Why do southerners drink chicken soup on the solstice in winter?

According to folklore, drinking chicken soup on the solstice in winter can make up for a year.

For "old Nanjing", chicken soup is a reserved dish on the table from winter to Sunday. The Yangzi Evening News reporter saw in several food markets in Longjiang that although the winter solstice has not yet arrived, old hens have begun to sell well. A citizen said that many people buy chickens from winter to Sunday every year, and this year they simply buy chickens in advance. According to folklore, drinking chicken soup on the solstice in winter can make up for a year.

In the past, people took supplements from the winter solstice to do farm work in the next spring, but for modern people who pay attention to health care, winter is a good time to take supplements. Naturally, you won't miss nourishing old chicken soup on the solstice in winter, and some exquisite people will also add astragalus and ginseng.

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Health experts remind us that we should make good use of two kinds of "jiaozi" in the solar term from winter to Sunday.

1, the first kind of jiaozi is for eating. As the saying goes, "jiaozi brings soup on the solstice in winter, so it is not afraid of frostbite".

Jiaozi was originally a dietotherapy method to prevent frostbite, which was invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in the Han Dynasty with the reputation of being a doctor, to treat people's ear frostbite. At first, it was mainly mixed with herbs for dispelling cold and promoting blood circulation, wrapped in dough into the shape of ears, and cooked in hot soup for people with frostbite.

Winter solstice solar terms, might as well eat some leek eggs, carrots, mutton, coriander meat stuffing jiaozi, help warm qi and blood, increase calories.

2. The second kind of "jiaozi" grows on us, which is our ears.

Ears are not only human hearing organs, but also have many health-care functions by massaging them. Chinese medicine believes that the kidney opens in the ear. After the winter solstice, people with poor blood circulation or kidney-yang deficiency are more likely to suffer from ear frostbite. Massage your ears often at this time, which is helpful to the health care of the kidneys and the smooth flow of qi and blood.

China Jiangsu Net-Tomorrow is the "Winter Solstice", and the old Nanjing people want to drink chicken soup.

People's Daily Online-On the solstice of winter, don't forget to drink the old hen soup.