In many traditional festivals in China, there are some traditional food customs, such as eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival, eating moon cakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival, eating jiaozi on the winter solstice, etc. The customs vary from place to place, but the custom of eating jiaozi is quite extensive. In the off-year is also a traditional festival in China, and jiaozi is eaten in some areas, while there are many traditional foods in the south except jiaozi.

Why do you want to eat jiaozi in off-year?

Off-year is also the day when the Kitchen God goes to heaven. It is said that the Kitchen God likes to report hitting people when he returns to heaven after staying on earth for a year, so king of people was asked to seal his mouth with kitchen candy that day and eat jiaozi with the whole family, which means to see off the Kitchen God and to "see off the windward side of jiaozi". At the time of offering, jiaozi should be put on the table. In addition, there is a folk saying that "it's delicious but not as good as jiaozi". During the Spring Festival, jiaozi has become an indispensable food.

the origin of jiaozi

jiaozi was called "Jiao Er" in ancient times. There is a folk legend that in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a serious disaster, and many people got sick, and many people suffered from ear rot. Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor, saw the epidemic of plague when he was an official in Changsha, so he found a clearing, set up a medical shed and a cauldron on the winter solstice to give people medicine and save many poor people.

What are the customs of off-year except eating jiaozi?

1. Candied melon

It is called "Guandong sugar" when the stove sugar is drawn into a long strip, and it is called "candied melon" when it is made into a flat circle. In winter, candied melons are frozen solid and have some small bubbles inside, which are crisp, sweet and fragrant, and have a unique flavor. There are two kinds of sugar, sesame and sesame-free, which are made into melon shape or north melon shape with sugar. The center is empty and the skin thickness is less than five points.

2. Kwangton Sugar

Kwangton Sugar, also known as Kitchen King Sugar and Big Sugar, is used for offering sacrifices to kitchen gods. A large piece of milky white sugar, placed on a square plate, is generally three inches long and one inch wide, flat and silky. A large piece of newly made sugar is crisp, fragrant and sticky when you put it in your mouth.

3. Burning fire

In addition to eating stove candy, burning fire is also a very distinctive food.