Why do Guangxi people eat jiaozi instead of jiaozi on the solstice in winter?

Eating jiaozi from winter solstice is a custom in the north, mainly to commemorate the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing, but Guangxi belongs to the south geographically, and usually the custom from winter solstice is to eat glutinous rice balls; Rice is grown in the south. Tangyuan is made of glutinous rice. Wheat is grown in the north, and jiaozi is made of flour.

Eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter is particularly popular in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is a folk saying that "eating jiaozi is one year older". Tangyuan is also called jiaozi, and eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter is also called "jiaozi on the solstice in winter". Now, jiaozi can be eaten all year round, not only in winter solstice.

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It is understood that eating jiaozi is also one of the traditional customs during the winter solstice. Chaoshan people in Guangdong call the solstice of winter the winter festival. On the solstice in winter, they also have the custom of eating dumplings. There is a saying that eating dumplings on the solstice in winter makes them one year older, which means eating dumplings on the solstice in winter makes them one year older. The custom of eating glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter is especially popular in the south of the Yangtze River. Before the winter solstice, people in the south of the Yangtze River often use glutinous rice flour to make dough, and wrap jiaozi with fillings such as lean meat, apples, bean paste and shredded radish.

For Jiangnan people, "Tangyuan" is a necessary food from winter to Sunday. Because "round" means "reunion" and "perfection", eating glutinous rice balls in winter solstice is also called "winter solstice group", which is a blessing for family reunion in the coming year. In addition, there is a custom of eating red beans and glutinous rice for the whole family in Jiangnan water town from winter to Japanese.