What are the allusions to the solstice in winter?

Winter solstice, commonly known as winter festival, is a grand festival in ancient times. Among the 24 solar terms, the winter solstice is also the most important.

The ancients thought it was the winter of solstice. Although it is still in the cold season, spring is not far away. At this time, people who go out will go home for the winter vacation, indicating that they have a home at the end of the year. People in Fujian and Taiwan believe that the annual winter solstice reunion festival is a day to worship their ancestors. If they don't go home, they are people who deny their ancestors.

The solstice in winter is the longest night in a year. Many people use this evening to make a "winter solstice circle" with glutinous rice flour. In order to distinguish it from "saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new" on the eve of the Spring Festival, the day before the Winter Festival is called "adding the year" or "dividing the year", which means that the year is not over yet. But everyone grew up for a year.

Although the customs and people's feelings in different parts of our country are different, they are basically the same. Making the winter solstice circle is often to pinch some small animals, puppies, kittens, tigers and so on. At the request of the children ... the children are very happy at this time. Before eating the winter solstice circle, they should stick a winter solstice circle behind the door, window, desk and chair respectively. It's called "wasting noise" and can't be baked until it's sent to the stove. If there are pregnant women at home at this time. Or you'll have a girl. When eating the winter solstice, the entrances must be paired. For good luck, there are only two left. Married people will be fine, and single unmarried people will be fine. Some families still use timely fruits at night. It takes three sacrifices to worship their ancestors. Some people also bask in winter rice on this day. They just washed the white rice with water on this day, dried it and put it away.

Don't forget to eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter, o (∩ _ ∩) o. ...