What custom foods do Cantonese people eat on the solstice in winter?

1, eat barbecue on the solstice in winter.

It is reported that on the winter solstice, most Cantonese people have the custom of "adding vegetables" to eat meat from the winter solstice. Among them, barbecue is an indispensable traditional food for Cantonese people on the table from winter to Sunday. After offering sacrifices to ancestors, the whole family prepared a table of big fish, big meat and bacon sausages, and ate a meal with laughter, praying for good luck in the coming year.

Some Cantonese also have the custom of sending bacon to relatives and friends on the solstice in winter. To this end, supermarkets have carefully set up a thriving sausage shop, which is filled with all kinds of bacon, sausages, cured ducks, ham, bacon and so on. Not only in bulk, but also in bags, so that the public can get what they need.

2. Eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter.

Eating glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter is a traditional custom in China, especially in Guangdong. There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls is one year older". There is also a custom in Guangzhou, that is, at noon from the winter solstice, the whole family will eat jiaozi as a sign of reunion.

Chinese medicine believes that glutinous rice is sweet and warm, which can nourish the healthy qi of human body. After eating it, you will have a fever all over your body and play a role in keeping out the cold and nourishing. Best for winter. It is worth reminding that glutinous rice is not easy to digest, and friends with poor gastrointestinal function and digestive function are not suitable for eating more dumplings.

3. Eat duck soup on the solstice in winter

Guangdong winter solstice food and duck soup. The solstice in winter is the most suitable time for health preservation and food supplement. If it is suitable to eat angelica and ginger mutton soup before the winter solstice against Yin Qi, then after the winter solstice, you can choose old duck soup to nourish yin and moisten dryness, and calm down the heat in the body.

Duck's medicinal properties are cold, and its "qi" is relatively peaceful. For people with weak constitution and yin deficiency, eating duck soup can play a role in nourishing yin. At the same time, the nutritional value and medicinal value of duck meat are very high, and the therapeutic effect is obvious. Except those with yin deficiency, the elderly, children prone to respiratory diseases such as cough and cold, young and middle-aged people who often feel tired, and female friends with dry skin can choose to drink duck soup often, while nourishing yin and moistening dryness.

4. Eat dog meat on the solstice in winter.

As the winter solstice approaches, dogs and sheep suffer. Every winter solstice, we have the habit of eating dog meat and mutton. Dog hot pot is delicious, but people eat it one after another in winter solstice, not entirely for gluttony. The article "Dog Meat" in Compendium of Materia Medica records that dog meat can protect five internal organs, repair injuries, lighten the body, invigorate qi, invigorate kidney, replenish stomach qi, strengthen yang, warm the waist and knees, replenish qi, and repair five strains and seven injuries ... Dog meat is not only tender and delicious, but also rich in nutrition, and it produces a lot of heat and has strong ability to keep warm and keep out the cold.

It is said that the custom of eating dog meat on the solstice began in the Han Dynasty. According to legend, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu, ate dog meat on the solstice in winter, which made him feel particularly delicious and full of praise. Since then, the custom of eating dog meat from winter solstice has been formed among the people. Nowadays, people eat dog meat, mutton and all kinds of nutritious food on the solstice of winter, which is a good sign for the coming year.

5. Eat raw fish on the solstice in winter.

Qu Dajun's "Guangdong New Language" records: "As the saying goes, fish grows in the sun in winter and dog meat grows in the sun in summer." In the late Qing Dynasty, Current Affairs Pictorial published Guangdong, saying, "There are only two big meals. I eat raw fish on the solstice in winter and smell dog meat on the solstice in summer. Dog meat can't be eaten, and fish is juicy and refreshing. "

It is recorded in the book: "Cantonese people have many opportunities for fish to live. Those who fished the fish out of the water at the beginning, skinned them, washed their blood and cut them into pieces Red muscles are white and light as cicadas, which set each other off. Ivory wine, salt and pepper. The entrance is instant, and the number is dry. " It can be seen that raw fish is so delicious.

6. Eat Ciba on the solstice in winter

There are many records about winter solstice cakes in Lingnan literature. For example, Qu Dajun's "Yue Xin Yu" said: "The solstice in winter is the winter pill of rice." Gan Long's Guangdong Tongzhi said: "The solstice in winter is a winter feast." Chen Li's "Xiangshan County Records" said: "When you cook cage cakes on the winter solstice, the biggest one must be several meters. Those who cook with sugar are called sweet cakes, otherwise they are called white cakes; Those who cook with bean shell ash and powder say "rice cake"; Yellow leaf juice and powder cookers are called yellow leaf cakes; Cooking glutinous rice for rice, making cakes is white. " One kind of pastry mentioned in these documents is called "Zi", and in some places it is also called Zi.