It is well known that people in the north are famous for their love of scallions. However, when the winter season arrives, Nanjing people have the traditional custom of eating green onions, and there is a popular local proverb "half a green onion a day, into the winter legs with the wind". Because Nanjing's winter is mainly cold and wet, eating spicy onions can help the body sweat, drive away the cold and wet gas, meaning that the family in the cold winter can be healthy.

Eating mutton in winter

"Eat dumplings in the north and scallions in the south, and mutton in a copper pot is a good way to spend the winter." Said the traditional British culture of the Lidong festival. Many southern regions will get together as a family on the day of winter and have a hot mutton hot pot. Even if you don't eat mutton hot pot, you will stew a pot of braised mutton or mutton soup. Because mutton has long been defined as a nourishing ingredient that drives away cold and warms the body, it is especially popular during the initial winter season.

Eating dumplings at the beginning of winter

I don't know if you've noticed, but while southerners have a rich variety of traditional holiday foods, for northerners, there's nothing a meal of dumplings can't fix. And eating dumplings at the beginning of winter is a traditional custom of the northerners, no matter whether it is stuffed with mutton and scallions or pork and cabbage, for the northerners, "everything can be dumplings" and all the traditional festivals can be celebrated with dumplings. The hot dumplings are served with vinegar, garlic and scallions!

Eating ginger duck at the beginning of winter

At the beginning of the winter season, people in southern Fujian Province and Taiwan have the traditional custom of eating ginger duck. Ginger duck is a traditional dish that originated in Quanzhou, Fujian Province in modern times and has since spread to Taiwan and other parts of China. Duck meat has always been loved by everyone, and the fat is easy to be digested and absorbed by the body, making it a nourishing ingredient that can be eaten all year round. The reason why people will choose to eat duck during the winter is to eat in response to the season, nourishing the body to survive the cold winter.

Eating salted meat and vegetables with rice in winter

As the old saying goes, "There is a paradise above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below", Suzhou and Hangzhou is a must-visit place for many travel enthusiasts. In addition to the beautiful scenery, the traditional winter customs are also particularly interesting. Old Suzhou people would choose to eat a bowl of salted meat and vegetable rice on the day of winter, with fat and thin fresh meat, frosted green vegetables and rice, which is cooked on a brick stove with straw as fuel, and the more you chew, the more fragrant it is. I've never had authentic savory meat and vegetable rice, but I imagine it tastes similar to the bologna casserole I've had.

Eating sugarcane in the winter

"Eating sugarcane in the winter will not hurt your teeth" is a saying that the Chaoshan people have been honoring for many years. It means that if you eat sugarcane during the Lidong festival, you won't have to worry about toothache in the coming year. As many of you know, Chaoshan is rich in sugarcane, and the seasonal cycle of sugarcane in the region is particularly long, from September until April of the following year. Compared to sugarcane juice, it is obviously much more enjoyable to eat it slowly with your mouth. Also, you can roast sugarcane, have you ever eaten it?

Eating patties in winter

In the northern Fujian province, especially in the area of Sanming Shaxian, there is a traditional custom of eating patties in the winter season. Glutinous rice is ground and boiled and put into a stone mortar and repeatedly pounded, kneaded into not too big and not too small, dipped in sugar or pot with a variety of ingredients cooked and eaten, dipped in sugar eaten by the children's favorite. The symbolism is to celebrate the harvest in the fall as well as to wish for the well-being of the family, happiness and success.