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What folk dishes does beginning of winter, a Cantonese, eat?

In early winter, a Cantonese man ate barbecue, glutinous rice balls and rice.

1, barbecue

On the solstice of winter, most Cantonese people have the custom of "adding vegetables" to eat meat from the solstice of winter. Among them, barbecue is an indispensable traditional food for Cantonese people in the winter solstice table. After offering sacrifices to ancestors, the whole family prepared a table of big fish, big meat and bacon sausages, and ate a meal with laughter, praying for good luck in the coming year.

2. Tangyuan

Drinking glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter is a traditional custom in China, especially in Guangdong. There is a folk saying that "drinking glutinous rice balls is one year older". It is the custom of Guangzhou people that at noon on the day of winter solstice, jiaozi must be included, and the whole family should drink jiaozi together and get together in public.

Step 3 cook rice

In the past, the Chaoshan area had the custom of eating "boiled rice" in early winter, which existed in ancient times. As the saying goes in Chaoshan area, "Eat white rice on October 10th", and early October is the time for new rice to go on the market. Together with white radish, garlic and fresh pork at that time, it was made into simple and delicious boiled rice. "wok" refers to the cooking method, refers to the use of fire, and embodies the rich cooking methods of Chaozhou cuisine.

Characteristics of solar terms in beginning of winter

1, the temperature drops and changes obviously. With the strengthening of cold air, the cooling trend accelerates. Before and after winter, the precipitation in most areas of China decreased obviously, the air generally became dry, and the soil water content decreased.

2. In late autumn and winter, frost and fog are easy to appear. In normal years165438+1early October, frost will appear one after another from the Qinling Mountains in the north, the western and southern parts of Huanghuai, and the northern part of Jiangnan in the south. In the cold year165438+1mid-October, the first frost will also appear north of Nanling. After winter, the sunshine time will continue to shorten, the noon sun height angle will continue to decrease, and the solar radiation intensity will continue to weaken.

The temperature difference between north and south is getting bigger and bigger, and the weather is getting colder and colder. After beginning of winter, the north of China has entered the cold season, while the south is still in late autumn or early winter. This has caused a great temperature difference between north and south. The climate in early winter has also changed from dry autumn to rainy and cold winter.