What to eat at the beginning of the winter festival?

Beginning of winter customs: jiaozi, mutton hotpot, red bean glutinous rice, fried rice with chestnuts and ginger duck.

1, jiaozi: People in China have a custom, no matter what festivals or solar terms, they should eat jiaozi, because jiaozi has a better meaning, and jiaozi has noodles and vegetables, and whatever stuffing is delicious. China attaches great importance to the 24 solar terms, and jiaozi has become the main theme of banquets for relatives and friends in winter.

2. Mutton hot pot: Mutton hot pot is one of the indispensable customs in early winter. Because mutton hot pot tastes warm and comfortable, it gives people a warm feeling, especially adding your favorite ingredients will make the taste richer. Mutton hot pot has a variety of ingredients, which can be selected according to personal preferences and tastes. In a word, instant-boiled mutton is one of the best choices in early winter.

3. Red bean glutinous rice: Eating this kind of food comes from a legend. There was a man named Gong whose son died in the winter of solstice, but he didn't stop after his death. In Jiangnan water town, there is a custom that the whole family get together to eat red beans and glutinous rice at the beginning of a winter night. * * * Gong's son hurt the people after his death, but this person doesn't like to eat red beans, so people eat red beans in winter solstice to resist the harm, and it has gradually become a tradition.

4. Chestnut fried rice: Every solar term in Shantou pays attention to eating different seasonal foods. As the saying goes, "make up for one winter in three seasons, and there will be no disease in the coming year", "make up for it in beginning of winter" and eating fried rice with chestnut are unique customs in Shantou. Chinese herbal medicines used for nourishing medicated diet include ginseng, angelica, medlar, American ginseng, fish glue, pilose antler, Cordyceps, Poria, Astragalus, etc. The commonly used foods in medicated diet are black-bone chicken, partridge, pigeon, quail and duck.

5. Ginger Duck: In the south of China, people like to eat some chicken, duck and fish in early winter. On this day in early winter in Taiwan Province Province, mutton stoves and ginger ducks on the street supplemented the wedding content of winter restaurants. Many families will also stew sesame oil chicken and siwu chicken to supplement energy.