What do you eat from winter solstice in Northeast China?
1, eat mutton. At the beginning of winter solstice, people count to nine from this day. As the saying goes, "three nine make up one winter, and the coming year will not hurt", especially in the north, warm mutton is regarded as the best choice for winter tonic. In the north, there is a custom of eating mutton from winter to Sunday, because the weather enters the coldest period from winter to the future, 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. Proper consumption in winter is the best recipe for tonic.
2. Eat jiaozi. 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". The reason for eating jiaozi in winter comes from the missing of poor villagers by Zhang Zhongjing, a famous Henan doctor. On the day of winter solstice, he set up a medical shed in the open space of Dongguan, Nanyang, and gave the poor people "cold-dispelling and charming ear soup" ("charming ear" is now a jiaozi), which made people feel warm. Therefore, the custom of eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter continues to this day.
Step 3 eat wonton. Northerners have the custom of eating wonton on the solstice in winter. As early as the Southern Song Dynasty, people in Lin 'an ate wonton on the solstice in winter. At first, it was to worship their ancestors, and then it gradually became popular. There is a folk proverb, "Wonton from winter to sun, noodles from summer to sun". I hope to break the "chaos" and become smart when I eat wonton in winter. The nutritional value of wonton is still relatively high. Its greatest advantage is that protein has a complete variety, with stuffing and skin, which can supplement protein. When you eat wonton in the winter of solstice, you should add ginger, salt, monosodium glutamate and other seasonings. Wonton stuffing will be delicious or not.
Key points of winter solstice health care
Winter solstice health tips 1: pay attention to cold and warmth.
Cold weather in winter will consume a lot of energy and affect the body's immunity. It is the high season of infectious diseases such as influenza, and for some middle-aged and elderly people with high incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, winter is also the high season of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Therefore, it is very important to pay attention to cold protection and warmth from winter to early September.
Whether staying at home or going out, we should keep warm as much as possible, especially for elderly friends, and pay more attention to keeping warm reasonably to avoid the risk of disease caused by excessive cold stimulation. According to the forecast of the meteorological department, it is very likely that there will be extremely cold weather this year. Therefore, from this winter to the future, we should pay more attention to the situation, reasonably increase clothes and keep warm.
Of course, keep warm moderately. If you wear too much, even to the point of "sweating like a pig", it will affect the body's yang, which is completely unnecessary.
Winter solstice health tip 2: pay attention to diet conditioning
The solstice in winter is a good time for tonic. From the perspective of health care, "warming kidney and strengthening spleen" should be the main direction of tonic from winter to day. Kidney is the foundation of nature, and spleen is the foundation of the day after tomorrow. Paying more attention to conditioning in winter plays a very important role in ensuring the health of the next year.
In this regard, Professor Yan Minchuan of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine pointed out that during the period from winter to Sunday to slight cold, you can eat more mutton, mushrooms, fungus, bean products and other ingredients in moderation. The stewed mutton with radish, which we often eat in winter, is a good tonic recipe. In the winter solstice season, moderate temperature rise is helpful to strengthen the body's resistance, strengthen the foundation and cultivate vitality, and breed vitality in closed storage, which is conducive to the rise of the body's yang.
It should still be noted that although the winter solstice is a good opportunity for tonic, it is still not appropriate to over-nourish and overeat. Eating too much warm meat and other foods may lead to indigestion and the adverse effects of wet phlegm. In winter solstice, high-quality protein, dietary fiber and vitamins should be supplemented, and excessive intake of lipids, sugars and salts should be controlled.
Winter solstice health tip 3: pay attention to exercise.
Many friends like sports and never stop in cold weather for nine days. This is a good health habit, which has comprehensive benefits for protecting health, enhancing immunity and comprehensively reducing cardiovascular risk. However, in the winter to the future, how to exercise reasonably is also particular.
In winter, the weather is cold, the days are short and the nights are long. Some middle-aged and elderly friends like to get up early and do morning exercises before dawn. In fact, this practice not only endangers safety because of light problems, but also does not conform to the principle of health preservation. Winter sports should also conform to the weather, try to exercise in the sun, which can avoid too much cold stimulation, and the ultraviolet rays of the sun can supplement vitamin D for the body and better protect bones and cardiovascular health.
In terms of exercise intensity, in the cold winter, it is a stage suitable for hiding and raising. It is not recommended that middle-aged and elderly friends exercise too hard, and generally reach the intensity of slightly shortness of breath and slightly sweating. Moderate exercise is good. If you exercise under the condition of sweating, you will not only catch a cold, but also damage the body's yang and affect your health.