beginning of winter's folk foods include jiaozi, mutton hotpot, red bean glutinous rice, ginger duck and Ciba.

1. jiaozi

jiaozi is one of the traditional foods eaten by beginning of winter, a native of China, because eating jiaozi on this day in beginning of winter means Chinese New Year reunion, and jiaozi has noodles and vegetables, and whatever fillings are delicious. Jiaozi symbolizes the New Year of the Lunar New Year, and eating jiaozi has the meaning of bumper harvest and abundance.

2. Mutton chafing dish

Mutton chafing dish is one of the traditional foods eaten in beginning of winter, because it warms the stomach. Eating a bowl of mutton chafing dish in cold weather in winter can replenish physical strength and warm the body. Mutton hot pot can also be added with various ingredients, such as vegetables, which are more delicious.

3. Red bean glutinous rice

Red bean glutinous rice is one of the custom foods in beginning of winter season, which comes from a man named Gong Shi. On the winter solstice, people eat red beans and glutinous rice to fight against the plague and express their taboo and fear.

4. Ginger Duck

During the solar term in beginning of winter, people in southern Fujian and Taiwan Province, China have a traditional custom of eating ginger duck. Ginger duck is a traditional famous dish, which originated in Quanzhou, Fujian Province in modern times, and then spread to Taiwan Province, China and all over the country.

5. Ciba

In northern Fujian, especially in Shaxian, Sanming, there is a traditional custom of eating Ciba in beginning of winter solar terms. Glutinous rice is ground and cooked, beaten repeatedly in a stone mortar, kneaded into a small ball shape, dipped in white sugar or cooked in a pot with various ingredients, and dipped in sugar is deeply loved by children.

above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-beginning of winter