What does South beginning of winter eat?

South beginning of winter eats red beans, glutinous rice and preserved duck.

1, red bean and glutinous rice

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 winter night. According to legend, there was a man named Gong. His son was incompetent and evil. He died on the Winter Solstice. Become a plague ghost after death and continue to harm the people. However, this epidemic ghost is most afraid of red beans, so people cook red bean rice in winter solstice to drive away the epidemic ghost.

2. cured duck

In the south, ducks, chickens, geese and other ingredients are eaten in many places on that day in early winter. Among them, duck meat is a classic ingredient, and several preserved ducks in duck meat are classics. People will use the dry season in autumn to dry duck meat, and then they can eat preserved duck in winter.

There are many ways to do salted duck. The most famous way to cook salted duck in the south is to use it to make clay pot rice, or you can chop it into small pieces at home and steam it in rice. The smell is very attractive. Cured duck can also be used with mustard, white radish, taro, potatoes and other ingredients to make very delicious food.

Climatic characteristics of beginning of winter.

1, autumn and summer in South China

During the solar term in South China and beginning of winter, the temperature will not drop significantly. In addition, when there is no wind on a sunny day, there is often a saying that it is sunny in October and there is no wind to warm it. Generally, in these areas, winter will not enter until June+February in 5438. 1 1 The monthly temperature is not very high, and the maximum temperature is generally below 30℃. However, it does not rule out strong cooling due to the influence of strong cold air.

2. The first snow precipitation in North China is diverse.

After 1 1, part of the precipitation in all parts of the country is decreasing, and the snow in some plateau snow-capped mountains no longer melts. The first snow often appears in North China and other places, but it is difficult to accurately predict the first snow in Beijing, and some precipitation forms are also changeable, which may be rain, snow, sleet, graupel, ice particles and so on. When there is strong cold air, it will snow in Jiangnan.