What food do you eat in all parts of the country during the winter solstice solar term? . .

In the north of China, there is a saying that "winter solstice jiaozi, summer solstice noodles". Why eat jiaozi on this day? Jiaozi, formerly known as Joule, is said to have been invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a doctor in China, with a history of 1800 years.

2. Shanxi: Most of them are wonton or jiaozi.

Besides wonton and jiaozi, there are also some places in Shanxi to eat cakes, such as oil cakes in Heshun, millet cakes in Lingshi, "making winter" in Pinglu, and chicken with vegetarian cakes in mutton soup.

Datong pays attention to eating stewed meat, and there is a folk proverb called "If you don't eat meat on the solstice in winter, your toes will rot". Hequ has the custom of "worshipping winter", eating and entertaining, with mutton soup and mutton stuffed with red dates, which means "the legacy of bright wine". In Yangcheng area in the southeast of Shanxi, you ate winter melon porridge stewed with old beigua and millet.

3. Chaoshan area: Sacrifice ancestors to eat sweet pills.

In Chaoshan area, winter solstice, also known as "Little New Year", is a large-scale folk festival. On this day, ordinary people should prepare enough three kinds of animals and fruits, such as pork, chicken and fish, to go to the ancestral temple to worship their ancestors, and then their families will sit around the table and have a meal. In coastal areas, fishermen should worship their ancestors before going fishing, pray for the fishermen and pray for the gods and ancestors to bless their safe return from the sea.

There is a saying in Chaoshan that "eat the winter festival round for one year", in which "the winter festival round" is the glutinous rice balls, which are also called sweet pills in Chaoshan area. The custom of eating sweet pills from winter solstice is almost common in Chaoshan area.

4. Ningxia: Eat "brains"

There is a custom in Yinchuan on the solstice of winter. On this day, we will have noodles in soup and steamed stuffed buns with mutton powder soup. Yinchuan people also gave mutton powder soup a special name-"brain".

After jiaozi made the noodle soup, he presented a bowl first and then a bowl to his neighbor. The mutton powder soup dumpling jiaozi has a unique way, and its taste is spicy and delicious. Now it has become a special snack in Yinchuan.

5. Jiangnan water town: eat red bean glutinous rice

In the southern water town of China, it is a custom for the whole family to get together to eat red beans and glutinous rice on the night of winter solstice.

According to legend, there was a man named Gong. His son died in the winter solstice and became a plague after his death, which continued to harm the people. However, this epidemic ghost is most afraid of red beans, so people cook red bean rice from winter solstice to drive away the epidemic ghost and prevent diseases.