Nanchang people want to eat a bowl of hot tofu on the solstice in winter. As the saying goes, "You can't eat hot tofu if you are impatient". When winter comes, eating a bowl of hot tofu can not only warm your body, but also herald prosperity and heat in the coming year.
As the old saying goes, "In winter, eat onions and tofu overnight, eat for one night, eat for one night without freezing, eat for one winter while it is hot, and eat for one winter without freezing". According to reports, due to the homonym of "rot" and "wealth", the folk proverb says that "if you want to be rich, the onion should be tofu overnight in winter", which also reflects people's desire for a rich life, so this custom has been passed down to this day.
2, playing fruit.
Not only that, there are many interesting customs all over Jiangxi. Shangrao's winter solstice is very lively. In addition to sweeping graves in rural areas, we should also play sesame seeds. Jiujiang has the custom of making glutinous rice cakes from winter solstice every year. In the morning, there will be a "thump" sound outside the window.
Masi is a specialty of Jiangxi and a famous snack in southern Fujian, which is mostly used for sacrifice. Its raw materials are superior glutinous rice, lard, sesame, peanut kernel, rock sugar and so on. The crispy rice is sweet and delicious, resistant to hunger after eating, sweet and smooth in taste, soft and tough and slightly icy. The finished product is bright white, smooth, tough and transparent.
Step 3 eat glutinous rice
In Yichun, people eat glutinous rice on the solstice in winter. If they like sweet rice, they add sweet potatoes to it. If they are salty, they add peas and bacon.
On the day of winter solstice, Hakka people in Ganzhou will hold a grand ceremony to worship their ancestors and seek their roots in the ancestral hall; In terms of diet, we should eat wine to make jiaozi on the solstice in winter, commonly known as "the solstice in winter does not move, and husbands and children do not make money."