Southern people eat sweet and sour scallops, stewed sesame oil chicken, ginger duck, etc. in winter.

1, sweet and sour scallop

Sweet and sour scallop can be said to be a dish that is available in both the north and the south, but southerners choose to eat sweet and sour scallop on the day of winter, which shows that the scallop has a higher nutritional value. Sweet and sour scallop is a traditional Chinese food, consuming wild scallop from the deep sea has the best flavor and sweet and sour taste, which is very popular among adults and children.

2, stewed sesame oil chicken

Stewed sesame oil chicken is a Han Chinese flavor dishes, should belong to the Szechuan series, the main use of chicken thighs, adding sesame oil cooked sesame oil chicken meat is tender, delicious flavor.

3, ginger duck

Ginger duck this dish originated in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, and then spread to the rest of the country, is the authentic Han Chinese traditional snacks. It is also a nourishing dish that is best eaten in the fall and winter, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a medicinal dish in cuisine.

Traditional customs of winter:

1, sacrifices

Lidong is one of the "four seasons and eight festivals" in ancient times, a very important festival, in some parts of China, there are ancestor sacrifices, banquets, divining the age of the custom to seasonal delicacies to the spirits of the ancestors. In some parts of China, it is customary to offer sacrifices to the spirits of ancestors with seasonal delicacies to fulfill the duties and responsibilities of human descendants and pray for a fruitful year in the coming year from heaven.

2, make up for the winter

After the winter, it means that this year's winter is officially coming. Grass and trees withered, dormant insects hibernate, although there is no human hibernation, but the folk have winter winter custom. Proverbs "winter fill winter, fill mouth empty", ancient farmers labor for a year, the use of winter this day to rest, by the way to reward the family's hard work. They will kill chickens and slaughter sheep on the day of winter or other nutrients to make up.