Which day is the 2011 winter solstice? What's the date of this year's winter solstice? This year's winter solstice is on December 22, 2011. What to eat in winter solstice? Many places have the custom of eating dumplings in winter solstice. Let's take a look at what to eat in winter solstice all over the country.
Winter solstice customs in different places
The winter solstice, commonly known as the 'Winter Festival', is an important solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar. All parts of China attach great importance to the winter solstice and have different winter customs.
North: eat dumplings in winter solstice, there is a saying of 'dumplings in winter solstice and noodles in Summer Solstice' in North China. Why eat dumplings on this day? It's popular in the north that eating dumplings on the winter solstice will not freeze your ears.
South: eat dumplings, meaning round. In Chaoshan area, the prepared glutinous rice balls are used to worship the ancestors and then to eat them. There is also the saying that it is more than one year old after eating the winter festival.
Northwest: eat mutton, it is reported that yesterday many mutton shops sold mutton for hundreds of yuan per kilo. And Ningxia winter solstice eat mutton powder soup dumplings, but also to name 'brain'. Mutton powder soup is made of mushroom and mutton, with salt, ginger, green onion, garlic, pepper, soy sauce and other seasonings. After the soup is rolled, put in the cut powder, soaked powder, and then add leek, garlic sprouts, coriander. This is a pot of colorful mutton powder soup, with aroma and mouth watering.
Jiangnan Water Town: red beans and glutinous rice are eaten at the winter solstice. Hangzhou people like to celebrate by eating New Year's cake on the day of winter solstice.