Do only southerners eat jiaozi on the winter solstice?

It is a traditional custom in China to eat glutinous rice balls in winter in the south of Japan, especially in the south of the Yangtze River.

Winter solstice is an important solar term in China folk tradition, and it is known as "winter solstice is a big year". Eating jiaozi is a traditional custom in China from winter solstice, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. In Jiangnan water town, there is a custom that the whole family get together to eat red beans and glutinous rice in the evening from winter to Sunday. Traditional Gusu people will drink winter wine on the night of winter solstice. Winter wine is a kind of rice wine, which is brewed with sweet-scented osmanthus and has a pleasant aroma.

On the solstice of winter, Minnan people not only worship the heavens and ancestors, but also eat ginger duck, an isothermal food, to supplement them. There is a tradition of steaming "muffins" on the solstice of winter in Foshan. The muffin steamed by rice flour fermentation has many fine holes, which means that it is a great success. Most Cantonese people will "add vegetables" on the solstice in winter, and barbecue has become an indispensable traditional food on the table.

Rebuilding the county annals of Taiwan province during the Qianlong period: "On the winter solstice, making rice balls at home is called' Adding Year', which is the so-called' Asian Year' in ancient times. Each door is glued with a pill, which is called' consumption'. "

During the Daoguang period, Luoyuan County Records said: "On the first night of the winter solstice, rice was crushed into jade crumbs, reunited when it was young, and kneaded into pills. The grandfather who was recommended next time stuck to the threshold and became a yang. "

There is also a place to eat wonton in the south of winter solstice, and there is a legend about the custom of Suzhou people eating wonton in winter solstice. According to legend, at a banquet in wuyue during the Spring and Autumn Period, the prince of Wu was tired of eating delicacies and lost his appetite. Beauty Stone went into the chef and wrapped a snack for him. The king of Wu swallowed a big bowl in one breath and repeatedly asked, "What kind of snack is this, so delicious?"

"Stone thought, the confused monarch can't get rid of chaos, so he casually replied," chaos. In order to commemorate the wisdom and creation of stone, Suzhou people regard it as the appropriate food for the winter festival.

The custom of eating wonton on the solstice was very popular in the Southern Song Dynasty. People in Lin 'an eat wonton on the solstice in winter, which started as a sacrifice to their ancestors and gradually became popular. Up to now, the names of wonton we have seen are different from place to place. Most places such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang are called wonton, while Guangdong is called wonton, Hubei is called noodles, Jiangxi is called clear soup, Sichuan is called wonton, Xinjiang is called Ququ and so on.

In some areas, there is a custom of steaming winter from winter to Sunday. It is a paradox to steam corn with whole grain flour. It is said that steaming winter is to pray for wind in the coming year. The folk song says, "Steaming in winter, steaming in winter, there is wind in the field." In ancient times, steaming winter was to celebrate the sun solstice. After the winter solstice, the sun was born, just as Du Fu wrote in his poem, "The sun was born in the winter solstice, and spring came again."