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What traditional food do you eat in snowy solar terms?

The traditional foods of the solar term in heavy snow include dog meat, miscellaneous sugar, red sticky porridge, mutton, lotus root, winter jujube and so on. This is the third solar term in winter. With the arrival of cold air, a cold wave formed, the weather became very cold, and the snow lasted for a long time, which made people feel colder. Therefore, the ancient people kept fit by "supplementing the cold with food". There is an ancient proverb: "Tonify in winter, kill tigers in early spring", so the arrival of the solar term of heavy snow reminds people to start tonic, which is helpful to improve immune function, promote metabolism, improve chills and keep healthy for the winter. Because of the cold weather, many people stay at home and don't want to go out in order to prevent frostbite. At this time, they can only pass the boring time with delicious traditional food, so these traditional foods have continued to this day.