1, red bean and glutinous rice
In Jiangnan water town, there is a custom that the whole family get together to eat red beans and glutinous rice at the beginning of winter night. According to legend, there was a man named Gong. His son was incompetent and evil. He died on the Winter Solstice. Become a plague ghost after death and continue to harm the people. However, this epidemic ghost is most afraid of red beans, so people cook red bean rice from winter solstice to drive away the epidemic ghost and prevent diseases.
2. Sugar cane
There is a saying in Chaoshan area that "it doesn't hurt to eat sugar cane in beginning of winter". The ancestors of Chaoshan believed that eating sugar cane in early winter could not only protect teeth, but also nourish them. In winter, fragrant rice made of peanuts, mushrooms, chestnuts, shrimps and carrots is deeply loved by Chaoshan people.
3. Fried rice with chestnuts
In Shantou, every solar term pays attention to eating different seasonal foods. As the saying goes, "make up for a winter in September, and there will be no disease in the coming year", "make up for it in beginning of winter" and eat fried rice with chestnuts are unique customs in Shantou. It is said that when beginning of winter took the tonic that day, all the nutrients would be absorbed by the human body. Chinese herbal medicines used for nourishing medicated diet include ginseng, angelica, medlar, American ginseng, fish glue, pilose antler, Cordyceps, Poria, Astragalus, etc. The commonly used foods in medicated diet are black-bone chicken, partridge, pigeon, quail and duck.
4. Ginger Duck
In southern China, people like to eat chickens, ducks and fish in early winter. On this day in early winter in Taiwan Province Province, mutton stoves and ginger ducks on the street supplemented the wedding content of winter restaurants. Many families will also stew sesame oil chicken and siwu chicken to supplement energy.
The beginning of winter customs
1, heater meeting
After the first frost, the cold is already heavy, so the furnace opening date is generally in the early October of the lunar calendar. "The Chronicle of Jingchu" contains: "The Bailu Cave in Lushan Mountain is crowded with tourists. Every winter, it is called the Black Gold Society. On the day of October, the wine was ordered as a heater. " Generally, in Peiping, a furnace is set up to heat the kang on the first day of October, which is called the furnace opening festival, and the heater is not removed until the first day of February of the following year. Heaters are usually made of a refractory mineral, which is whiter, lighter, warmer and stronger than ettringite. Later, the heater was made of thin iron. Chronological Miscellanies says that when Beijingers drink on the first day of October, they roast large pieces of meat in the stove and eat it while drinking around the stove, which is called a "heater". The Book of Rites and the Moon Order records that there will be a heater meeting in October. Kunshan, Jiangsu, Taiping, Anhui, Zhongxiang, Hubei and other places also began to use fire to keep out the cold at the beginning of the month. In the meantime, they sell cakes for food or drink to hold a warm party.
2. Fried food.
Vanilla is an aromatic grass. With a wave of your sleeve on the grass, it will give off fragrance and can be sewn into sachets to wear. Burning herbs can cure plague, drive away wind and ward off evil spirits; Wearing sachets can relieve depression; Soaking in water can dispel wind and cold; Rub in the hair room to remove dirt; Decocting with water and wine and applying it to the face can remove dark spots and nourish the face. Plants like Whelan also belong to vanilla. They are all spicy things, and they have divergent qi, which is enough to dispel filth, moisten muscles and disperse depression.
Step 3 pick mulberry leaves
Mulberry leaves taste bitter, sweet and cold, and can dispel wind and clear heat, cool blood and improve eyesight. It's better to use the old cream to be strong. At this time, it is already a cold winter, and the autumn is crisp. Mulberry leaves can relieve liver and gallbladder stagnation. It is widely said that 120 pieces of mulberry leaves should be picked in winter, and ten more pieces should be picked in leap years, and ten pieces should be used at a time. When you need to wash your eyes, wash your eyes with mulberry leaf decoction, which can treat various eye diseases. Others, such as Pu Jifang and Ji Jianfang, have recorded the treatment of green blindness, eye tears and jealousy pain with mulberry leaves.
Traditional food eaten in the north at the beginning of winter.
In northern China, people like to eat jiaozi in beginning of winter and Solstice. Why does beginning of winter eat jiaozi? Because intercourse comes from the saying of "sexual intercourse time". New Year's Eve is the turn of the old year and the new year, and beginning of winter is the turn of autumn and winter, so jiaozi, who is "having children", can't help eating. Modern people have continued this ancient custom. On that day in beginning of winter, all kinds of jiaozi were very popular.
The old Beijingers said, "beginning of winter fills the winter, not the mouth." Beginning of winter's rule is to eat jiaozi. There is a saying that "the north eats jiaozi and the south eats ducks". Because jiaozi looks like an ear, people think that if you eat it, your ear won't be frozen in winter. The so-called "beginning of winter runs amok in jiaozi Bowl, who cares if his ears are frozen or not" is a joke, but it's just circulated among the people.
