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According to tradition, the Cantonese eat glutinous rice in the mornings of Minor Cold. To avoid making it too sticky, the meal is composed of 60 percent glutinous rice and 40 percent fragrant rice. Cantonese people add some fried preserved pork, sausage and peanuts and mix them into the rice. It is delicious.

Glutinous rice is considered to have more sugar content than that of rice. It can help to warm the body and drive away moisture and coldness. According to the theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine, glutinous rice has the effect of tonifying the spleen and stomach, and it is good to eat it in the cold season.

Minor Cold is the best time to improve one’s physique by having some tonic. In ancient times, however, there was not much tonic for poor people. Glutinous rice was the best meal they could afford.

Source: zhidao.baidu.com

Translated by Zhang Min

Editor: Wen Yi & Zhang Min