In southern China, people like to eat some chicken, duck and fish in early winter. On this day in early winter in Taiwan Province Province, the "mutton stove" and "ginger duck" on the street complement the restaurant wedding in winter. Many families will also stew sesame oil chicken and siwu chicken to supplement energy. Because the weather is getting colder and colder, people need to supplement more energy, and meat is rich in protein, so eating meat is the best choice. Chinese medicine believes that beginning of winter tonic is suitable for eating warm meat, such as dog meat, beef, chicken, mutton and shrimp.

Northern jiaozi

People in northern China, especially those in Beijing and Tianjin, like to eat jiaozi. Why does beginning of winter eat jiaozi? Because intercourse comes from the saying of "sexual intercourse time". New Year's Eve is to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and beginning of winter is the turn of autumn and winter. When jiaozi is in love, he can't help eating. People gradually restored this ancient custom. At the beginning of winter, all kinds of jiaozi are very popular.

Starting with beginning of winter. The cold climate affects the endocrine system of the human body, thus increasing the body's ability to keep out the cold and losing too much heat. Therefore, the nutrition in early winter should focus on increasing heat energy. You can eat more lean meat, eggs, fish, milk, beans and foods rich in carbohydrates and fats.

Vegetables should eat more Chinese cabbage, carrots, eggplant, potatoes, taro spinach and so on. Eat seasonal vegetables and try to eat less non-seasonal vegetables.

The winter diet should follow the principles of "nourishing yin in autumn and winter", "tonifying kidney to prevent cold" and "worrying about Pingyang", and the diet should focus on nourishing yin to suppress yang and increasing calories. Tonify kidney first. Enough energy, but also to store some energy for the coming year, so it is very important to tonify the kidney at this time. In diet, we should always pay attention to the nursed back to health of the kidneys, pay attention to the supplement of calories, eat more animal foods and beans, and supplement vitamins and inorganic salts. Dog meat, mutton, goose, duck, quail, donkey meat, soybean, walnut, chestnut, fungus, sesame, sweet potato and radish are all suitable foods in winter.