Where is the custom of burning eggs with longan?

The winter solstice is the shortest day and the longest night in the northern hemisphere. In Jiaxing, Zhejiang, there is a custom of eating longan and burning eggs on the night of winter solstice. Winter solstice is a traditional festival in China, and there has always been a folk saying that "winter solstice is like a year". On the night of winter solstice, that is, the night before winter solstice, different places have different eating customs. Some places eat jiaozi, some places eat jiaozi, and some places eat noodles on the solstice in winter. The custom handed down from Jiaxing is to eat longan and burn eggs.

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An old saying goes like this: Some people eat all day in winter, but they don't have to eat all night. It means that eating it can warm a winter. So every winter solstice night, the family will cook a pot of longan and boiled eggs. In winter solstice night, eating a bowl of longan boiled eggs can not only satisfy hunger, but also play a nourishing role. The custom of eating longan and burning eggs on winter nights has continued to this day.

Nutrition experts say that eggs are rich in nutrition, and longan has the function of replenishing qi and blood. The combination of the two can not only tonify qi and blood, but also dispel cold and warm the body. On the day of winter solstice, it is familiar to eat a bowl of hot longan boiled eggs. Add two spoonfuls of brown sugar-crush the egg in sugar water, dip it in, eat a soft glutinous longan and drink a sweet soup. It is really sweet and warm to the heart, sweet and warm for a whole year!