You can eat tofu on the winter solstice.

"Old Nanjing" will start to drink chicken soup and eat tofu on the winter solstice. There are also many ways to make tofu, such as burning tofu with green vegetables, stewing tofu with green onions, and burning tofu with large intestine. There is also a "head start": there is a saying among the people that if you want to be rich, you should eat tofu, and at the same time, tofu with green vegetables also has the meaning of keeping safe.

There are some differences between eating tofu in the past and now. In the past, there was a saying in old Nanjing that "fried tofu with onions burns large intestine", which said that tofu was accompanied by onions and large intestine at that time, so that it was rich in oil and water and could meet people's needs during the material shortage period. There is another meaning of "teasing the rich" and "prospering". But now people generally only burn green vegetables and tofu, which is neither greasy nor has the meaning of "green vegetables and tofu keep peace".

The foods that can be eaten in the winter solstice are:

1. Wonton

In Beijing, there is a proverb called "Wonton Noodle in the Winter Solstice". In the past, there was a saying in Beijing that wonton was eaten on the winter solstice. Wonton, a kind of food symbolizing reunion, was the first choice on the winter solstice table. Wonton has many names, such as Wonton in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Wonton in Guangdong, Noodles in Hubei, Clear Soup in Jiangxi, Wonton in Sichuan, Ququ in Xinjiang and so on.

2. jiaozi

During the winter solstice in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar, people in northern China have always had the custom of eating jiaozi. There are many folk legends about eating jiaozi on the winter solstice, and the most mainstream one is from Zhang Zhongjing.

3. Mutton

Since the winter solstice, folks have started to count nine from this day. For ordinary people, the winter solstice is nothing more than eating. There is a custom of eating mutton on the winter solstice in the north.