beginning of winter eats sugar cane and fried rice in Chaoshan area of Guangdong, and dumplings in the north.

In Chaoshan area of Guangdong, beginning of winter wants to eat sugar cane and stir-fried rice. Sugarcane can become one of the foods for "supplementing winter" because there has always been a folk saying that "eating sugarcane in beginning of winter is painless", which means that the sugarcane in "beginning of winter" is ripe and does not get angry when eaten. At this time, "eating sugarcane" can not only protect teeth, but also play a nourishing role.

beginning of winter has the custom of eating dumplings in the north. In the north, it is the custom in beginning of winter to eat jiaozi, because dumplings look like ears, and people think that if you eat them, your ears will not get cold in winter. Beginning of winter, wrapped in jiaozi, tastes different from Chinese cabbage, but also dipped in vinegar and rotten garlic to eat, just don't have a taste.

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It is cold and sickly in winter, and it is also when people's physical resistance is weak, so they naturally need to be supplemented with nutrition. Therefore, the ancients had the custom of "replenishing winter in winter".

Different from autumn, winter tonic pays more attention to high-calorie food. For example, in Fujian, on this day in beginning of winter, four kinds of herbs, eight treasures, etc. are used to stew meat. Generally, dog meat, mutton and pork chops are used. Some places in Zhejiang call beginning of winter "nourishing winter", which means nourishing the body.

For example, in Dongtou, Zhejiang Province, beginning of winter will kill chickens or ducks to stew for his family, and he must pay attention to eating at dawn (7: to 9: a.m.). In some places, it is necessary to stew pig's trotters for tonic on this day, which is said to prevent frostbite of hands and feet in winter. In Taiwan Province, mutton restaurants and ginger ducks will do well in the streets of beginning of winter on this day, which is the local people's favorite tonic.

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