吃餛飩
People in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, are accustomed to eating wontons in midwinter. According to legend, during the midwinter feast 2,500 years ago, the King of Wu was disgusted with all kinds of costly foods and wanted to eat something different. Then, the beauty Xishi came into the kitchen to make "wontons" to honor the king's wish. He ate a lot and liked the food very much. To commemorate Xishi, the people of Suzhou made wontons the official food to celebrate the festival.
江蘇蘇州的人們習慣在冬至吃餛飩.根據歷史傳說,在2500年前的冬至時節,吳國國王厭倦了所有的昂貴美食,想吃些特別的口味.為迎合吳王的心愿,美女西施去廚房做了一碗餛飩.吳王很喜歡,吃了一大碗.為了紀念西施,蘇州人會在冬至做餛飩慶祝節日.
你知道這些冬至科普小知識嗎？全國人民冬至又都在吃啥？
吃湯圓
In places such as Shanghai, people eat tangyuan, a kind of stuffed small dumpling ball made of glutinous rice flour to celebrate Winter Solstice.
在上海等地,人們吃湯圓慶祝冬至.湯圓是圓形的糯米粉團,中間塞滿餡料.
吃羊肉粉湯
In Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, people call midwinter the "Ghost Festival". On that day, it is customary for people there to drink mutton and vermicelli soup and eat the dumplings in the soup. They give the midwinter soup a strange name: "brain" and share it with their neighbors.
在寧夏銀川,大家稱冬至為"鬼節".這天的習俗是吃羊肉粉湯餃子,此外他們還給這道美味起了個古怪的名字"頭腦".粉湯餃子做好后還要給鄰居端上一碗.
吃年糕
During the Winter Solstice, Hangzhou residents traditionally eat rice cakes. In the past, before the approach of the winter solstice, every household would make the cakes to worship their ancestors or use as gifts for relatives and friends.
杭州居民有冬至吃年糕的傳統.過去每家每戶都會在冬至到來前制作年糕來供奉先人或者饋贈親友.
吃紅豆糯米飯
In some regions south of the Yangtze River, the whole family gets together to have a meal made of red-bean and glutinous rice to drive away ghosts and other evil things.
在我國長江流域以南的一些地區,在冬至之夜有全家歡聚一堂共吃紅豆糯米飯來驅避疫鬼的習俗.
用九層糕祭祖
Taiwan residents keep the custom of offering nine-layer cakes to their ancestors. People with the same surname or family clan gather at their ancestral temples to worship their ancestors in order of their ages. After the sacrificial ceremony, there is always a grand banquet.
臺灣地區還保存著冬至用九層糕祭祖的傳統.同姓或同家族的人們在祠堂前相聚,按輩分祭祖.祭祖儀式后還會舉辦盛宴.
英文來源：哥倫比亞廣播新聞、中國文化網
