Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - Ten Jin of jiaozi is cooked by Chongqing chefs to welcome the winter solstice. Why do southerners seldom eat jiaozi?

Ten Jin of jiaozi is cooked by Chongqing chefs to welcome the winter solstice. Why do southerners seldom eat jiaozi?

The winter solstice solar terms have different customs and habits all over the country. In the north of China, no matter rich or poor, jiaozi is an indispensable traditional festival feast every year. In coastal areas, eating glutinous rice cakes and long noodles on this day is a habit that northerners often say, while Su Beiren eats fried tofu with green onions during the solar term from winter to solar term. In short, every region is different.

It is said that on February 65438+February 19, a chef in a scenic spot in Fuling, Chongqing cooked a giant letter jiaozi for the masses and tourists to taste for free. The chef said that the giant letter jiaozi weighs about 10 Jin and contains 56 jiaozi, which means that each of the 56 ethnic groups in China has six flavors, including raw pork and shrimp stuffing, raw pork and mushroom stuffing and pork and leek stuffing. However, some people say that the winter solstice solar terms and the slight heat in summer are the starting point and the end point of yin and yang. The solar term of winter solstice is the beginning of qi and blood, and one yang returns; However, in the hot summer, just after the hair growth stopped, Yin came back to life.

The summer heat is also the longest day and the least night in a year on the map of the northern hemisphere. The winter solstice solar terms are opposite to those in summer, but after the winter solstice solar terms have passed, the days will be lengthened day by day, and the sun on the day of the winter solstice solar terms will directly hit the Tropic of Capricorn. Generally speaking, the solar term from winter solstice is very harmful to astronomy, astronomy and natural geography. It is said that since the Han Dynasty in China, the winter solstice solar term has been called the winter solstice. Every year, the government will hold a ceremony to worship the winter and pray for peace in the coming year.

South China doesn't eat much jiaozi, but mostly small wonton! Later, this kind of goods was generally the same as the steamed stuffed bun with fresh noodles. Sometimes it's like eating a special snack on the roadside, not a staple food. There is no custom of eating jiaozi on New Year's Day or holidays in China. There are Qingming fruits in Tomb-Sweeping Day, Zongzi in Dragon Boat Festival, moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival and jiaozi in Lantern Festival. Not all festivals in the north eat jiaozi!