What do the south and the north eat on the winter solstice? Dietary customs of winter solstice in the north and south.

1. There is a proverb in the north that "jiaozi will eat noodles on the summer solstice", and there is a custom of eating jiaozi and wonton on the winter solstice; In the south, there is a custom of eating jiaozi and other sweets from winter solstice. On the solstice of winter, people eat round food made of rice flour, namely "jiaozi", "jiaozi" and "Reunion dinner".

2. Winter solstice, also known as "Winter Festival" and "Happy Winter", is one of the twenty-four solar terms in China and one of the eight astronomical solar terms. Compared with the summer solstice, the annual solar calendar is about 65438+February 22nd.

It is said that eating wonton in the winter solstice in the north means breaking the yin and releasing the yang, expressing the handover of the old and the new from the winter solstice means welcoming the new arrival. Even the solstice of winter is regarded as New Year's Day of the Zhou Dynasty in history, and it was once a very lively day. Eating jiaozi is also commonly known as "Ann's ear". According to the folk custom, if you don't eat jiaozi in the winter solstice, your ears will be frozen, which is not conducive to agricultural harvest.

4. jiaozi, wonton and steamed buns are the food that family members sit around the table, which is called "steaming winter". In Sichuan and Zaozhuang, Shandong, it is also popular to drink mutton soup on the solstice in winter, which means driving away the cold. Although the dietary customs vary from place to place, eating jiaozi is the most common.

Southerners will eat jiaozi, and jiaozi is wrapped in red and white, symbolizing the friendship between Yin and Yang. Eating jiaozi on the winter solstice also symbolizes getting one year older. In addition, jiaozi with stuffing is also used to worship ancestors, while without stuffing is used to worship gods. There is also a custom of "drying winter rice" in coastal areas. After washing the white rice, they are put in the sun on the solstice in winter, and left to the sick to cook porridge in the future.