The implication of eating glutinous rice from winter solstice

The significance of eating glutinous rice on the solstice of winter: reunion and prosperity, celebration and harmony.

Jiangnan people eat glutinous rice from a legend. It is a custom for the whole family to get together and eat red beans and glutinous rice on the night of winter solstice in China. According to legend, * * * was a talented man. He did many bad things and died in the winter of the solstice. Become a plague ghost after death and continue to hurt people. However, plague ghosts are most afraid of red beans, so people cook red beans and glutinous rice in winter solstice to drive away ghosts and prevent disasters.

Although it comes from legend, eating glutinous rice on this day has its own practical basis. Glutinous rice is mild, delicate and moist, which is very suitable for eating in winter solstice to nourish and maintain health. At the same time, glutinous rice is very sticky, symbolizing reunion, harmony, auspiciousness and bumper harvest.

Cultural customs of winter solstice

Enjoy fishing in winter

"There are no birds in the mountains, no footprints in the thousands of roads, a boat, a bamboo cloak, and an old man fishing in the cold Jiang Xue." Fishermen are in nature, enjoying the joy between mountains and rivers and enjoying this wonderful leisure time.

Eat winter food

"After eating winter solstice noodles, the queue is getting longer and longer." When the cathode arrives, the sun begins to grow, the sun goes south, the days are short and the shadows are long. In addition to noodles on the solstice, jiaozi, glutinous rice balls and eight-treasure porridge are traditional aphrodisiac and cold-proof foods.

Warm winter custom

"Zhou Li Chun Guan Shen Shi" records: "Winter Solstice, to ghosts and gods." The ancients believed that it was a good day that the yang of heaven and earth began to flourish since the winter of November, representing the beginning of the next cycle. Therefore, many areas later had the custom of offering sacrifices to the heavens and ancestors from the winter solstice.