What to eat on winter solstice

Winter Solstice Food

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Eating dumplings on the winter solstice is a traditional custom in our country, and in the north there is a saying that "if you don't take the bowl of dumplings on the winter solstice, you'll freeze your ears off and no one will care". It is said that because the winter solstice is the coldest day of the year in the north, there will be frozen off the ears of a saying, so in the north, whether rich or poor families will eat dumplings. Dumplings and prosperity, and beauty, reunion symbol, because the dumplings are shaped like a Yuanbao, Yuanbao has the meaning of wealth, eating dumplings have the meaning of looking forward to wealth, dumplings "and noodles" and have the meaning of peace and beauty, rolled out the dumplings skin round, but also has the meaning of reunion.

NO.2.soup dumplings

Winter solstice food

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Winter solstice to eat soup dumplings is also a traditional custom in our country, in the south of the Yangtze River is particularly prevalent, in the Song Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River on the winter solstice to eat dumplings of custom. Soup dumplings are also called soup dumplings, and eating soup dumplings on the winter solstice is called the winter solstice group. Soup dumplings symbolize the reunion of beauty, eat soup dumplings in the winter solstice this day means that the family reunion.

NO.3. patties

Winter solstice food

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In the south of some places patties is also the winter solstice dietary traditions, according to legend, winter solstice to eat patties there is a saying is to worship the cow god, in the hearts of the ancient laboring people cattle is a very high status, it is said that there is a farmer tired of work, sitting in the ground to eat patties, the cow saw it felt When the ox saw this, it felt that it was not rewarded for its silent labor, and it shed tears on the side. Perhaps the farmer understood what the cow meant, and gave the cow a little bit of the patties, and the cow was very happy after eating them, and plowed the land again with great effort. Later, people used the patties to worship the cow god.

NO.4. Mutton Soup

Winter Solstice Cuisine

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Because mutton contains a lot of calories, it can provide energy to the human body to resist the cold winter, and the taste of mutton is also very delicious. It is also a symbol of peace and prosperity, and eating mutton soup is a way to look forward to a good omen in the coming year. So on the winter solstice, people will eat lamb as a custom passed down.