On the day of the winter solstice solar term

Different places have different habits and different sayings about the solstice night in winter:

Statement 1: Winter solstice night, because winter solstice is sometimes in the morning (usually around 2 pm), then winter solstice night is of course winter solstice night.

Saying 2: The night of the winter solstice is the night before the winter solstice, just like Christmas, and Christmas Eve is the night of the 24th. Many old people say that they have been living in the night before the winter solstice.

Winter solstice is one of the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar. It is also a folk festival in China, which is very popular all over China. The time is 65438+ February 22nd in Gregorian calendar. The day is the shortest, then the day is long and the night is short, so there is a saying that it is sunny from winter to Sunday. Winter solstice means the arrival of winter, which has the shortest day and the longest night.

The legend of winter night:

1, eat dog meat from winter to day.

It is said that the custom of eating dog meat from winter solstice began in the Han Dynasty. According to legend, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, ate dog meat cooked by Fan Kuai on the solstice in winter, which was particularly delicious and full of praise. Since then, the custom of eating dog meat from winter solstice has been formed among the people. Nowadays, people eat dog meat, mutton and all kinds of nutritious food on the solstice of winter, which is a good sign for the coming year.

2. Eat red bean glutinous rice

In Jiangnan water town, there is a custom that the whole family get together to eat red beans and glutinous rice in the evening from winter to Sunday. According to legend, there was a man named Gong. His son was incompetent and evil. He died on the Winter Solstice. Become a plague ghost after death and continue to harm the people. However, this epidemic ghost is most afraid of red beans, so people cook red bean rice from winter solstice to drive away the epidemic ghost and prevent diseases.