In early winter, in the place where the "old Tianjin people" live in the east and west of the river, there is a custom of eating pumpkins and jiaozi. Beginning of winter's arrival, harvest in autumn and store in winter, as a reward for the whole family, naturally "delicious but not as good as jiaozi" is the first choice. In addition, the ancients thought that melons represented fruits, and the Book of Rites compiled by Dai Sheng in the Western Han Dynasty also said that "eating melons is also a sacrifice first". Therefore, in most parts of northern China, beginning of winter has the custom of eating jiaozi stuffed with pumpkin.
Besides being delicious, jiaozi has its advantages of reasonable nutrition. Dumpling skin is made of flour, which is a staple food, as well as meat and vegetables. Jiaozi's raw materials are full of nutrition, including staple food and non-staple food, both meat and vegetarian dishes, and contain a variety of nutrients that meet the needs of the human body. It is most in line with the principle of food diversity advocated by China residents' dietary guidelines and meets the requirements of balanced diet.
What traditional food did beginning of winter eat that day? What does beginning of winter eat in the north?
Northerners like to eat jiaozi on this day. Jiaozi means "time for making love", which means alternation, handover and exchange. Beginning of winter is the transition season of autumn and winter, so jiaozi can't help eating during coitus. Therefore, beginning of winter's tradition of eating jiaozi has been circulating in the north for hundreds of years. Others say that beginning of winter can't take jiaozi out of the pot and eat it right away. He should put them one by one in a well-washed sieve, air them a little, and then pour out the water. This is to worship the land god before eating and thank him for his generosity in autumn.
In Tianjin and many other places, beginning of winter must eat pumpkins (also called wogua, pumpkin, rice melon and north melon, which are common vegetables in the north) and jiaozi. However, because it is difficult to buy pumpkins at the beginning of winter, locals buy pumpkins in summer and then store them to eat jiaozi at the beginning of winter.
The custom of eating jiaozi in early winter.
1, the reason to eat jiaozi
Because our country is based on agriculture and attaches great importance to the 24 solar terms, "Festival" is a new growth point of vegetation. Autumn harvest and winter storage, this day, in order to improve our life, we chose "delicious but jiaozi". At the same time, in ancient times, melons were considered strong, so there was a saying in the Book of Rites that "eating melons was also a sacrifice first". On the solstice of winter, there was a custom of "Winter Solstice Festival" in ancient China. The solstice in winter is also called "Celebrating the New Year". Hundreds of officials greeted the emperor, and the people worshipped each other and held banquets. Ordinary people eat wonton, which symbolizes breaking the chaotic world and welcoming new life.
2. beginning of winter eats jiaozi.
In the long years, some traditional folk customs have changed around beginning of winter, and some have been passed down to this day. In the old society, people would have a rest in early winter after working for a year. There is also a folk custom of "beginning of winter makes up for winter", and the proverb "beginning of winter makes up for winter and makes up for empty talk" is the best metaphor.
3. The custom of early winter
In the traditional 24 solar terms in China, beginning of winter is used to celebrate winter, and the Emperor of Heaven will lead 100 officials to hold a ceremony to welcome the winter gods. Gao Wei, secretary-general of the Beijing Folklore Society, said that among the people, farmers would make sacrifices to local gods to express their gratitude and pray for a bumper harvest in the coming year. On this day, people will also eat jiaozi and hold activities such as ancestor worship and feast.
The beginning of healthy fruit in winter.
1, beginning of winter eats apples for health.
Apples can stop diarrhea when cooked, cure constipation when eaten raw, and help digestion after meals. The researchers also found that eating an apple a day is good for the lungs and can alleviate the deterioration of lung function caused by pollutants.
2. Eating persimmons in beginning of winter is good for your health.
Persimmons have high nutritional value. Mature persimmons contain 15% sugar, 1.36% protein, 0.57% fat, crude fiber, carotene, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other elements, especially vitamin C, which is 2 times higher than that of ordinary fruits. Raw persimmon can clear away heat and detoxify, is a good medicine for lowering blood pressure and stopping bleeding, and has a good effect on treating hypertension, hemorrhoid bleeding and constipation.
3, beginning of winter health eat more water chestnut.
The nutritional value of water chestnut is comparable to that of chestnut. Every100g of fresh water chestnut meat contains 3.6g of protein, 0.5g of fat and 24g of sugar. It also contains niacin, riboflavin, vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients, and contains a variety of amino acids. It is regarded as the fruit of health preservation and a good medicinal diet for tonic in autumn and winter.
4, beginning of winter health eat winter jujube.
Winter jujube is a kind of food with amazing VC content. The content of vitamin C per 100 g pulp can be as high as 380 ~ 600 mg, which is 70 times that of apple and 0/6 times that of citrus. Even hawthorn with high vitamin C content should be candidly admit defeat.
5. beginning of winter eats grapefruit healthily.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that grapefruit is sweet and sour, cold in nature, has the effects of regulating qi and resolving phlegm, moistening lung and clearing intestine, enriching blood and strengthening spleen, and is a good fruit for tonifying lung and relieving cough after a cold in winter. Grapefruit meat is rich in vitamin C and insulin-like components, which can reduce blood sugar and blood lipid, lose weight, keep fit and beautify. It is recognized by the medical community as the fruit with the most therapeutic effect.