Why should we eat Winter Solstice porridge during the Winter Solstice?

Boiling/eating Winter Solstice porridge is a Korean winter solstice dietary custom. Make porridge with rice, red beans, and kneaded glutinous rice balls, and season with salt. It has the effect of repelling cold and is also used to entertain guests during the Winter Solstice. It is a traditional delicacy eaten during the Winter Solstice every year.

Due to the saying that "Qi starts from the winter solstice", the winter solstice is called a health holiday. From this day on, the human body's life activities gradually weaken and the metabolism begins to slow down. During this season, you can replenish your own energy by looking for some food containing protein, vitamins and other nutrients. Porridge is a delicacy suitable for replenishing energy and maintaining health. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that porridge can replenish deficiency, strengthen the spleen and stomach, replenish yin fluid, and is the most suitable for nourishing people. Therefore, eating Winter Solstice porridge has become a dietary custom during the Winter Solstice Festival.