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冬至,饺子和汤圆又打了一架

CGTN CGTN 2021-07-14

南北方冬至美食大赏

 Winter Solstice


“天时人事日相催,冬至阳生春又来”,又是一年冬至时。


俗话说,“冬至大如年”。古人认为,冬至后白昼渐长、阳气回升,是一个节气循环的开始,也是一个吉日,应该庆贺。


于是,我们就有了这么一个很好吃盛大的节日。


以至于每年这一天,北方人和南方人都会开始一场饺子VS汤圆大战,争夺冬至美食霸主。


Today marks Dongzhi, or Winter Solstice, the 22nd of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar. Starting tomorrow, the days will get longer, and we can start counting down to spring.


However, it's more than just that.


It also marks the time of the year when people from northern and southern China fight over what to eat on this big day.


It's the war between dumplings and glutinous rice balls.


饺子阵营




北方大部分地区,冬至这天会包饺子、吃饺子。
In northern China, people typically eat jiaozi, or dumplings, during Winter Solstice.


“冬至不端饺子碗,冻掉耳朵没人管。”
"Your ears will freeze off if you don't eat dumplings during Winter Solstice."

有理有据:

Winter Solstice

我国民间自古就有冬至吃饺子的传统。


相传,冬至吃饺子的习俗,是为了纪念“医圣”张仲景。东汉时他辞官回乡,为乡邻治病。在冬季时,很多人的耳朵冻伤,面黄肌瘦。为了让大伙御寒不冻耳,他让弟子在冬至那天把羊肉、辣椒和一些驱寒药材放在锅里煮,然后把羊肉、药材捞出来切碎,用面做皮,包成像耳朵似的“娇耳”。煮熟后,分别给来问药的人每人两只“娇耳”。人们吃了“娇耳”,喝了肉汤之后,身心暖和,两耳发热,冻伤的耳朵也被治好了。后来人们就在冬至吃饺子来纪念张仲景。


汤圆阵营



在南方地区,汤圆是冬至必备的食品。

While in southern China, eating tangyuan, or glutinous rice balls, is essential to the festival.

 

“家家捣米做汤圆,知是明朝冬至天。”

"As every family starts to make glutinous rice balls, you know that Winter Solstice is finally upon us."


有理有据:

Winter Solstice

冬至吃汤圆是我国民间传统习俗。


“汤圆”又称“汤团”,是一种用糯米粉制成的圆形甜品。民间有“吃了汤圆大一岁”之说。汤圆可以用来祭祖,也可用于互赠亲朋。“圆”意味着“团圆”、“圆满”,冬至吃汤圆,象征家庭和谐、吉祥。



“别争了。”


据说,关于这场由饺子汤圆引发的“南北之争”,最后被一名网友的神操作终结了。


饺子皮包汤圆↓



言归正传。


请不要小看冬至,冬至可并不只有饺子汤圆两种选择。


However, Dongzhi is not just about dumplings and glutinous rice balls. In fact, different places have their own traditions when it comes to the culinary customs of Winter Solstice. For example, people from Tengzhou City, eastern China's Shandong Province, are accustomed to having mutton soup on this day. Hangzhou residents would go for rice cakes while people living in some regions south of the Yangtze River would most probably sit with their families and have a meal made of red beans and glutinous rice.


馄饨



我国许多地方有冬至吃馄饨的风俗。在《燕京岁时记》中有记载“夫馄饨之形有如鸡卵,颇似天地混沌之象,故于冬至日食之。” 因“馄饨”与“混沌”谐音,民间将吃馄饨取为打破混沌之象,开天辟地之意。在过去,京师人家也有“冬至馄饨夏至面”的说法。


羊肉汤


山东滕州人把冬至称作伏九,伏九这一日家家户户都会吃羊肉、喝羊汤。不仅可以抵御寒冷,更为求来年有个好兆头。四川也有冬至喝羊汤的习俗。

“冬至面”


“吃了冬至面,一天长一线。”在安徽合肥,冬至这一天有吃“冬至面”的习俗,“一天长一线”也意味着冬至过后白昼逐渐变长。在合肥人看来,冬至过后即是数九寒天,在滴水成冰的严冬,吃一碗热腾腾的冬至面,才算是过了一个冬至。

年糕


冬至,你要是问一个“老杭州”该吃什么,他可能会立刻回答:年糕。早餐吃芝麻粉白糖拌年糕,中午吃炒年糕,晚上吃汤煮年糕……一日三餐都要吃,香糯无比好寓意。冬至年糕年年高,吃年糕就是讨个“一年更比一年高”的彩头。


赤豆糯米饭


在江南水乡,有冬至之夜全家欢聚一堂共吃赤豆糯米饭的习俗。相传,有一位叫共工氏的人,他的儿子作恶多端,死于冬至这一天,死后变成疫鬼,继续残害百姓。但是,这个疫鬼最怕赤豆,于是,人们就在冬至这一天煮赤豆饭,用以驱避疫鬼,防灾祛病。



不管是“汤圆党”

还是“饺子族”

又或是其他各地冬至食俗
不管今天吃什么
冬至
其实就是“回至”
回至父母身边
回归家庭之中
回归冬至最初的意义
团圆快乐!


欢迎大家留言区带坐标聊聊你家冬至吃什么↓ 让小编也涨涨姿势鸭

(Source:新华网、新京报、人民网等)
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