What do you eat on the solstice in Suzhou in winter?

Suzhou eats winter solstice jiaozi, winter solstice wine, mutton soup and so on.

1, winter solstice in jiaozi.

Winter solstice jiaozi is a kind of jiaozi made of glutinous rice flour, with various fillings, such as meat, vegetables and bean paste. On the winter solstice, every family will eat jiaozi to celebrate. Eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter symbolizes reunion and harmony, and also has a good meaning of praying for a bumper harvest in the coming year.

2. Winter solstice wine

In Suzhou, the winter solstice is an important sacrificial festival. People will worship their ancestors and burn incense and paper. At the time of sacrifice, people will drink a kind of yellow wine called "Winter Solstice Wine". At the same time, on the solstice of winter, people will brew their own yellow wine to welcome the Spring Festival.

3. Mutton soup

Mutton soup is one of the traditional cuisines from winter solstice in Suzhou. People will drink mutton soup on the solstice in winter. The mutton soup in Suzhou is light and refreshing, with seasonings such as chopped green onion and coriander, and it tastes delicious. In addition, mutton soup symbolizes reunion and harmony, so on the solstice of winter, people will drink mutton soup with their families to celebrate the festival.

Traditional customs of winter solstice

1, draw nine

The so-called Figure 9 is actually a graph to calculate the warm date from winter to the following spring. In the Ming Dynasty, "A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital" contained: "From winter to the sun, draw a plum flower, one in eighty petals. Dye one petal a day, and 99 petals will come out, then the spring will be deep, saying that 99 will eliminate the cold. " There are three patterns in "99 Cold Map", namely characters, circles and plum blossoms.

Step 2 brew rice wine

Traditional Gusu people will drink winter wine on the night of winter solstice, and the winter wine will be brewed with glutinous rice or yellow rice and osmanthus.

Step 3 eat glutinous rice balls

Eating dumplings is a traditional custom from winter solstice, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. "Tangyuan" is an indispensable food in winter solstice, and "round" means "reunion" and "perfection". Eating glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter is also called "the solstice in winter". There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls makes you one year older".