What are the customs in Changzhou from winter solstice?

On the solstice night of winter in Changzhou, you must have a bowl of "chopped green onion tofu"! It is said that the north eats jiaozi on the solstice in winter, while the south eats wonton and glutinous rice balls, and "onion tofu" seems to be a unique custom in Changzhou.

"Hu Cong Du Tofu"

"DuDu" is Changzhou dialect, which means cooking. Onions are what northerners call "green onions". The leaves are long and the stems are white, and the scallions in the south are not as thick as those in the north. There is an old saying in Changzhou: "Eat tofu and onions from winter night to day, and it will not be frozen for one night, and it will not be frozen for one winter." Irony means: the rich eat for one night, but the poor can only freeze for one night.

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To commemorate the Tanghe River, Changzhou people eat onion tofu all night in winter solstice. After Ming Taizu made Nanjing its capital, he ordered Tanghe to guard Changzhou. In the second year of Hongwu (1369), Tanghe was ordered to build Changzhou New Town. Because Tanghe was honest and clean, he offended some dignitaries in the process of building the city.

On the contrary, it is those unscrupulous bureaucrats who embezzle themselves who complain first and report the framed soup and corruption. Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and ordered Tanghe to hand in the books for future reference. On the day before winter, Tang arrived in Beijing. He went to see the emperor in the temple with the ledger in his left hand and the crock in his right. Zhu Yuanzhang curiously opened the crock and saw that it was full of scallions and tofu. Then he looked up at Tanghe, who looked solemn and healthy, and realized that he had misjudged Zhongliang.