Culture Insider: 8 things you may not know about Start of Winter

Updated: 2014-11-05 17:39

(Chinaculture.org)

Eating Chinese pumpkins

In Tianjin, on the first day of Start of Winter, people eat dumplings stuffed with Chinese pumpkins (wogua). It is a common vegetable in North China. Generally, the pumpkins are bought in the summer and stored until the Start of Winter when they are taken out.

Chinese pumpkin.[Photo/xiziwang.net]