What do you eat in the winter solstice custom? Eight local cuisines of solar terms in winter from solstice to solstice.

1, the custom of eating jiaozi from winter to Sunday.

2, 8 solar terms in winter solstice: Cantonese people eat roasted meat and ginger rice, Hangzhou people eat rice cakes in winter solstice, and in some areas in the south, it is more popular to eat jiaozi (winter solstice pill), which means reunion. In Sichuan, it is the winter solstice to eat mutton soup, Hunan and Hubei love. On the solstice of winter, you must eat red bean glutinous rice, Taiwan Province glutinous rice cake, Suzhou wine and Jiangxi and Zhejiang.

In many places in the north of China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi every winter solstice. According to legend, Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage, saw a frozen person when he retired in his later years, so he wrapped mutton, some cold-dispelling herbs and dough into the shape of ears, made a medicine called "Quhan Jiaoer Decoction" and gave it to the people. Later, on the solstice of winter, people imitated eating and formed a custom.

4. The solstice in winter has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only a natural solar term, but also a traditional festival to worship ancestors. Winter solstice is one of the eight festivals in a year. Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has a tradition of offering sacrifices to ancestors from the winter solstice to the sun to show filial piety and not forgetting the roots. Due to different local customs and habits, the forms of ancestor worship are also different.

In some places, while offering sacrifices to ancestors, they also offer sacrifices to the gods of heaven and earth. The offerings mainly include three sacrifices, three teas and five wines. The solstice in winter is considered as a big holiday in winter. The saying that the solstice in winter is as big as a year is widely circulated among the people. Winter solstice is also called "sub-year" and "off-year", which means that a year is coming, and winter solstice is very important.

6. When the winter solstice arrives, the New Year is just around the corner, so the ancients thought that the winter solstice was as important as the New Year. In ancient times, people wandering in other places had to go home for the winter festival at this time, which was called "having a home at the end of the year".