What does beginning of winter eat?

Beginning of winter eats sugar cane and fried fragrant rice in Chaoshan area of Guangdong, and jiaozi in the north.

In Chaoshan area of Guangdong, beginning of winter wants to eat sugar cane and fried fragrant rice. Sugarcane can become one of the foods for "supplementing winter" because there has always been a folk saying that "beginning of winter eats sugarcane without pain", which means that the sugarcane of "beginning of winter" is ripe and will not get angry after eating it. At this time, "eating sugar cane" can not only protect teeth, but also play a nourishing role.

In the north, beginning of winter has the custom of eating jiaozi. In the north, it is the custom to eat jiaozi in winter, because jiaozi looks like ears. People think that if you eat them, your ears won't catch a cold in winter. Beginning of winter, wrapped in jiaozi, tastes different from Chinese cabbage, but also dipped in vinegar and rotten garlic to eat, just don't have a taste.

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Custom:

Winter is cold and sickly, and it is also a time when people's physical resistance is weak, so it is natural to supplement nutrition. Therefore, the ancients had the custom of "winter supplements winter".

Winter tonic is different from autumn, paying more attention to high-calorie food. For example, in Fujian, on this day in early winter, four kinds of herbs, eight treasures and so on. It is used for stewing meat. Dog meat, mutton and pork chops are commonly used. Some places in Zhejiang call beginning of winter "nourishing winter", which means nourishing the body.

For example, in Dongtou, Zhejiang Province, beginning of winter will kill chickens or ducks to stew for his family, and he must pay attention to eating at dawn (7 am to 9 am); In some places, pig's trotters should be stewed for tonic on this day, which is said to prevent frostbite of hands and feet in winter. In Taiwan Province Province, mutton restaurants and ginger ducks will do well in the streets of beginning of winter on this day, which are the favorite tonics of local people.

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