What do Anhui people eat on the solstice in winter?

The solstice in winter is a traditional festival in China. The ancients thought that this day meant that the spirit of the sun in the middle of the world began to change from weak to strong, which meant that the next cycle began to flourish again. Every place has its own cultural customs to celebrate this day. What are the solstice eating customs in winter in Anhui with beautiful scenery?

First, eat noodles from the winter solstice.

"Eat until winter, and you can arrange a line a day."

In Hefei, the custom of eating noodles in winter solstice is related to solar terms, climate and agriculture. After the solstice in winter, there are nine cold days, and every nine days, there are nine days. In the severe winter, eating a bowl of hot egg noodles is considered as the solstice of winter.

Second, drink old hen soup.

The solstice of winter announced the real arrival of winter. Besides eating noodles in winter solstice, drinking old hen soup is also a habit handed down for many years, because China has the habit of tonic in winter solstice, and old hen soup has always been considered nutritious, but now that conditions are good, it is no longer a rare thing to drink old hen soup in winter solstice. But people in Hefei still keep the habit of drinking old hen soup on the solstice of winter.

Third, eat pumpkin Baba

Pumpkin Baba is very simple. Peel the pumpkin, remove the pulp, wash and cut into pieces. Then put it into a pot, add a little water, cook it and mash it into mud; Add onion powder, salt and rice flour into pumpkin sauce and mix well; Dip your hand in some water, dig a lump of pumpkin mud horizontally with the palm of your right hand, and then cooperate with your left hand; Knead pumpkin sauce in the palm of your hand into a Baba shape about 3 cm thick, put it in a cage and steam it over high fire. ...

Fourth, jiaozi.

Eating jiaozi on the winter solstice won't freeze your ears. This statement comes from the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing. He saw that people's ears were frozen in the cold, so he used bread to dispel the cold and cooked it into Joule soup to cure people's ears. Today, eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter is no longer to cure frozen ears, but a reasonable combination of noodles, vegetables and meat, making jiaozi a delicious food with comprehensive nutrition and easy digestion and absorption. Jiaozi can be stuffed with mutton, Chinese cabbage, green onions, leeks and radishes. These dishes are warm and have a certain warming effect on the human body.

Five, mutton soup

When it comes to winter tonic, mutton is definitely the protagonist. Both north and south have the custom of eating mutton and drinking mutton soup in winter. It is said that in some places, there is a saying that "eating mutton on the solstice in winter makes winter warm". But because mutton is a hot food, it is easy to get angry, so it is best to eat it with some cool vegetables.