The winter solstice is the shortest day and the longest night north of the earth's equator.
In Chinese folk, known as "the winter solstice is as big as the year", it is of great significance to folk life, and many areas have special customs to celebrate the winter solstice.
Eat dumplings
The custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice is said to have originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty and is related to the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing. On the winter solstice, he saw that many poor people had frostbite on their ears, so he chopped up mutton, chili peppers, and some cold-warding herbs, wrapped them in dough, cooked them, and gave them to the poor to eat.
In honor of the event, the food was named "dumpling ear" or "dumpling" and gradually became a traditional food on the winter solstice.
Drink mutton broth
Legend has it that Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, once ate the mutton boiled by Fan Hao on the day of the winter solstice, and thought it was very delicious and praised it.
Since then, the custom of eating mutton on the winter solstice has been formed among the people, in order to have a good omen in the coming year.
Red bean sticky rice
In some areas of the south, they gather on the night of the winter solstice to eat red beans and sticky rice, which is said to ward off disasters.
In addition, eating some glutinous rice and red beans on a cold winter day also provides the body with plant protein and a variety of trace elements to improve the body's immunity.
Roasted meat with ginger rice
In the south, some areas have the custom of eating roasted meat on the winter solstice day - on the day of the winter solstice, the dried roasted meat slices are put on a plate, and then the cut ginger slices are washed, dried and mashed, put into a specific container that has been heated, after boiling with oil, add crushed ginger and the glutinous rice washed before, stir-fry until fragrant, add water, and it is ginger rice after cooking.
In addition to diet, we also need to pay attention to keeping warm in daily life, such as adding clothes for yourself and your family, and paying attention to whether the cold-proof function of doors and windows at home is normal, so as to spend this winter healthily.
There are already willows on the shore, and they want to lead spring to come. "The winter solstice has arrived, I wish you the winter solstice Kangtai and enjoy a peaceful life.