What is the custom food in early winter?

Beginning of winter's traditional foods include jiaozi, red beans, glutinous rice and hemp balls.

1, creature

China people have a custom, no matter what festivals or solar terms, they should eat jiaozi, because the meaning of jiaozi is better, 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. Red bean glutinous rice

Eating this food comes from a legend. There is a man named Gong. His son died in the winter 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.

3. Hemp ball

Hemp ball is a famous snack in the Yangtze River valley, including white hemp ball and green hemp ball. Sphere means circle and circle. It is very similar to the Lantern Festival in the north, and it is bigger than the Lantern Festival, as big as an apple. The outer layer of the group is crisp, and all kinds of spices in the group will be heated together with the group, and the fragrance will be overflowing.

Beginning of winter solar terms

Beginning of winter is the 19th of the 24 solar terms and the beginning of winter. Bucket handle points to the northwest, and the longitude of the sun reaches 225, which intersects with Gregorian calendar165438+1October 7-8 every year. Stand, rise, winter, end, and everything will be harvested. Beginning of winter means that life begins to close, everything enters a state of recuperation, and its climate changes from dry autumn to rainy and cold winter.

The commonly used methods of season division mainly include solar terms method and temperature method. Traditionally, China takes "beginning of winter" in "24 solar terms" as the beginning of winter. The winter divided by the "solar terms law" means that everything enters a state of recuperation. The "temperature method" divides the four seasons into five days, when the daily average temperature drops steadily below 10℃, and the winter divided by the temperature method indicates that the weather is cold.