Chaoshan winter solstice custom Chaoshan winter solstice what to eat?

Customs of Chaoshan winter solstice: In Chaoshan area, during the winter solstice, every household should make glutinous rice flour and winter festival pills. In addition to this custom, there are also customs such as ancestor worship and grave sweeping. On the solstice of winter, Chaoshan people gather at home to have a reunion dinner and enjoy the fun of reunion.

1, dietary customs:

Winter Festival Pills: There is a saying in Chaoshan area that "eating Winter Festival Pills is a New Year's Day". The day before the Winter Festival, after dinner, the housewife arranged to put a big basket on the low stool and knead the glutinous rice flour into a ball. Then, the whole family, big or small, sat together and each picked up a pink ball and twisted it into a marble-sized winter solstice circle. Some people deliberately rub out some circles with uneven sizes, which are called "father and son gongsun" circles, symbolizing the perfection of the family at the end of the year.

Winter festival cocoon: In addition to winter festival pills, there is also an indispensable food from winter solstice, that is, winter festival cocoon, which is deeply loved by Chaoshan people. This is a kind of food that can only be eaten after the winter solstice. Its shape is very similar to that of jiaozi, but its size is much larger than that of jiaozi. The stuffing is rich, consisting of shredded squid, mushrooms, shrimps, minced meat, onion and garlic, and celery. Some people have different tastes, and the fillings are naturally different. Probably going out, I always miss the smell.

2, ancestor worship custom:

On this day, Chaoshan people prepare three kinds of sacrifices and fruits, such as pork, chicken and fish, to worship their ancestors at the ancestral temple, and then the family sits around the table for dinner, usually before noon, and the family is reunited at lunch. But in coastal areas, such as the seamounts in Raoping, ancestors sacrificed in the early morning before fishermen went out to sea to fish, which means asking gods and ancestors to bless fishermen's fishing safety.

3. Custom of sweeping graves:

This is another activity from the winter solstice. According to the Chaoshan custom, the annual grave sweeping is generally in Qingming and the solstice of winter, which is called "spring paper" and "winter paper". Generally speaking, the custom of "handing out spring paper" should be carried out three years before death, and "winter paper" can only be carried out three years later. But most people like to bring "winter paper", because it often rains during the Qingming period and the road is difficult to walk; On the solstice of winter, the weather is fine, which is very suitable for picnicking in the mountains.