Traditional foods eaten with frost include persimmons, duck, beef, welcome frost rabbit, and lamb.

1, eat persimmons?

In some places, persimmons are eaten at the time of frost. For example, there is a proverb that says, "If you eat persimmons at the time of frost, you won't have a runny nose". Others say that you should eat persimmons on the day of frost, otherwise your lips will be cracked throughout the winter.

2. Eating duck?

In southern Fujian and Taiwan, the day of the frost to eat tonic, which is often referred to in the north as "autumn fat". There is a proverb in southern Fujian, called "a year to make up through, not as good as make up the frost", fully expresses the importance of the folk of Fujian and Taiwan on the frost this festival. Every frost season, the duck in Fujian and Taiwan will be sold very hot.

3, eat beef?

Residents of Yulin, Guangxi are accustomed to eating beef river fried noodles for breakfast, beef fried radish for lunch or dinner, or beef brisket in casserole and the like to replenish energy and pray for a warm and strong body in winter. In addition to beef, mutton and rabbit are also suitable with the frost.

4, eat welcome frost rabbit

In the "twenty-four seasons and folklore" mentioned in the Qing Dynasty, northern folk during the frost to eat welcome frost dumplings, welcome frost rabbit. Welcome frost rabbit is a wild rabbit, the Ming Dynasty court in conjunction with the Chongyang Festival, eat climb up to welcome frost spicy rabbit.

5, eat mutton

The weather is getting cold, the body needs more energy, folk has always been "make up for the winter is not as good as make up for the frost," the saying, the food custom is also quite distinctive. In the frosty season, the folk have "boiled mutton", "boiled sheep head" food custom.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Frost Festival

Reference: People's Daily Online - What can I eat during the Frost Festival? What can I eat to supplement my diet?