Traditional significance of winter solstice

The winter solstice is not only a natural solar term, but also a traditional festival to worship ancestors and gods.

The winter solstice is an important commemorative festival for North Korean officials and people. As early as the Zhou Dynasty, there was a national memorial ceremony about the winter solstice. "Zhou Li Chun Guan" mentioned: "From winter solstice to ghosts and gods." Solstice has become a popular festival since the Han Dynasty, and more and more festivals and customs have been derived since then, and the ostentation and extravagance and scenery have become more and more serious. In ancient China, we attached great importance to the winter solstice and celebrated it as a big festival in a year, and there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year. So far, there are still many places where the winter solstice festival is held.

Winter solstice festival, due to solar terms, is characterized by winter solstice and the spirit of the rising sun in the world. Therefore, the ancients believed that from the winter solstice, the yang of heaven and earth began to flourish and become stronger, representing the beginning of the next cycle, which was a good day. Therefore, in the winter solstice, gods and ancestors are sacrificed, and then a festival custom is formed, which means entering a few days and welcoming the coldest weather.

Solstice in Winter and jiaozi:

When winter solstice comes, eat jiaozi. Every winter solstice of the Lunar New Year, jiaozi is an indispensable holiday feast for the rich and the poor, and it is very popular in supermarkets, shopping malls and other jiaozi. As the saying goes, "On October 1st, when the solstice of winter comes, every household eats jiaozi". Why do you eat jiaozi on the winter solstice? It is said that this custom was left in memory of Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage", who gave up medicine during the winter solstice.

After a holiday, I was busy for a year, made a pair of new shoes, ate something good, rewarded myself and my family, and prepared for the hard work next year. Eating jiaozi from the solstice in winter is a good deed of Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage", in dispelling cold and charming ears. Until now, there are still some folk songs in Nanyang, such as "jiaozi Bowl" in "Winter Solstice", but no one cares.