What traditional food does Hangzhou eat on the solstice in winter?

Hangzhou rice cake: Hangzhou people like to eat rice cakes on the solstice in winter to celebrate. Every winter solstice, they will make cakes to worship their ancestors or give them to relatives and friends. In diet, three meals will make different flavors of rice cakes, such as rice cakes mixed with sesame powder and sugar, fried rice cakes with shredded pork and so on. People in Hangzhou eat rice cakes on the solstice in winter for good luck, which means getting old.

2. Tang Guo, Ningbo: "Eating Tang Guo is one year older". Tang Guo is a must-eat food in Ningbo from winter to morning. The ingredients of Tang Guo are similar to those of glutinous rice balls, but there is no stuffing in them. Now Ningbo people celebrate the winter solstice. They will change the soup into glutinous rice flour and add sweet potato granules. This is the so-called sweet potato soup.

3, turnip baked rice cake: Ningbo people love to eat "turnip baked rice cake" the day before winter solstice, Ningbo people generally do not go out, the whole family has the custom of eating turnip baked rice cake early in winter solstice. The smell of kohlrabi has become a unique rural food in Ningbo during the winter solstice, which is unforgettable. On the eve of winter solstice, every family bakes kohlrabi, and the fire in the big stove is very prosperous. Wash kohlrabi, peel and cut into pieces, and don't waste leaves.

4. Fermented dumplings: Fermented dumplings are famous snacks in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, which are not only used to entertain guests, but also eaten during festivals. In Ningbo's winter solstice custom, fermented jiaozi is one of the must-eat delicacies.

5, hemp: Wenzhou hemp is actually made of glutinous rice balls, and some white sugar and bean paste are rolled on the surface. Every winter solstice, this kind of soft glutinous hemp will be popular in the streets of Wenzhou.

6. Wonton: As the saying goes, "Winter solstice wonton, summer solstice noodle" is very popular until now. In Shaoxing, eating a bowl of hot wonton on the solstice in winter is the standard of the festival.