Today is the winter solstice in the twenty-four solar terms! In the book "Huizhou Folklore", it is mentioned that the saying of "winter solstice big New Year" reflects the importance that the people attach to the festival of winter solstice. On the day of the winter solstice, many people return home to reunite with their families. Many people in Huizhou still retain the traditional customs of the winter solstice. Eating radish on the winter solstice is an old tradition of the Hakka family in Huizhou, and every household has the fragrance of radish, which is called the winter solstice.
Radish is a kind of Hakka snack popular in Huizhou area, and it is a must-eat snack on the winter solstice. Radish dumplings, in some places called caibao rice dumplings, caitou dumplings, is a traditional Snack of the Han people, belonging to Hakka cuisine. It is made by wrapping shredded radish, dried shrimp, bacon, and shallots in a glutinous rice flour skin, or it can be made in various shapes along with other ingredients according to your taste. Radish dumplings are a dish of the traditional Huizhou winter solstice. As the saying goes, "eat turnips in winter, eat ginger in summer", which is also a good practice to conform to the seasons.
When the winter solstice comes, every household will make radish dumplings, use banana leaves to pad and steam in a pot. After steaming, everyone will taste it while it is hot and will be distributed to everyone in the family to celebrate the arrival of the winter solstice festival. When the radish is just out of the oven, it is hot when a bite is bitten down, the soft glutinous skin is first pulled apart, the sweet juice flows out, before tasting the delicious taste of radish and shrimp, it has been conquered by the aroma and fresh juice, and then a bite down, there is a crisp taste of radish shreds, the freshness of the shrimp, let people have endless aftertaste, the more I eat the more I want to eat, I can eat 3 in one breath.
Winter solstice, Huizhou families sit together to eat a reunion dinner for the winter, the unique atmosphere of radish, can always get the love of many people, and there is no feast, can be compared to their own radish basket. Radish dumplings, full of Hakka childhood memories, carry the livelihood of some people's families, which used to be everywhere, but now it is not easy to find its figure. Winter solstice eat radish dumplings, eat not the taste, but the feelings, Huizhou people, do you have radish to eat? A small radish basket on the winter solstice, a few bites to eat the belly, let people in the cold winter, feel the warmth!