Do you know what Hakka eat on the solstice in winter?

The role of the 24 solar terms is not only reflected in agriculture, but also in the changes in daily life and diet brought about by climate change in our lives, which are closely related to the solar terms. Even though different nationalities have different cultures, their original intentions are the same. Today, we will introduce the Hakka people's dietary customs in winter solstice.

Hakkas believe that water is the most mellow in winter solstice, and the wine brewed with it can last for a long time, which is soft and refreshing, sweet and refreshing, and has sufficient stamina. Therefore, making wine on the solstice in winter has become a custom of Hakkas. For this day, Hakka housewives often choose an auspicious day to buy wine-making equipment in the market, move the aged jars to a stream, wash away the dirt with fine yellow sand, rinse them repeatedly with cool spring water, and finally dry them in the shade.

The new glutinous rice for brewing has just been raised, and after careful drying, it is full of particles and full of essence. After removing the golden shell, it is poured into a bamboo pot, washed repeatedly with mountain spring water to wash away the dust in the glutinous rice, then the washed glutinous rice is poured into a rice cooker, steamed in a pot, cooled with spring water, and evenly stirred with the ground wine cake and glutinous rice.

There is a saying in Hakka area called "Winter (Winter Solstice) Spring Festival", which means it is even more grand than the Spring Festival, because the autumn harvest and winter storage have finished farming and the crops have been cultivated for one year, which is fruitful and gratifying. The snack to eat this day is radish sauce. Because the weather is cold and dry at this time, Hakkas eat bacon, pickles, pork and beef, make rice fruits and cook dumplings at this time. Rich people want to eat pilose antler and ginseng for winter.