The origin of winter solstice and what folk customs are there? Besides eating jiaozi, what's the point?

As the starting point of the 24 solar terms and the beginning of a year in China, the solstice in winter has more colorful holiday etiquette and entertainment customs, which have gone through thousands of years, but were later ignored or discarded by us.

Let's talk about offering sacrifices to heaven first.

Although it is the patent of ancient emperors to worship heaven from the winter solstice, it can still be used for reference in expressing the unity of heaven and man, fearing heaven and earth and defending the country. The common people followed the emperor's example of offering sacrifices to heaven, and formed the custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors during the winter solstice. In many parts of our country, the custom of worshipping ancestors from the winter solstice has been maintained. In Yaozhou, Tongchuan, "winter solstice" is called "cellar wine".

Of course, jiaozi and wonton are not the only supplements, such as mutton bread in soup in Guanzhong, mutton soup, sheep bones in northern Shaanxi, mutton offal, roasted meat in Guangdong, winter festival pills in Chaoshan, dumplings in Jiangnan and so on. All these have become China people's "winter solstice feast", and the custom of winter solstice lives in the taste buds of China people.