Since the Song Dynasty, China’s people to have to eat ravioli in the day of the winter solstice Sisu. Chen Yuan Liang Song of the “age of widely mind” set “the age of miscellanies: Imperial family, the winter solstice eat ravioli, wonton winter so it is said in ☆ Tuo.” Qing, Chong Fu Chadun “Yanjing age of mind “also said:” (winter solstice) Folk Festival is not, but just eat ravioli. and fresh face with the summer solstice. it is the capital proverb saying: ‘winter solstice wonton noodles’. ” Even today, the custom is still popular in many areas of China.

Throughout the ages, why people want to eat ravioli in the day of the winter solstice, always has a variety of claims.

Song said that ravioli is a sacrificial offerings, therefore, wonton is ancestor worship in primitive religion in the evolution of future generations. Chicken ravioli like eggs, chicken eggs, such as signs of chaos is not open, people eat the ravioli on the day of the winter solstice commemoration of the ancient chaos but does not open, the Pan Gu created the world an epoch-making achievements.

Second day of the winter solstice is that Taoism Yuanshi Tianzun birth. Taoism believes that the world should be a symbol of chaos Yuanshi Senior’s no point, said the largest gas did not significantly century, so people have the custom of eating ravioli blunt. “Yanjing at the age of mind”: “Cardiff is like chicken ravioli in the shape of eggs, just like heaven the signs of chaos, it is eaten in the winter.” In fact, the “ravioli” and “chaos” harmonics, and thereby it will be extended to serve ravioli Chaos broke to open up world. Future generations will not explain the original meaning, only the spread of so-called “winter solstice wonton noodles,” the saying goes, think of it as seasonal eating it.

The above statement, are research scholars, the former, according to unofficial history, from Walden; the latter saying the book under Xuanmen Road from. But the conclusions are the same: winter eating ravioli, a symbol of breaking the chaotic, open world.

In fact, people eat ravioli in the day of the Winter Solstice and Sky are concerned, because the winter solstice, is the winter has been to the extreme means. The ancients that “a winter solstice sun”, the day grew. Customs said, “eat rice winter solstice, the day a long line.” The day of the winter solstice as the beginning of the year yang rising, as the meaning of chaos opened early, so people come to symbolize break to eat wonton chaos, open world makes sense.

Of course, some scholars as the winter solstice to eat ravioli simple enjoyment of life. Neighbor of dementia in the “old Beijing Miscellaneous copied winter,” a paper, put it very funny:
“Old Beijing on the immediate moment, and suffered through must, more than words are now! And the winter solstice, the ravioli, and how can exceptions also? Status of winter solstice wonton noodles, with the rice by, contained in the recipe, its prime stubborn about eating and drinking music of the old Peking Man, and security can gently let go Down? potential have to enjoy to eat, to thank in the world later, and five internal organs are kept when the supreme god of the scenery, the juice obtained is also happy. ” Old Beijingers eat ravioli, the first in importance to its soup, to have “drink ravioli,” said. Pay attention to the people, for example, the previous day, the pig, duck breast, fat hen, plus a little beef to simmer (without brackish) to cook poultry meat for the degree of wood, Amoy into the magnetic, tin cans to remove the rust Zhurou wok flavor. To Japan first, and (sound hòu) “re-Lo” flour (preferably imported from Canada, green card Lilang powder), surface quality should be hard. And then to “hammer away” roll thin, with a knife broke into a “ladder”-shaped pieces, including the “loin of” meat, the late Qing Wei leek, and finally into the boiling “fat soup,” a cooking pot, cooked into Sheng bowl, and bowl must first put away “golden hook shrimp”, preserved vegetables, seaweed, fresh pea sprouts, and then served with four royal soy sauce, rice vinegar … Yuquan Hill section of food … this is really the United States should add beautiful. Households in the city under, of course, not so extravagant, but eating (read the fourth tone) meal is easy as deformation, less juice, no rice (ie shrimp, the restaurant in the cases call for the bowl of ravioli shrimp) cooked pastry ( dumplings) only.

As for the market to sell wonton, there are fat like wonton soup, ravioli stuffed with a large white soup, a wonton soup lying fruit, and eggs to sell pieces of Shanghai wonton … …, variety, freely choose. In short, the winter solstice, in the diet, people are out in the “wonton array” in the.

For taking tours of Beijing and China, please visit beijing tour for details.

For taking tours of Beijing and China, please check beijing great wall tour for details.