Winter Solstice Folk Foods

What are the folk foods of winter solstice? Dumplings, dumplings, glutinous rice, mochi, wontons, mutton soup and so on.

1, dumplings

In the north, the winter solstice has the custom of eating dumplings. Dumplings, in the Chinese food culture tradition, can be said to occupy an important place, from home cooking, to important banquets, from medicinal meals, to holiday customs, dumplings accompanied the Chinese people for thousands of years, in a way, there is no food, can be like dumplings, almost become a symbol of Chinese cuisine.

2, dumplings

In the south, the winter solstice to eat dumplings, means "reunion", "complete", the folk also have "eaten dumplings a year older," said. Tangyuan is loved by many people.

3, glutinous rice

In southern China, there is the winter solstice night the whole family get together *** eat red beans and glutinous rice custom.

4, patties

In some places in the south, patties are eaten on the winter solstice. Mochi is a kind of food made from steamed and pounded glutinous rice, and is a popular delicacy in some parts of southern China.

5, wontons

In Beijing, there is a proverb that says "winter solstice wontons and summer solstice noodles". In the past, Beijing had a winter solstice to eat wontons, wontons of this kind of food to symbolize the reunion of the winter solstice table can be said to be the first choice. Wontons are known by many names, including "flat meat", "flat food", "soup cake", "not to" and so on.

6, mutton soup

Mutton soup is a dish, the production of raw materials are mainly mutton, chili oil, pepper, salt, etc., the soup white, fat and not greasy, no stink, all over the country have their own distinctive local snacks.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Winter Solstice