What are the customs of winter solstice?

On the solstice of winter, this day began to "enter nine" and officially entered the cold. We must eat something good to supplement our health. In addition, the winter solstice is the key node of the transformation of the qi of heaven and earth and the qi of yin and yang. This day's tonic will be three times as effective as usual. As the saying goes, "the solstice in winter is as big as every year." On the day of winter solstice, eating is the most important thing no matter where you are. The winter solstice eating customs in different places have their own characteristics. Let me introduce you to the main customs of winter solstice.

? First, the unique customs in the north | Eat jiaozi

Northerners love jiaozi too much. After all, they eat jiaozi all year round, no matter what the solar terms are, there is no jiaozi. Besides, if you don't eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter, no one cares about freezing your ears. It can be seen that eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter has a high position in their hearts, especially in the northeast, and they can't put it down for jiaozi! ?

I really want to talk about the tradition of eating jiaozi on the winter solstice. According to legend, it is also related to China medical scientist Zhang Zhongjing. Jiaozi was invented by him as Joule. He treated many poor people with ears damaged by hunger and cold at that time with "Quhanjoule Decoction". Later, every winter solstice, everyone imitated eating, and there was the custom of eating jiaozi. Dumpling stuffing is not very particular. Northeast people like sauerkraut stuffing, Shandong people like Spanish mackerel stuffing, Beijing people like fennel stuffing, and some people like leek eggs and mushroom pork cooked at home. Will it taste bad in jiaozi?

On the day of winter solstice, the whole family goes into battle, doing their own jobs, making stuffing, making dough, rolling skin and making jiaozi. When the hot jiaozi was served, the festive atmosphere was really there!

Second, the unique custom of the South | Eating glutinous rice balls

Northerners eat jiaozi with vinegar, while southerners feel the sweet crit of glutinous rice balls with the tip of their tongue.

In Chaoshan, the local people call glutinous rice balls "winter festival pills", but they have no stuffing. It is best to rub the winter festival pill into a bumpy shape, which is called "father and son gongsun pill", symbolizing family reunion at the end of the year. Winter festival pills are usually cooked before dawn, and brown sugar soup is cooked. After the meatballs are made, the ancestors are sacrificed first, and then the whole family, old and young, are called to eat soup pills, commonly known as "soup pills are not delicious."

Tang Yuan went to Taizhou and changed his name to Yuan Lei. Stir-fry soybeans and grind them into soybean yellow powder, add brown sugar and sesame seeds and mix well; Knead glutinous rice flour and water into dough, pick table tennis balls, knead them into balls, gently grind them into boiling water and cook them, and then roll them into bean flour. This action is called "rolling" in Taizhou dialect. Similar to the method of rounding, there are Fuzhou people's dumplings. The difference is that they are mixed with white sugar, cooked black sesame powder, peanuts and cooked soybean powder. They are all solid and very cute. The most surprising thing is the winter solstice in jiaozi. One is as big as half a fist, and the stuffing is mostly fresh shepherd's purse. Two people who eat less can eat enough.

In addition to glutinous rice balls, Jiaxing people who live in Jiangnan water town will also eat red beans and glutinous rice, which is said to ward off evil spirits and prevent diseases.

Third, sacrifice

Sacrificing ancestors is a common custom in many festivals in China, and winter solstice is one of them. In the records of national customs in China, there is a saying of "Winter Solstice Festival", also known as "Ghost Festival".

In the eyes of China people, the significance of the ancestors' souls to the family can be compared with the strength of the God of heaven and earth to the country, and we should not be careless or neglect it. Sacrifice, whether in the temple at home or in the cemetery, is to offer delicious and delicious things to our ancestors as much as possible.

Fourthly, paste and draw 99-99 cooling elimination diagram.

Eliminating cold in the ninth year of 1999 is an ancient custom in China. It is the ninth day from the winter solstice, and there is a folk custom to put up and draw a map on the ninth day to eliminate the cold. The map to eliminate the cold is a kind of "calendar", which records the sunny weather after the ninth day, and people expect it to predict the abundance and shortage in the coming year. This is a beautiful calendar with traditional characteristics. It * * * has 998 1 unit, so it is called "99 cold relief map". Starting from the winter solstice, nine days are counted as a unit, and nine days are counted continuously. By the 8th1day, winter had passed. There are three patterns in "Cold Map in 1999", namely figures, circles (copper coins) and plum blossoms. What form each family takes is often determined by the owner's hobbies and cultural quality. There is also a folk proverb about "getting rid of the cold in 1999": "It turns cloudy and sunny, and the left wind is foggy and snowy; The picture is dark, and the grass is outside the door. "

Five, eat wonton

In Beijing, there is a proverb called "Solstice wonton in winter and Solstice noodle in summer". In the past, there was a saying in Beijing that wonton was eaten on the solstice in winter. Wonton, a kind of food symbolizing reunion, is the first choice on the table from winter to Sunday. ? As early as the Southern Song Dynasty, people in Lin 'an ate wonton on the solstice in winter. At first, it was to worship their ancestors, and then it gradually became popular. There is a folk proverb, "Wonton from winter to sun, noodles from summer to sun". I hope to break the "chaos" and become smart when I eat wonton in winter. The nutritional value of wonton is still relatively high. Its greatest advantage is that protein has a complete variety, with stuffing and skin, which can supplement protein. When you eat wonton in the winter of solstice, you should add ginger, salt, monosodium glutamate and other seasonings. Wonton stuffing will be delicious or not.

Winter solstice is one of the 24 solar terms and an important traditional festival. This is the shortest day and the longest night in a year. In addition, the winter solstice festival is rich in content and numerous festivals and customs. What customs do you know about the winter solstice solar terms?