What kind of custom food does South beginning of winter eat?

Beginning of winter in the south eats these kinds of folk foods: fermented yellow rice wine, red bean glutinous rice, jiaozi, green onion, ginger duck, sesame chicken and so on.

First, brew yellow rice wine.

For Shaoxing people, the special significance of beginning of winter lies in yellow rice wine. From this day on, yellow rice wine can be brewed. Winter is the most suitable season for wine fermentation with low temperature and clear water. Therefore, Shaoxing people regard the next year's trip from beginning of winter to beginning of spring as the most suitable time to brew yellow rice wine, which is called "winter brewing" to pray for happiness.

Second, red bean glutinous rice

In Jiangnan water town, there is a custom that the whole family get together to eat red beans and glutinous rice at the beginning of winter night. Made of red beans and glutinous rice with sugar, it is soft and sweet, and it is especially popular to cook a pot of steaming glutinous rice in cold winter.

Third, jiaozi.

A big custom in beginning of winter is "eating jiaozi". Jiaozi is spherical, which means round and round. They are similar to the Lantern Festival in the north and bigger than it.

Fourth, green onions

There is a folk saying that "jiaozi in the north eats onions, and mutton in copper pots is good for winter". Every time I go to beginning of winter, the elderly Nanjing people will buy some onions and dip them in sauce or vinegar, or cut them with sesame oil, monosodium glutamate and salt and mix them well, or cut them raw.

Five, ginger duck

Ginger duck originated in Quanzhou, Fujian, and later spread to other parts of China and even overseas. It is a famous traditional snack of Han nationality in Fujian.

Six, sesame chicken

Many places in the south have the custom of eating stewed chicken with sesame oil in beginning of winter solar terms. Chicken with sesame oil belongs to Sichuan cuisine.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Shaoxing City

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Shanghai