What does the custom of the southern winter solstice eat?

The winter solstice is a traditional festival that symbolizes reunion. It is especially happy for people who wander around for work needs to get together for a winter solstice.

1. Tangyuan

"Every family beats rice to make tangyuan, knowing that it is the winter solstice of Ming Dynasty". For southerners, eating tangyuan on the winter solstice has long been a deep-rooted custom. The "round" of glutinous rice balls means reunion and perfection. Eating glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice is more symbolic of family harmony and auspiciousness for southerners. Dumplings eaten by southerners are generally divided into salty and sweet flavors. In recent years, "online celebrity Dumplings" similar to fruit dumplings are active in the winter solstice festival, but personally they are not delicious.

2. Ciba

Ciba on the winter solstice is a lively traditional festival custom for people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. In fact, eating Ciba on the winter solstice is popular in many areas in China, such as northern Fujian and Yunnan, but the taste and shape of Ciba are not the same. Ciba is mainly glutinous rice, which is steamed and put into a stone mortar and pounded repeatedly. During this period, it needs to be kneaded and turned over until it is sticky and flexible, and it is kneaded into a small ball by hand. It can be mixed with sugar and sesame seeds, or it can be wrapped in a variety of ingredients and fried into stuffing. Both salty and sweet tastes are delicious.

3. Roasted meat

As we all know, Cantonese people are no less fond of preserved meat than Sichuanese. During the winter solstice festival, many Cantonese people have the habit of "adding dishes". Roasted meat is a traditional food that Cantonese people will never forget to eat on the winter solstice. Roasted meat is not limited to bacon and sausage, but also has a variety of bacon flavors such as preserved chicken, preserved duck and preserved fish. If you don't know how delicious roasted meat is, it's easy for you to make up for it in your mind after eating Cantonese clay pot rice. In fact, the customs and food of the traditional winter solstice festival are nothing more than a yearning for a better life.

4. rice cake

rice cake, the higher the year, the higher the year. Eating rice cakes is to win a "higher every year" lottery. People in Hangzhou eat rice cakes instead of dumplings on the winter solstice. There are many kinds of rice cakes and rich ways to eat them. People in Hangzhou will cook different foods around the rice cakes for three meals a day. Sweet rice cakes in the morning, fried rice cakes at noon and boiled rice cakes at night. The reason why we eat rice cakes all day is mainly the inheritance of traditional festivals and customs and a good luck!

5. Sweet pills

In Chaoshan area, there has been a traditional custom of eating sweet pills on the winter solstice for many years. What is a sweet pill? Sweet balls are sweet soup made of glutinous rice flour and water-rubbed balls. In fact, it seems that they are sweet glutinous rice balls now. In Chaoshan, there is a folk proverb, "Winter Solstice Pills, as soon as eaten, celebrate the New Year", commonly known as "adding years", that is to say, after the winter solstice, one year old is added. On the winter solstice, members of the family sit around in seats, glutinous rice balls are cooked and served to their families, and some people make sweet balls and wrap red bean paste in them. In fact, they taste a bit like glutinous rice balls.

For southerners, the traditional winter solstice foods in different regions are different. On the winter solstice, people not only eat delicious food, but also change new clothes, give gifts to each other and set off firecrackers, just like the New Year.