What are the traditional customs of hibernation

1, eat pear

In some areas in the north of China, there are hibernation this day to eat the habit of pear, meaning away from the pests. Spring climate is relatively dry, eating pears can produce fluids to quench thirst, nourish yin and clear heat, for the dry mouth and tongue also has a certain role in assisting.

2, fried soybeans

In some areas, there is a day of hibernation fried soybean custom, first soybeans soaked in salted water, and then fished out and drained, put in the pan fried, soybeans in the pot crackling sound, like pests in the pot by the suffering of the sound of bouncing, the symbol of the elimination of pests.

3, fried corn

In some areas of Guangxi, people have in the hibernation of the day to eat fried corn habit, in fact, people think of corn as pests, eat corn is to eat pests, the symbol of eliminating pests.

4, drink mash wine

In fact, mash wine is glutinous rice wine, mash wine is very rich in nutrients, weak spleen and stomach drink more to help lift the gas to make up for the deficiency, can make up for the lungs of the cold, but also beauty, often drink to the human skin. It is also customary to eat egg pancakes mixed with mustard juice to get rid of excess cold in the body.

The above reference? Baidu Encyclopedia - Hibernation