China's vast expanse, the north and south differences, winter this festival customs, the difference between the north and south is still very big, comparable to the Dragon Boat Festival dumplings? Sweet and salty? The battle. Winter southern customs differences are mainly reflected in the food customs, can be summarized as? North ate dumplings south ate meat?

In the north of China, especially Henan, Hebei, Tianjin and other regions, the day of winter must be to eat dumplings. Why do you eat dumplings on the first day of winter? This is because dumplings are derived from ? the time of the handing over of children? the saying of "the time of the handover of the son". The 30th day of the Lunar New Year is the intersection of the old year and the new year, and the first day of winter is the intersection of the fall and the winter, therefore? Therefore, dumplings are used to celebrate the time of the handover of the old year and the new year. When it comes to the time of the son, dumplings are not to be missed.

China's Hedong Shuixi? The old Tianjin Wei? settlement, there is a custom of eating bonobo dumplings on the first day of winter. The bonobo, also known as wugua, fangua, rice melon and northern melon, is a common vegetable in the north. Generally speaking, the dumplings are bought in the summer, stored in the hut or on the windowsill, and after a long time of saccharification, they are made into dumpling filling on the winter solstice, which tastes different from the Chinese cabbage and the dumpling filling in the summer, and they are also eaten with banana vinegar and curry and garlic.

The old Beijingers said:? The rule of winter is to eat dumplings, for the dumplings are shaped like ears, people think that if you eat it, your ears will not be frozen in winter, so it is called? If you don't take the dumpling bowl at the beginning of winter, no one will care if you freeze your ears off. But this is a joke, only popular in folklore, according to the rules, the day of winter should eat "Japanese melon? The dumplings stuffed.

In many cities in the south, winter to eat is chicken, duck, fish and meat, because the weather is gradually cold, people need to add more energy, and meat is rich in protein, so it is thought to eat meat is the best choice.

Suzhou people have winter to eat cream of the old tradition, usually every winter season, Suzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, as well as some of the old pharmacy will be special bored to open into the complementary clinic for the public to boil ointment, the sale of winter tonic health products. In Wuxi, the winter season to? Eat dumplings. Dumplings of winter is made of newly listed autumn grain, wrapped with bean paste, radish, lard, soy sauce made of filling, the flavor is particularly good.

There are also some cities pay attention to the winter to eat mutton, mutton belongs to the warmth of food, rich in protein, but the lack of fat, is the best meat for people to supplement the energy, so, in the winter of this day to eat mutton, can drive away the cold gas, warm hands and feet, make up for the blood gas, can be a winter can be warm hands and feet to avoid frostbite in winter, hands and feet.