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Every winter solstice is a good time to keep fit, because there has always been a saying that "qi begins in winter", which also means that from the beginning of winter, life activities will turn from decline to prosperity. So, what can you eat to keep healthy in the winter of solstice? Let's have a look at this issue of the yearbook.

It is said that the custom of drinking mutton soup and eating mutton from winter solstice began in the Han Dynasty. According to legend, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, ate mutton cooked by Fan Li on the solstice of winter, which was particularly delicious and full of praise. Since then, the folk have formed the custom of eating mutton in winter solstice. Drinking mutton soup for a family of nine is a good omen for individuals, elders and families.

Winter solstice noodles "eat winter solstice noodles, one line a day." In Hefei, Anhui Province, the custom of eating noodles from winter solstice is related to solar terms, climate and agriculture. Nine cold days are counted after the winter solstice and nine days are counted every other day. In the cold winter, eating a bowl of hot egg noodles is the solstice of winter.

Four-style dumplings are made by boiling or steaming mung beans, red beans, sugar wax gourd and taro respectively, peeling, adding white sugar, sesame seeds and cooked lard to make four kinds of sweet fillings, wrapping the dumplings with four different fillings and marking them. Boil four kinds of glutinous rice balls with sugar. Jiaozi with different fillings in each bowl.

Burning eggs in longan is a big festival in ancient times, and Jiaxing pays attention to the winter solstice. As the saying goes, "the solstice in winter is as big as a year", keep the ancient style. According to "Jiaxing County Records", "Commemorate the winter solstice first, and congratulate it with a crown, such as the New Year's Day ceremony". Folk supplements advocating winter solstice include red beans, glutinous rice and ginseng chicken soup; Tremella, stewed walnuts, longan boiled eggs, etc.