What traditional foods do southerners eat? What food do southerners eat?

1, glutinous rice. In mild cold and severe cold, Lao Guang pays attention to eating "warm hat" (meaning warm) glutinous rice to achieve the effect of nourishing and expelling cold. Folk believe that the sugar content of glutinous rice is higher than that of rice, and it feels warm after eating, which is conducive to driving out the cold. Traditional Chinese medicine theory holds that glutinous rice has the effect of tonifying middle energizer and benefiting qi, and it is most suitable to eat glutinous rice in cold season. In addition, glutinous rice means warmth, and from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, "warm hat" is even more auspicious.

2. Chicken soup. Adding Chinese herbal medicine "medicated chicken soup" to chicken soup is not only very tonic, but also plays a role in diet therapy. Adding yam, dodder and Eucommia ulmoides into chicken soup for the elderly has the functions of tonifying kidney and resisting aging. People who are physically weak and sick can add Radix Astragali, Rhizoma Polygonati and Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae into chicken soup, which has the functions of benefiting qi, nourishing lung, regulating immunity and preventing colds. White-collar workers add Lycium barbarum, Poria cocos and Lily to chicken soup, which has the health care functions of nourishing the heart, calming the nerves and resisting fatigue. Young women add Polygonatum odoratum, Semen Cuscutae and Fructus Ligustri Lucidi to chicken soup, which has the function of beautifying face.

3. Eight-treasure rice. There are many meanings why people especially like rice with eight treasures. First, Babao rice is often served late at banquets, similar to western desserts, while Hainan people prefer sweets. Second, take its auspicious meaning, because whether it is the name of "eight treasures" or "lily" (meaning of a hundred years of harmony), "red dates" (meaning of early birth) and "lotus seeds" (meaning of continuous life) in its materials, in addition, the shape and sweetness of eight-treasure rice also have full and sweet meanings.