What do Anhui people eat on the solstice in winter?

"Eat until winter, and you can arrange a line a day." In Anhui, the custom of eating noodles from winter solstice is related to solar terms, climate and agriculture. After the solstice in winter, there are nine cold days, and every nine days, there are nine days. In the severe winter, eating a bowl of hot egg noodles is considered as the solstice of winter.

2. jiaozi

Anhui is located at the junction of north and south, and the food from winter to sun varies from place to place. Fuyang people eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter, which is said to commemorate Zhang Zhongjing, the medical sage of Nanyang.

Zhang Zhongjing used to be an official in Changsha. When he retired from his hometown, it coincided with the snowy winter and the biting wind. He was very sad when he saw the villagers naked on both sides of the Baihe River in Nanyang, and many people's ears were frozen. He asked his disciples to set up a medicine shed in Guandong, Nanyang, and put mutton, peppers and some herbs for dispelling cold in a pot, then took them out and chopped them, imaged their ears with leather bags, and then cooked them in a pot to make a medicine called "soup for dispelling cold and correcting ears" for the people to eat. After eating it, the villagers' ears will be fine. Later, every winter solstice, people imitated eating and formed this custom.

Step 3 eat dog meat

Dog meat is eaten in winter solstice in Hefei, Lu 'an in central Anhui, Xiaoxian, Shan Yang and Tanxi in northern Anhui. Dog meat is warm, which can tonify the middle energizer, replenish qi, warm the kidney and help yang. Eating dog meat on the coldest solstice in winter can supplement the calories needed by the human body and achieve the purpose of keeping out the cold and nourishing. Legend has it that Liu Bang was besieged by Xiongnu Khan in Pingcheng, and there was no food to satisfy his hunger. In winter, Liu Bang's general Fan got a dog and killed it for Liu Bang. In order not to forget the achievements of Fan, a general besieged by Huns, Liu Bang always eats dog meat when he comes back every winter. Folks have followed suit, and there is a custom of eating dog meat on the solstice in winter.

4. Old hen soup

In Anhui, drinking old hen soup is a habit handed down for many years. In China, there is a custom of winter solstice tonic. Old hen soup has always been considered as a nutritional supplement to properly supplement nutrition in winter. Although most people are in good condition now, the habit of drinking old hen soup continues.

5. Pumpkin pie

In addition to noodles and old hen soup, there are pumpkin cakes around Hefei. Because pumpkins are experiencing bumper harvest and precipitation at this time, Huang Cancan keeps them at home. On the solstice of winter, they are solemnly made into Baba, which is one of the most seasonal foods.