Today is the solstice of winter. Let's talk about what to eat everywhere.

On the solstice of winter, there are customs of slaughtering sheep, eating jiaozi and eating wonton.

Southern region

On this day, there is the habit of eating glutinous rice balls, which are solstice dumplings in winter and long noodles in winter.

Sunan

On the solstice of winter, I like to eat green onions and fried tofu.

South of the lower reaches of Yangze River

On the night of winter solstice, the family get together to eat red beans and glutinous rice.

Fujian Province

"Rubbing pills", "sticking pills" and "feeding pills" are popular in winter solstice. The colors of meatballs are red and white, and some are made into small and exquisite toys, such as pig heads and pig feet, as well as lychees, peaches and bananas, which symbolize prosperity and good luck.

Jiangxi

Eating sesame cakes is a specialty of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and it is also a traditional snack and sacrifice of Fujian people. Suitable for steaming, frying, roasting and sand frying after hemp is raised in the shade. Masi is also a famous snack in southern Fujian, among which Du Ying in Nan 'an is the most famous. Its raw materials are superior glutinous rice, lard, sesame, peanut kernel and rock sugar. The crispy rice is sweet and delicious, and it is resistant to hunger after eating. It has a sweet and slippery taste. It is soft, tough and slightly icy. The finished product is bright white, smooth, tough and transparent.

Hangzhou

People put the fish heads and tails left over from winter solstice in rice tanks for the night and take them out the next day, saying they are "leftover goods"

Jiangsu Province

We attach great importance to the winter solstice. The night before was called "Festival Night", also called "Except Night". We make cakes to worship ancestors, give them to relatives and friends, and hold banquets, which are called "wine saving" and "winter wine". Some people use yellow wine and syrup to make Dongyang wine.

Guangdong

Generally speaking, ancestors worship on the solstice in winter and hang rice paper in front of graves, commonly known as "hanging winter". In some places, the winter solstice banquet is cooked with fish, bacon and vegetables, and everyone eats around the pot, which is called "around the stove". Ordinary families can steam cakes, make rice cakes, glutinous rice balls and so on. And kill pigs and ducks to celebrate. It is said that on the solstice of winter, jiaozi in Guangdong Province is salty, with shage, pork and shrimp, and chicken soup!

Taiwan Province Province, China

It also retains the tradition of worshipping ancestors with nine layers of cakes from winter to daily use. On the solstice of winter, people knead glutinous rice flour into chickens, ducks, pigs, cows, sheep and other animals that symbolize good luck, and then steam them in a steamer layer by layer to worship their ancestors and show that they will not forget their ancestors.

Hefei

There is a habit of eating pumpkin Baba on the solstice in winter.

Yinchuan

There is a custom in Yinchuan, Ningxia, to drink powder soup and eat mutton powder soup buns on the solstice of winter. Yinchuan people gave mutton powder soup an odd name-"brain from winter to day".