On the winter solstice, what else do you eat besides jiaozi?

Besides jiaozi, we also eat glutinous rice balls, Ciba, mutton, crispy rice and rice made of butter, brown sugar and glutinous rice on the solstice in winter.

1, eat dumplings

On the winter solstice, there is a saying that "the north eats jiaozi and the south eats glutinous rice balls". In Jiangnan, eating zongzi is very popular in winter solstice, also known as "Winter solstice group". In Yunnan, the first choice for eating glutinous rice balls in winter solstice is "Sixi glutinous rice balls", which symbolizes "Fulu Xi Shou". Eating glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter, four in a bowl, respectively symbolizes "Fulu Xi Shou". I ate dumplings full of happiness and fat for nothing, and they became soft and waxy after boiling. With a gentle bite, the sweet stuffing can't wait to flow out. It's sweet and delicious.

2. eat a gas bar

In Yunnan, in addition to glutinous rice balls, the traditional food from winter to Sunday is Ciba. According to tradition, in some places, the winter solstice will be glutinous rice, and in the early morning of the winter solstice, the locals will wash the glutinous rice and soak it in wooden barrels. After the rice is soaked, steam the soaked glutinous rice, then pick up the pestle, accompanied by "Hey!" The voice stood up rhythmically.

Baked Bazin should be eaten with honey or glutinous rice flour, which is made of chopped flower kernels, sesame seeds, brown sugar and bean paste. And the peanuts should not be too broken. Well-made Ciba is warm and delicious, with a sweet bite and full of chewiness, happiness will also spread.

Step 3 eat mutton

There are many ways to eat mutton, such as rinse, roast, fry and stir-fry, but in many places in Yunnan, people still like stew. In Yunnan, slaughtering sheep and cooking soup is a necessary food for the Yi people to celebrate the Year of the Yi people from winter to Sunday every year.

Step 4 eat a pot

In the winter solstice in central and southern Yunnan, people will also eat an authentic old-fashioned hot pot called a boiling pot. It is said that this custom began with Mongolians who entered Yunnan in the Yuan Dynasty. The hot pot is full of hot air. When you take a bite, your body becomes warm from the inside out. It is one of the foods to drive away the cold in winter and is deeply loved by people.

5. Eat ghee, brown sugar and glutinous rice

The winter solstice festival is an important folk festival in Deqin, the ancient city of Diqing. On the morning of the solstice in winter, locals will eat a bowl of hot butter, brown sugar and glutinous rice to open the door to the cold winter. The production of ghee brown sugar glutinous rice is relatively simple. As the name implies, just steam the glutinous rice, add the cut fresh ghee and add brown sugar, and it will be made into "ghee brown sugar glutinous rice".