winter, so Tengzhou has the habit of eating mutton. It is said that the custom of eating mutton on the solstice began in the Han Dynasty. According to legend, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, ate mutton cooked in Fan Kuai on the solstice of winter, which was particularly delicious and full of praise. Since then, the custom of eating mutton from winter solstice has been formed among the people. People eat mutton and all kinds of nutritious food on the solstice of winter, which is a good sign for the coming year.