Why Ningbo people eat dashi on the winter solstice

The day before the winter solstice, Ningbo people generally do not go out, the winter solstice festival early in the morning there is the custom of the whole family to eat dashi baked rice cake. The aroma of dashi has become a unique flavor of Ningbo winter solstice countryside cuisine, which is unforgettable for people to eat. On the night before the winter solstice festival, every family roasts the dachshund, the fire of the big stove is burning brightly, the dachshund is washed, peeled and cut into pieces, and the leaves are not to be wasted.

It is believed that in China's folk winter solstice festival this day there must be a lot of customs and habits, the winter solstice, commonly known as the "winter festival", "long solstice festival" or "sub year" and so on. The winter solstice is an important festival in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar, and is also a traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The winter solstice has always been regarded as a big festival of winter, and in ancient times, there was a saying that "the winter solstice is as big as the year". Therefore, all over the world this day are particularly elaborate, its food habits are also different.