What is the difference between the winter solstice and the winter solstice? Which of them is the solar term?

Winter solstice is a solar term, and winter solstice is winter solstice, which is a solar term.

The solstice in winter is one of the eight festivals in four seasons, and it is considered as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year. The custom of winter solstice varies in content or details due to different regions. In southern China, there are customs of offering sacrifices to ancestors and enjoying the winter solstice. In northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi from winter to Sunday every year.

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Tangyuan 1

Winter solstice jiaozi, also known as Winter Festival Pill, Winter solstice meatball, etc. It is very old to eat glutinous rice balls in the winter of solstice. After jiaozi is wrapped up, it is necessary to offer sacrifices to the gods and ancestors, and then the whole family will eat around. This is called "adding years". The winter solstice group can be used to worship ancestors or give gifts to relatives and friends. There is a saying in Chaoshan that "one year later, we will eat the Winter Festival Yuan", among which "Winter Festival Yuan" is the glutinous rice balls. Eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter is particularly popular in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is a folk saying that "eating jiaozi is one year older".

2. Sweet potato soup

In Ningbo, sweet potato soup is one of the must-eat foods in winter solstice. "Fan" and "Fan" are homophones. In Ningbo people's understanding, eating sweet potatoes on the solstice in winter is to "turn over" all the bad luck of the past year. Tang Guo is similar to jiaozi, much smaller and without stuffing. Tang Guo is also called jiaozi, which means "reunion" and "perfection".