What traditional food does Beijing cold eat?

The traditional food eaten in Beijing's great cold is rice cakes. The custom of eating rice cakes has a long history in Beijing. It is called "cold-dispelling cake" because the sugar content of glutinous rice is higher than that of rice, and the whole body feels warm after eating it. Moreover, people choose to eat rice cakes on the day of "great cold", which also means "high year", which means good luck and good luck, peace every year and rising step by step. Therefore, in the custom of old Beijing, it is cold and the whole family eats rice cakes, which is auspicious and can dispel the chill.

Brief introduction of great cold

Great cold is the last solar term in a year. At this point, it has been closed for several years. Many people all over the country have begun to prepare for the Spring Festival, and many people make up for it during this period, or eat some traditional foods suitable for the occasion, such as glutinous rice, eight-treasure rice, chicken soup and so on.

In the cold season, it is still necessary to conform to the characteristics of seclusion in winter. In order to avoid the attack of cold wind, we should go to bed early and get up late, combine work and rest, add warm clothes according to our own situation when going out, and eat some sweet vegetables such as cabbage, rape, carrots and cauliflower.

The Great Cold is the last solar term of the Lunar New Year, and it is also recognized as a good time for tonic. A healthy diet should be bitter in Xian Yi to nourish the heart, and hot in order to avoid damaging the yang of the spleen and stomach, but it is not advisable to eat more hot and dry things.