The folklore of winter solstice

The folklore of winter solstice

One winter was particularly cold, and many people were infected with cold diseases. Zhang Zhongjing is busy treating people

The folklore of winter solstice

One winter was particularly cold, and many people were infected with cold diseases. Zhang Zhongjing is busy treating people all day and has no time to rest. One day, Zhang Zhongjing came home after treating the patient. The wind was biting, and it was snowing all the way. Although wearing a thick cotton-padded coat, Zhang Zhongjing was shivering with cold. When passing through the streets of the town, he saw some poor people in rags. Because they don't have cotton-padded clothes and wear them too thinly, their faces are covered with chilblains, and many people's ears are red with cold, even festering and purring. Zhang Zhongjing is kind-hearted, and it is hard to see the scene in front of him.

When Zhang Zhongjing came home, he was still thinking about those poor people with frozen ears. He wanted to help them with his medical skills, so he bought a lot of herbs and mutton to drive away the cold. On the solstice of winter, he led his disciples to set up a shed in an open space in Dongguan, a small town, and set up a large iron pot to cook mutton, peppers and those herbs in the pot. After cooking, take it out and chop it up, wrap it in dough, knead it into spaghetti like ears, and finally cook it in a pot. The cooked pasta is tender and delicious. This is a medicine that can treat chilblain. Zhang Zhongjing named it? Quhan Joule Decoction? .

The fragrance attracted many people. Zhang Zhongjing asked his apprentice to give everyone a big bowl of soup and two charming ears. After eating Joule and drinking cold soup, people only feel hot all over, their ears are burning, and it won't be cold immediately, as if they had drunk hot wine. Everyone is very grateful to Zhang Zhongjing. To everyone's surprise, the broken ear healed magically within half a month.

Later, every winter solstice, people will take Zhang Zhongjing as an example. Joule? Make pasta to eat. Joule? It has gradually become the jiaozi that people often say today. According to folklore, as long as you eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter, you won't get frostbite in winter.

Folklore of winter solstice II

In old Beijing before? Winter solstice wonton and summer solstice noodles? Statement. According to legend, during the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu in the north often harassed the frontier, and the people were restless. At that time, there were two leaders, Xiongnu tribe and Tun tribe, which were very cruel. People hated it, so they wrapped it in meat and took it away. Hun？ With what? Hush, cry for help? Wonton? . I hate eating, and I want to quell the war and live a peaceful life. Because wonton was originally made on the winter solstice, every family eats wonton on the winter solstice.

Folklore of winter solstice 3

In Jiangnan water town, there is a custom that the whole family get together to eat red beans and glutinous rice on a winter solstice night. According to legend, there was a man named Gong. His son was incompetent and evil. He died on the Winter Solstice. Become a plague ghost after death and continue to harm the people. However, this epidemic ghost is most afraid of red beans, so people cook red bean rice from winter solstice to drive away the epidemic ghost and prevent diseases.

The folklore of winter until the fourth day.

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 of Han Dynasty, ate dog meat cooked by Fan Kuai on the solstice in winter, which was 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.