What food do Cantonese people eat on the solstice in winter?
"Tangyuan" is a necessary food in winter solstice. "Circle" is a beautiful meaning of "reunion", "perfection" and "reunion". Eating dumplings in winter solstice is also called "winter solstice yen", and there is a folk saying that "eating dumplings is one year older"
Winter solstice, also known as solstice, winter festival, child year, etc. It has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional folk ancestor worship festival in China. The solstice in winter is one of the eight festivals in four seasons, and it is considered as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year.
People will have special eating habits on the solstice in winter, and they will also pray for health, happiness and good luck. Because of different regions, the content or details of customs are also different. In the north of China, there is a custom of eating jiaozi every winter solstice, while in the south, there is a custom of sacrificing ancestors and feasting every winter solstice.
Guangdong winter solstice special food
Foshan 1
On the day of winter solstice, Foshan people will prepare dishes and fruits in the early morning to worship their ancestors and steam "muffins". "Muffin" is a kind of cake made of fermented rice flour, which has many holes after steaming. Muffin has a good wish for promotion and wealth.
2. Zhongshan
Zhongshan Xiaolan has the custom of eating "water olives" from winter to Sunday. Xiaolan's "jiaozi" is not round, like an olive, so it is called "water olive", which is a glutinous rice dumpling filled with chrysanthemum petals.
3. Yangjiang
Yangjiang people call jiaozi "dumplings", which is different from ordinary jiaozi. The stuffing is not wrapped in jiaozi, but jiaozi is cut into powder, cooked in soup and cooked together after smelling the fragrance. The materials are mainly local seafood.
4. Huizhou
Huizhou people have a saying that has been passed down to this day: eat pink fruit in winter. Pink fruit is mugwort (also known as mugwort), which is a unique winter custom in Huizhou.