What is the legend of the winter solstice?
One of the winter solstice legends: wonton was once called "winter solstice wonton, summer solstice noodle" in old Beijing. According to legend, during the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu in the north often harassed the frontier, and the people were restless. At that time, there were two leaders, Xiongnu tribe and Tun tribe, which were very cruel. The people hated it, so they wrapped it into a corner with meat stuffing and called it "wonton" with the sound of "muddy" and "swallowing". I hate eating, and I want to quell the war and live a peaceful life. Because wonton was originally made on the winter solstice, every family eats wonton on the winter solstice.
Legend of winter solstice 2: It is said that the custom of eating dog meat on the winter solstice began in the Han Dynasty. According to legend, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, ate dog meat cooked by Fan Kuai on the solstice in winter, which was particularly delicious and full of praise. Since then, the custom of eating dog meat from winter solstice has been formed among the people. Nowadays, people eat dog meat and all kinds of nutritious food on the solstice in winter, which is a good sign for the coming year.
Legend of winter solstice 3: Red bean glutinous rice in Jiangnan water town, there is a custom that the whole family get together to eat red bean glutinous rice on the night of winter solstice. According to legend, there was a man named Gong. His son was incompetent and evil. He died on the Winter Solstice. Become a plague ghost after death and continue to harm the people. However, this epidemic ghost is most afraid of red beans, so people cook red bean rice from winter solstice to drive away the epidemic ghost and prevent diseases.
The legend of winter until the fourth day: jiaozi
Eating "frozen ears" is a common name for Henan people to eat jiaozi in winter solstice. Why is there such a diet custom? According to legend, Zhang Zhongjing, a doctor from Nanyang, was an official in Changsha. When he retired in his later years, it was a snowy winter and the wind was biting. He was very sad when he saw the villagers on both sides of the Baihe River in Nanyang dressed in rags, and many people's ears were frozen rotten. He asked his disciples to set up a medicine shed in Guandong, Nanyang, and put mutton, peppers and some cold-dispelling herbs in a pot, fished them out and chopped them up, imaged their ears with leather bags, and then put them down in the pot to make a medicine called "cold-dispelling and ear-correcting soup" for the people. After eating it, the villagers' ears will be fine. Later, on the solstice of winter, people imitated and cooked, thus forming the custom of "pinching ears". 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.
Suitable for winter solstice: storing things in winter, tonifying the kidney and keeping warm. From the perspective of five elements, winter solstice belongs to water, governing the kidney, and lack of kidney qi in winter can easily lead to blood stasis, cold hands and feet, and weakness of limbs. Therefore, we should pay attention to our own warmth, wear a hat and scarf when going out, and usually imitate the action of "the tortoise stretches its neck", stretching back and forth and turning left and right, which can promote blood circulation and move joints. In addition, you can put your hands on your waist and squat or turn your waist, which can warm your waist, tonify your kidney and strengthen your body. Before going to bed at night, you should soak your feet with hot water, massage Yongquan point, relax muscles and tendons, and resist the cold.
These are the four legends I know about the winter solstice. What else do you know, my friend?