What should we eat during the Winter Solstice? Dietary customs during the winter solstice
Although the Winter Solstice is a national festival, due to the vast territory of the country, the customs derived from many places are different, among which food is very representative. Let’s take a look at what everyone eats during the winter solstice. In the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, the north wind was biting and the cold current was rolling, brewing a heavy snow. Shuimoxiansheng.com presents you with wonderful content for November 2018 of the lunar calendar.Dietary customs of different regions during the winter solstice1. There is a saying in Beijing: "Eat wontons on the Winter Solstice and noodles on the Summer Solstice", which means that in the north there is a custom of eating dumplings and wontons on the Winter Solstice. There is also a saying that eating dumplings will prevent your ears from freezing off in the cold winter. It can be seen that eating dumplings can help drive away the cold. 2. Southerners do not eat dumplings, but glutinous rice balls, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. They attach great importance to the custom of eating glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice. After all, glutinous rice balls symbolize reunion. It is said that in the Zhou Dynasty, the winter solstice happened to be New Year's Day, which was a lively and good day. 3. In Taiwan, my country, people eat something called nine-layer cake during the winter solstice. Glutinous rice flour is kneaded into chickens, ducks, turtles, pigs, cows, sheep and other animals that symbolize good luck, fortune, wealth and longevity. The cake is then steamed in layers in a steamer and used to worship ancestors. 4. People in Sichuan eat mutton on the Winter Solstice. It is said that the custom of eating mutton on the Winter Solstice started in the Han Dynasty. Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, ate mutton cooked by Fan Kuai on the Winter Solstice and found it delicious. He praised it highly. Hence, the custom of eating mutton and drinking mutton soup on the Winter Solstice was formed among the people in order to have a good omen for the coming year. 5. There is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. Traditional Suzhou people will drink winter-wine on the night of the winter solstice. Winter-wine is a kind of rice wine brewed with osmanthus, which has a pleasant aroma. In the cold winter, winter-wine can not only drive away the cold, but also expresses Suzhou people's wish for a better life. 6. Zhejiang Leiyuan and Dongzhiyuan. People in Taizhou, Zhejiang love delicious food. The dumplings are named to symbolize roundness and reunion. The Winter Solstice is an important solar term, so people naturally have to pay homage to their ancestors and pray for their ancestors to bless the whole family with peace and happiness in the coming year. 7. There is a traditional snack in Fujian called Maci, but it has become a winter solstice food in Jiangxi Province. Its ingredients are high-quality glutinous rice, lard, sesame seeds, peanut kernels, rock sugar, etc. Mochi is sweet and delicious, and can keep you full after eating it. It has a sweet and smooth taste, and is soft, chewy and slightly icy. The finished product is bright white in color, smooth, tough and transparent. 8. In ancient Jiaxing area, there is a saying that "Winter Solstice is as important as New Year", so people in this area attach great importance to Winter Solstice. Even now, this area still retains the custom of eating "longan fried eggs" on Winter Solstice. 9. People in Chaoshan area eat glutinous rice balls, also called winter festival balls. Not only that, after eating the winter festival balls, people also stick two winter festival balls on conspicuous places such as doors, windows, tables, cupboards, stairs, beds, etc. in their homes, and even on the bows of fishermen's boats, the horns of farmers' oxen, and the fruit trees planted by fruit farmers. 10. There is a saying in Hefei, Anhui: "After eating winter solstice noodles, the day will be longer by a thread", which means that people in this area eat noodles during the winter solstice. Because they believe that the period after the winter solstice begins the coldest days of the year, and every nine days is counted as one nine. In the severe winter when water freezes into ice, eating a bowl of hot egg noodles is the only way to celebrate the winter solstice. |
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