There is a custom of hoarding cabbage for winter in rural areas of Northeast China. Is there any special purpose for a family to hoard hundreds of kilograms of cabbage?

It's the custom to have a glass of old wine. Because many people can't afford to eat because of the lack of abundant materials in the past, it's customary to put a lot of vegetables or grains that are not easy to deteriorate and are cheap at home before the season when materials are more scarce.

Huge Chinese cabbages are packed in the yard one by one, covered with thick quilts, and some cabbages are taken out and packed neatly in a vat, pressed with big stones and pickled into sauerkraut, which is the main course of the family all winter.

At that time, there were many people in the family. Grandma had five children and a dozen people, which was not much. Stewed potatoes with Chinese cabbage, pork belly with Chinese sauerkraut, and a few meals of Chinese sauerkraut stuffing, Chinese cabbage stuffing jiaozi or steamed buns ...

Some netizens said that hoarding vegetables was the stubbornness of those born after 6.

But gradually, the children left home, even settled in other provinces, and the 6s who stayed in their hometown gradually grew old. The bungalows were gradually replaced by collective residential buildings, and the culture of hoarding vegetables was gradually separated from our lives.

It is estimated that many southerners don't understand this, and they are also very curious about how to eat hundreds of kilograms of Chinese cabbage. Speaking of northerners hoarding Chinese cabbage in winter, it has a history of several decades. As early as the 195s, hoarding Chinese cabbage has become one of the things they must do every year. At that time, there were more Chinese cabbages than now. Generally, a family would hoard three or four hundred catties.

This is because winter in the north is rather cold. As soon as winter comes, there are scenes of ice and snow everywhere, and there are no fresh vegetables to eat. For northerners, Chinese cabbage has become a few fresh leafy vegetables that they can come into contact with in winter for decades, and then this custom has been preserved.

Many habits are handed down from the older generation. If you want to fully understand them, you might as well look at history or ask the old people around you, which may open the door to a new world.