What to eat during the winter solstice: 5 major diets to help you survive the winter healthily

　　radish

　　There is a folk saying: "Winter solstice radish and summer solstice ginger, if eaten at the right time, there will be no pain." ”He also said: “In winter, radish is better than ginseng. ”Therefore, eating radish during the winter solstice is the most nourishing. On the night of the winter solstice, it is the right time to stew a pot of hot radish and pork ribs soup, and reunite the family to celebrate this long-standing "Ya Sui" festival.

　　sweet dumpling

　　In the Jiangnan area, glutinous rice balls are a must-have food during the winter solstice. This is a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour. The skin of glutinous rice balls is made of glutinous rice flour. The white glutinous rice flour can nourish the lungs. Glutinous rice is sweet in taste and warm in nature. It can nourish the human body's righteousness. After eating it, the whole body will feel hot. It has the function of keeping out the cold and nourishing. It is most suitable to be eaten in winter.

　　mutton

　　In many places in the north, there is a custom of eating dog meat and mutton during the winter solstice. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mutton and dog meat have the effect of aphrodisiac and tonic. In fact, in the Jiangnan area, people in Suzhou also start to take supplements from the winter solstice, and what they eat is the famous Wuzhong Library mutton.

　　dumpling

　　Legend has it that Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in Henan, remembered the poor villagers. On the winter solstice, he set up a medical shed in the open space of Dongguan, Nanyang, and gave the poor people "Jiaoer soup" ("Jiaoer" is the current dumpling) to dispel cold. After eating it, people would feel warm all over the body and hot in the ears. To make it, first put mutton, chili peppers and some medicinal materials to dispel cold in a pot and cook. After they are cooked, pick up the mutton and medicinal materials and chop them into pieces. Wrap them in dough to make an ear-shaped "Jiao Er", and then cook them in the pot. Each person has a big bowl of soup and two pairs of delicate ears.

　　ravioli

　　In old Beijing, there is a saying of "Winter Solstice Wonton and Summer Solstice Noodles". "Yanjing Chronicles" says: "The shape of husband's wonton is like a chicken egg, which is quite similar to the chaos of heaven and earth, so it is eaten during the winter solstice during the solar eclipse. ”In addition to the similarity in shape, "wonton" is also homophonic with "chaos". Eating wontons in winter is beneficial to saving heat energy in cold seasons.

　　Five traditional foods to help you maintain health during the Winter Solstice healthy During the winter, the foods introduced above are the dietary customs of various regions during the winter solstice. They are not only delicious but also have health-preserving effects.