Why do you eat glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter? Why do you say that eating glutinous rice balls will make you one year older?

1, the winter solstice 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 year" or "dividing year", which means that "year" has not ended, but everyone has grown up for a year.

2. When eating the winter solstice, the entrances must be paired for good luck. In the end, there are only two pieces left, the married are the best, and the single and unmarried are the best.

The winter solstice is a traditional festival in China, and it is the 22nd of the 24 solar terms. The longitude of the sun reaches 270 degrees, and it is celebrated every year on the Gregorian calendar 65438+February 2 1-23. Winter solstice, also known as short solstice, winter festival and sub-year-old, has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is an important solar term among the 24 solar terms and a traditional folk festival in China.

The solstice in winter is one of the eight festivals in four seasons, and it is considered as a big holiday in winter. There is an ancient saying that the solstice in winter is as big as a year, so the ancients called it "off-year" or "off-year". The custom of winter solstice varies in content or details due to different regions. In some areas along the southern coast of China, there is a custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors during the winter solstice; In northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi from winter to Sunday every year.