Old Beijingers say: "winter to make up for the winter, do not make up for the mouth empty." In the Beijing-Tianjin area, people have the custom of eating dumplings at the beginning of winter, and some of them also pay attention to eating dumplings stuffed with "bonobo". "If you don't take the dumpling bowl in winter, no one will care if you freeze your ears off." Dumplings are shaped like ears, and people think that if you eat them, your ears won't be frozen in winter.

2, Nanjing: winter eat raw onions

Nanjing has a proverb, "half a day onions, into the winter legs with the wind". A winter, the old Nanjing people pay special attention to eat raw onions, in order to resist Nanjing winter cold and damp, reduce the occurrence of disease. According to the old man's method, onion warm flavor pungent, can be dispersed so that people sweating, so that the body stagnation of yang Qi with the sweat out, yang qi running will be smooth, the evil will be driven away with the sweat.

3, Fujian, Chaoshan: winter eat sugar cane, fried rice

In Fujian, Chaoshan, folk have always had "winter eat sugar cane teeth do not hurt," the saying, so winter to eat sugar cane, fried rice. "Winter" of sugar cane has matured, eaten without fire, not only can protect the teeth, but also play a nourishing effect. Sugar cane is the Chaoshan people "winter" one of the food.

4, Taiwan: winter eat mutton

In the treasure island of Taiwan, winter has the custom of eating meat for tonic. On the day of winter, the streets of the "mutton stove", "ginger duck" and other winter tonic restaurant full of people. Many families also stew their own sesame oil chicken, four things chicken to replenish energy.