Do you know what to eat in different places on the solstice in winter?

Henan people celebrate the winter solstice-pinching their ears

Eating "frozen ears" is a common name for Henan people to eat jiaozi from the winter solstice. According to legend, Zhang Zhongjing, a doctor from Nanyang, was an official in Changsha. It was a snowy winter when he retired. Seeing that the villagers on both sides of the Baihe River in Nanyang were naked, he asked his disciples to cook mutton, peppers and some cold-dispelling herbs in a pot in Guandong, Nanyang, take them out and chop them up, make them into ears with leather bags, and make them into a medicine called "Quhan Jiaoer Decoction" for the people to eat. After eating it, the villagers' ears will be fine.

Every winter solstice, people imitate eating, which is the reason why the custom of "pinching ears" is formed. Later, people called it "jiaozi", while others called it "flat food" and "instant noodle jiaozi". It is also said that people will not be frozen in jiaozi after eating the winter solstice.

Shanghainese celebrate the solstice of winter-every family will bring rice to jiaozi.

Eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter is especially popular in Jiangnan. There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls is one year older". Tangyuan is also called jiaozi, and eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter is also called "jiaozi on the solstice in winter".

Jiangnan people use glutinous rice flour to make dough covered with lean meat, apples, bean paste, shredded radish and so on. The winter solstice group can be used to worship ancestors or give gifts to relatives and friends. In the past, Shanghainese were most particular about eating jiaozi. At the family dinner, they tasted the newly brewed sweet white wine, flower cakes and glutinous rice noodles, and then sacrificed their ancestors with meat pieces. A poem says, "Every family beats rice to make dumplings, knowing that it is the winter solstice of the Ming Dynasty."

People in Hangzhou celebrate the solstice of winter-eat rice cakes three times a day.

People in Hangzhou like to eat rice cakes on the solstice in winter. Every winter solstice, we make three kinds of rice cakes with different flavors. In the morning, we eat rice cakes mixed with sesame powder and sugar. At noon, we eat fried rice cakes with pickles, winter bamboo shoots and shredded pork. For dinner, we have mustard rice cake, shredded pork and shredded bamboo shoots soup. Eating rice cakes on the solstice of winter will make you old and more auspicious.

Hakkas celebrate the winter solstice-the winter solstice to make wine with sweet water.

Hakkas believe that water is the most mellow in winter solstice, and the wine brewed with it can last for a long time, which is soft and refreshing, sweet and refreshing, and has sufficient stamina. Therefore, making wine on the solstice in winter has become a custom of Hakkas. For this day, Hakka housewives often choose an auspicious day to buy wine-making equipment in the market, move the aged jars to a stream, wash away the dirt with fine yellow sand, rinse them repeatedly with cool spring water, and finally dry them in the shade.