2. Eat raw onions. There is a saying in Nanjing that one and a half onions a day bring wind to the legs in winter. When they arrived in beginning of winter, the old Nanjing people paid special attention to eating raw onions to resist the cold and wet winter in Nanjing and reduce the incidence of diseases. According to the old man, onions are warm and pungent, which can make people sweat, so that the stagnant yang in the body is discharged with sweat, and the yang runs smoothly, and the pathogens are discharged with sweat.
3. Eat sugar cane and fried rice. In Fujian and Chaoshan, there has always been a saying among the people that it is painless for beginning of winter to eat sugar cane, so he wants to eat sugar cane and fried fragrant rice in winter. Sugarcane is ripe in early winter, so it won't get angry when eaten. It can not only protect teeth, but also play a nourishing role. Sugarcane is one of the winter foods for Chaoshan people.
4. Eat mutton. In Taiwan Province Province, the treasure island of the motherland, beginning of winter has the custom of eating meat for tonic. On the same day in beginning of winter, there were many happy events in winter restaurants such as mutton stoves and ginger ducks. Many families will also stew sesame oil chicken and siwu chicken to supplement energy.
5. Eat the fruit with the core removed. In winter, there is a custom in Shangrao to "make up for winter" by beating hemp seeds (people think hemp seeds are a tonic). Hemp seed is a special snack of Han nationality popular in Shangrao and Fuzhou. It is a sweet food. Steamed and rotted glutinous rice is put in a special stone trough (called "mortar"), which is mashed with a wooden hammer and then pounded hard. After that, a large group of peeled fruit was kneaded into a ball of about 3 cm with washed hands and covered with crushed fried beans, sesame seeds and sugar.
6. Eat ginger duck. On this day in beginning of winter, a winter nourishing restaurant appeared on the wedding street in Taiwan Province Province, such as mutton stove and ginger duck. Many families will also stew sesame oil chicken and siwu chicken to supplement energy.
7. Eat red bean glutinous rice. In Jiangnan water town, there is a custom that the whole family get together to eat red beans and glutinous rice on the night when winter begins. According to legend, there was a man named Gong Gong, whose son died in the winter of the solstice and became a plague after his death, which continued to harm the people. However, the ghost of the epidemic is most afraid of red beans, so people cook red bean rice in winter solstice to resist the ghost of the epidemic and prevent diseases.
8. Brewing yellow rice wine. It is a traditional wine-making custom in Shaoxing to start brewing yellow wine on the day of beginning of winter. The cold water and low temperature in winter can effectively inhibit the growth of miscellaneous bacteria and make the wine form a good flavor in the process of low temperature and long-term fermentation. This is the most suitable season for wine fermentation. Therefore, Shaoxing people call the most suitable time for brewing yellow wine in beginning of spring from the winter solstice the following year "winter brewing" and pray for happiness.
9. Eat paella. Eating a bowl of bacon and vegetable rice in winter is a special custom of old Suzhou people. Using frosted Chinese cabbage, lean bacon and rice vinegar as raw materials and brick stove and straw as fuel, the cooked rice is delicious and delicious. Bacon paella is not in Suzhou's famous recipes, but it never lacks diners who love it.