In the family banquet prepared by Nanjing on the "Winter Solstice", there is a custom of eating glutinous rice bean paste balls and shallots to cook tofu, in order to get together and be clear.

1, jiaozi

As the saying goes, "When you drink soup in jiaozi on the winter solstice, you are not afraid of frostbite". Many "old Nanking" still have the custom of eating jiaozi on the winter solstice. Jiaozi was originally a dietotherapy for the prevention and treatment of chilblain. According to legend, it was a delicacy invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage", to treat people's ear frostbite.

The "winter dumplings" that Nanjing people began to eat on the winter solstice are just different from those they eat in other seasons. To sum up, they are highlighted by the words "ginger", "spicy", "miscellaneous" and "diligent".

2. Chicken soup

There are two things you must eat during the winter solstice in old Nanjing-drinking chicken soup and eating tofu. According to folklore, drinking chicken soup on the winter solstice can make up for a year. In the past, people made up for the winter solstice in order to have the strength to do farm work in the spring of next year. Although life is good now, the custom of drinking chicken soup on the winter solstice has remained.

3. Tofu

In the old folk custom of Nanjing, tofu is also eaten on the winter solstice, which means happiness. People in Nanjing eat "roasted tofu with shallots" on the winter solstice. According to legend, this custom was handed down from Liu Ji in Ming Dynasty.