Lidong festival, there is the meaning of autumn harvest and winter storage, our country in the past is a farming society, the people who have been working for a year, the use of the day of winter to take a break, and reward the family for a year's hard work. There is a proverb that says, "The winter is the best way to make up for the winter, and to make up for the empty mouth" is the best analogy.
In the south of China, winter people love to eat some chicken, duck, fish and meat, in Taiwan on the day of winter, the streets of the 'mutton stove', 'ginger duck' and other winter tonic restaurant full of people. Many families also stew sesame oil chicken and four-item chicken to replenish energy.
People in the north of China, especially in Beijing and Tianjin, love to eat dumplings. Why do you eat dumplings in winter? Because dumplings are derived from the expression "the time of the handover". Lunar New Year's Eve is the intersection of the old year and the new year, and winter is the intersection of the fall and winter seasons, so the dumplings can't be eaten at the time of the "cross". Now people have gradually restored this ancient custom, the day of winter, a variety of dumplings sold very hot.
◆ Tonic winter
The arrival of the winter season, is the grass and trees withered, hibernating insects hide, the activities of all things tend to rest to hibernate, hibernation state, to maintain vitality, for the next spring vigorously in preparation. Although there is no hibernation of human beings, but the folk have the custom of winter tonic winter. People in the best period of tonic, dietary supplements, in order to resist the winter cold to replenish the vital energy. In the winter should eat less cold, especially should not be excessive tonic. People in general can properly eat some higher calorie food, especially in the north, can eat some beef, mutton, but also to eat more fresh vegetables. Eat some foods rich in vitamins and easy to digest.
◆ Winter Swimming
Interestingly, the way of celebrating winter is now innovative, in Harbin, on the day of winter, the athletes of Heilongjiang Winter Swimming Association crossed the Songhua River to welcome the arrival of winter in this way.