It is said that the custom of eating mutton from winter 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. On the solstice of winter, people eat mutton and various nourishing foods one after another in order to have a good omen for the coming year. Now in Tengzhou, Shandong Province, this day is called Fujiu. Before the festival, the elders will be given gifts such as mutton, and everyone will drink mutton soup, which is a good sign for individuals, elders and families.

Mutton is warm. Mutton can be divided into goat meat, sheep meat and wild mutton. In ancient times, mutton was called _ meat, meat, and meat. It can not only drive away the cold, but also nourish the body. It can be used for treating and nourishing various deficiency diseases such as cough due to wind-cold, chronic tracheitis, asthma due to deficiency of cold, impotence due to kidney deficiency, abdominal cold pain, weakness of waist and knees, sallow complexion and emaciation, deficiency of both qi and blood, and physical weakness after illness or postpartum. It is most suitable for eating in winter, so it is called winter tonic and is very popular. Because mutton has an unpleasant mutton smell, it is left out in the cold by some people. In fact, if one kilogram of mutton can be cooked with 10g licorice, a proper amount of cooking wine and ginger, its smell can be removed and its mutton flavor can be maintained.