What is the origin of the winter solstice festival? What are the customs?

1, the origin of winter solstice festival

Due to the gap between the lunar calendar and the solar calendar, the winter solstice season in China is generally around12,21~ 23 every year, and the night of winter solstice is very long. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, twenty-four solar terms were used to guide the agricultural season, and the solar terms were mainly divided by the average time method, so that the date between the winter solstice and the next winter solstice was called Zhongqi, and then it was called Zhongqi.

In ancient times, people thought that the winter solstice was a natural transformation of Yin and Yang, and everyone should hold a ceremony to celebrate winter. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was in the East, and it was necessary to worship the heavens and ancestors.

2, the northern winter solstice custom: eat jiaozi.

Personally, it is more ceremonial to celebrate the winter solstice in the north. After winter solstice comes, most families in the north will choose to eat jiaozi. No matter the poor or the rich, everyone has heard the story of doctor Zhang Zhongjing making a fascinating ear soup to dispel the cold. Actually, it's true. Later, people will eat a bowl of jiaozi on the solstice in winter to express their gratitude to the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing.

In addition, a few families in the north will choose to eat wonton, which means regulating yin and yang. Some people think that the cloudy days in winter are extremely heavy, so it is not unreasonable to use wonton to regulate the growth of Yang between heaven and earth. Actually, eating wonton is suitable for legend. During the Han dynasty, the northern Xiongnu was divided into two tribes, one called Xiongnu and the other called Tun. These two tribes have brought great trouble to people's lives, so people hate it, so they named it wonton and ate it.

3. The custom of winter in southern Japan: eating glutinous rice balls.

Rice is the main food in southern China. Of course, in the unique season of winter solstice, glutinous rice balls have become the main food for most relatives and friends in the south. Besides giving gifts to relatives and friends, eating glutinous rice balls also means that all relatives will be reunited forever.

It seems that the celebration of the winter solstice is not as ritualistic as other festivals, but in ancient times, vagrants had to go home for the winter season on this day. They might not even go back for the New Year, but they had to go back on this day. The ancients believed that from the solstice of winter, the yang between heaven and earth began to flourish, that is to say, this day is a good day and the whole family will live together. Because the home address of Zhang Zhongjing, an ancient doctor, is in Nanyang, Henan, there is still a folk song circulating in that place at present. Isn't it interesting that jiaozi bowls run amok on the solstice in winter, and nobody cares if his ears are frozen? The custom of winter solstice should be to eat jiaozi according to the unification of the north, which is a good moral.

This is about the origin and custom of the winter solstice.