What food does beginning of winter eat?
As we all know, northerners are famous for eating green onions. However, when the winter solar term begins, Nanjing people have the traditional custom of eating green onions. There is a popular local proverb that "one and a half green onions a day bring wind to the legs in winter". Because the winter in Nanjing is mainly wet and cold, eating spicy green onions can help the body sweat and drive away the wet and cold, which means that in the cold winter, the family can also be healthy.
Beginning of winter eats mutton.
"jiaozi is eaten in the north, onions are eaten in the south, and mutton in copper pots is good for winter." This is the traditional beginning of winter solar terms culture in Britain. On this day in early winter, many families in southern China get together to eat hot pot. Even if you don't eat mutton hot pot, you will stew a pot of braised mutton or mutton soup. Because mutton has long been defined as a nourishing food to drive away cold and keep warm, it is especially popular in early winter.
Beginning of winter eats jiaozi.
I don't know if you have noticed, but for northerners, there is nothing that can't be solved by a meal in jiaozi. It is a traditional custom for northerners to eat jiaozi in beginning of winter. For northerners, "anything can be jiaozi", whether it's mutton and scallion stuffing or pork and cabbage stuffing, all traditional solar terms can be celebrated with jiaozi. Hot jiaozi, with vinegar, garlic and onion, is a kind of fragrance!
Beginning of winter eats ginger duck.
During the beginning of winter solar term, people in southern Fujian, China and Taiwan Province Province have the traditional custom of eating ginger duck. Ginger duck is a traditional dish, which originated in Quanzhou, Fujian Province in modern times, and then spread to Taiwan Province Province of China and all over the country. Duck meat has always been loved by everyone, and its fat is easily digested and absorbed by the human body. It is a nourishing food that can be eaten all year round. The reason why people choose to eat duck meat during their stay in early winter is to suit the time, nourish their bodies and spend the cold winter safely.
Beginning of winter eats paella with bacon.
As the old saying goes, "There is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below". Suzhou and Hangzhou are places where many travel enthusiasts must punch in. Besides the beautiful scenery, beginning of winter's traditional customs are also particularly interesting. Old Suzhou people will choose to eat a bowl of bacon and paella on this day. Fat and lean fresh meat with scrubbed vegetables and rice. Rice is cooked in a brick stove with straw as fuel. The more you chew it, the more fragrant it becomes. Although I have never eaten authentic bacon paella, I think it should taste similar to the sausage braised rice I have eaten.
Beginning of winter eats sugar cane.
"beginning of winter chews sugar cane without teeth" is a common saying that Chaoshan people admire for many years. This means that if you eat sugar cane during the solar term in beginning of winter, you won't have to worry about toothache next year. I believe many people know that Chaoshan is rich in sugar cane, and the local seasonal cycle of sugar cane is particularly long, which can last from September to April of the following year. Compared with sugarcane juice, eating slowly with your mouth is obviously much more enjoyable. Besides, sugar cane can be roasted. Have you eaten?
Beginning of winter eats Ciba.
In northern Fujian, especially in Shaxian County, Sanming, there is a traditional custom of eating Ciba in beginning of winter. Glutinous rice is ground and cooked, beaten repeatedly in a stone mortar, kneaded into a small ball shape, dipped in sugar or cooked in a pot of various ingredients, which is deeply loved by children. The moral of this story is to celebrate the harvest in autumn and wish the family health and happiness.