In terms of health preservation, the solstice in winter is a good opportunity for health preservation, mainly because "the solstice in winter is the sun" and "qi starts from the solstice in winter". The key point of health care should be to pay attention to a small amount of meals, avoid anger and impatience, maintain a good mood, pay attention to rational use of the brain, prevent excessive fatigue, and pay attention to strengthening physical exercise.
1. Eating mutton from the solstice in winter: There is a custom of eating mutton from the solstice in winter in the north, because after the solstice in winter, the weather enters the coldest period, and eating a pot of stewed mutton at this time has the dual effects of keeping out the cold and nourishing. Mutton is sweet but not greasy, warm but not dry, and has always been considered as a good product for nourishing yang. Proper diet in winter is the best recipe for tonic.
2. Eating jiaozi in winter solstice: People in northern China have the custom of eating jiaozi. The choice of stuffing in jiaozi from winter solstice is directly related to the implication, and the most common leek stuffing indicates the meaning of long-term wealth. The most common Chinese cabbage meat stuffing means "hundred treasures".
Eat dog meat on the winter solstice: Now, people eat dog meat, mutton and various nutritious foods on the winter solstice in order to have a good omen for the coming year. Tofu stew with dog meat, in particular, is one of the eight largest stews in Northeast China. Today, the versions of tofu stewed with dog meat from winter to Japanese are not uniform, but the meat bones and tofu are still replaced by dog meat, because the important position of tofu stewed with dog meat in other versions is self-evident.