What does Putian beginning of winter eat?

In Putian, beginning of winter will eat mutton. Different from other boiled mutton, the dried skin of braised mutton is more complete, crystal clear, cooked but not rotten, soft but not tough, fishy and tender, crisp and mellow.

Beginning of winter is one of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar and one of the traditional festivals in China. After beginning of winter, the sunshine time will continue to shorten, and the height of the sun will continue to decrease at noon. During beginning of winter's period, the Han people took beginning of winter as beginning of winter, so it was necessary to supplement the dietary customs in order to survive the severe winter. According to the custom of some places in Putian, today beginning of winter will slaughter fat sheep and stew mutton with radish.