In the past, there was a saying in old Beijing that "winter solstice wonton and summer solstice noodles". According to legend, during the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu in the north often harassed the frontier, and the people were restless. At that time, there were two leaders of Hun tribe and Tun tribe, which were very cruel. The people hated it, so they wrapped it into a corner with meat stuffing and called it "wonton" with the sound of "muddy" and "tun". Hate to eat, and seek to calm the war and live a peaceful life. Because wonton was originally made on the winter solstice, every family eats wonton on the winter solstice.
2, Ningxia winter solstice to eat "brains"
On the winter solstice, people in Yinchuan drink noodle soup and eat mutton noodle soup jiaozi, which is called "brain". Mutton powder soup is made by cooking mushrooms and mutton, with salt, ginger, onion, garlic, pepper, soy sauce and other seasonings. After the soup is boiled, it is put into cut pieces and soaked vermicelli, and then added with chives, garlic sprouts and coriander. The aroma is fragrant and mouth-watering. After jiaozi made the noodle soup, he offered a bowl first, and then served a bowl to his neighbors.
3, Henan "pinch frozen ears"
Eating "frozen ears" is a common name for Henan people to eat jiaozi during the winter solstice. Why is there such a food custom? According to legend, Zhang Zhongjing, a doctor in Nanyang, was an official in Changsha. When he retired from his old age, it was a snowy winter and the wind was biting.
He was very sad when he saw the villagers on both sides of Nanyang Baihe River with their clothes uncovered, and many people's ears were frozen rotten. He asked his disciples to set up a medical shed in Guandong, Nanyang, put mutton, peppers and some cold-dispelling medicinal materials in a pot and cook them, fished them out and chopped them up, imaged their ears with a leather bag, and then put them down and cooked them in a pot to make a kind of medicine called "soup for dispelling cold and correcting ears" for the people to eat.
After eating, the villagers' ears were cured. Later, on the winter solstice, people imitated and cooked, so the custom of "pinching ears" was formed. Later, people called it "jiaozi", and some called it "flat food" and "instant noodle dumplings". It was also said that people would not be frozen in jiaozi after eating the winter solstice.
4. Tengzhou mutton soup
The custom of eating mutton on the winter solstice is said to have started from the Han Dynasty. According to legend, Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu, ate mutton cooked by Fan Kuai on the winter solstice, which made him feel particularly delicious and full of praise. Since then, the custom of eating mutton on the winter solstice has been formed among the people. On the winter solstice, people eat mutton and various nourishing foods one after another, in order to have a good omen for the coming year. Now every family in Tengzhou, Shandong Province should drink mutton soup on the winter solstice.
Mutton Soup
5. Jiangnan "Red Bean Glutinous Rice"
In Jiangnan water town, there is a custom that the whole family get together on the night of the winter solstice to eat red beans and glutinous rice. According to legend, there was a man named * * * Gong's. His son was incompetent and evil, and he died on the winter solstice. After his death, he became an epidemic ghost and continued to harm the people. However, this epidemic ghost is most afraid of red beans, so people cook red bean rice on the winter solstice to ward off the epidemic ghost and prevent and cure diseases.
6. Taizhou Rounding
People in Taizhou, Zhejiang enjoy good food, and the winter solstice is an important solar term in a year. To make some special dishes and food on this day, we must first pay homage to our ancestors and pray that they will bless the whole family with peace and happiness in the coming year. Then the whole family got together happily to drink and eat vegetables. Among them, it is an old tradition in Taizhou to eat "Winter Solstice Round" (also called hard round and rough round), which means round, smooth and reunion.
7. Suzhou Brewing
Gusu region attaches great importance to the solar term of winter solstice, and there is a saying in Gusu region: "Winter solstice is like a New Year". Traditional Gusu people will drink winter wine on the night of the winter solstice. Winter wine is a kind of rice wine, which is brewed with osmanthus flowers and has a pleasant aroma. People in Gusu will drink winter wine on the night of the winter solstice, and at the same time, they will also be served with all kinds of braised beef, braised mutton and so on. In the cold winter, winter brewing can not only drive away the cold, but also place a good wish for life on the people of Gusu.
8. Eat rice cakes in Hangzhou
On the winter solstice, people in Hangzhou will make rice cakes, eat them, worship their ancestors with them or give them to relatives and friends. Eating rice cakes with different flavors for three meals a day, such as rice cakes mixed with sesame powder and sugar, fried rice cakes with shredded pork and so on, means that the auspicious year is getting older and taller.
9. Jiangxi hemp cake
Mazi, a specialty of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, is also a traditional snack of Fujian people and a sacrifice of Fujian people. It is suitable for steaming, frying, roasting and sand frying after hemp nourishing yin is dried.
10, Macao "winter"
"The winter solstice is a big New Year, and every family eats glutinous rice balls. The teacher doesn't have a holiday, and the students don't give money "-Macao folk songs."
In Macao, people usually worship their ancestors on the winter solstice and hang paper in front of their graves, commonly known as "hanging winter". During the winter solstice, many people buy roast chicken, roast meat and other festive foods to worship God.