Suzhou winter solstice night customs

Suzhou winter solstice night custom is zero copy of winter wine, brine, winter solstice dumplings, Su-style warm pot, red bean congee, wontons.

1, zero copies of winter wine

Suzhou has a saying "winter solstice night not drink winter wine, is to freeze all night", winter wine for the Suzhou people can be said to be the winter solstice night dinner table essential drinks.

2, brine

Suzhou people over the winter solstice night always have seven or eight plates of cold pots to open the way, so the winter solstice night, Suzhou, large and small brine store in front of a long line.

3. Winter Solstice Dumplings

Before the winter solstice, Suzhou families grind flour to make dumplings and fill them with fresh meat, bean paste, sesame seeds, and shredded radish, which are called "winter solstice dumplings".

4, Su-style warm pot

The main event of the winter solstice night reunion dinner, the warm pot with a cabbage base, egg dumplings, meatballs, salted chicken, popping fish, asparagus, salted meat, quail eggs, fish balls and other ingredients in a circle, arranged neatly, add broth, the stove fire to keep warm.

5, adzuki bean porridge

As early as the Wei and Jin Dynasties, people believe that red is the color of yang, so drinking adzuki bean porridge on the winter solstice can be said to be logical. And mentioned the red bean porridge Suzhou people to the spirit, which is not the childhood eat sugar porridge it!

6, wontons

Eat wontons, as the saying goes, "said the northern dumplings, southern wontons", wontons through the "Chaos", meaning to eat the "chaotic world", and also a peaceful world, to meet the happiness. It means to eat the "chaotic world" and return a peaceful world to welcome the happiness and light.