What are the winter solstice customs in Dongguan?

1, married women want to go back to their parents' homes for "winter worship"

"Winter Worship" in Dongguan means that the married daughter returns to her mother's house with her husband and her "winter ball" as well as some cakes, fruits, pork, chickens and ducks on the solstice of winter. And then go back to her parents' house for dinner. It means beginning and ending, "from the beginning of the year to the end of the year", which means good luck.

2, a family to eat

Dongguan people celebrate the winter solstice, so they must eat together as a family. Because the end of the year, the wanderers have to go home for the winter and prepare for the arrival of the New Year, that is, they have to wait for the Spring Festival. It's like having a reunion dinner on the eve of the Spring Festival. Winter solstice dinner means "a good beginning and a good ending" and "good luck all year round".

Men should have their hair cut and women should wash their hair.

There is a custom in some towns and streets in Dongguan water town, that is, to get a haircut before the solstice in winter. There is a local proverb in Dongguan: "Endure a short winter and a rich year." It means that if the hair is not repaired, it will not grow tall, and it will become shorter in winter. But if you "endure" the New Year, you will be rich.

Therefore, people in Dongguan are used to having their hair cut before winter, but they don't cut their hair in winter until after the first month. Women also say that they wash their hair before the winter solstice.