What are the customs of winter solstice?

First of all, jiaozi, when winter solstice comes, every family eats jiaozi. Winter solstice solar terms,

Entering the coldest weather in a year, the cold winter solstice will make many people's ears frostbite, and jiaozi is shaped like an ear, so there is an old saying, "jiaozi doesn't freeze your ears in winter solstice". Jiaozi is rich in fillings, which can be vegetarian. For example, leek stuffing means "making a fortune" and cabbage stuffing means "making a fortune". , delicious and meaningful.

Second, winter to the sun: As the saying goes, "After eating winter to the sun, a day is longer."

Third, dumplings, in the south, have been eaten in winter for a long time, especially in Jiangnan. "Tangyuan" is a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour. This is a must-have food in winter. Eating dumplings means "reunion", and eating dumplings on the solstice in winter symbolizes family harmony and good luck.

Fourth, mutton soup, after the winter solstice, enters the cold winter, the coldest season of the year, and mutton has always been recognized as a nourishing ingredient in winter, with the effects of tonifying deficiency and strengthening yang, warming the body and warming the stomach. Eating it can not only supplement nutrition, but also resist the cold.

In the south, rice cakes are "the solstice in winter is as big as a year", so Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Japan also have the habit of eating rice cakes in winter. "Winter is getting higher every year", so it is auspicious to eat rice cakes.

Six wonton, the winter solstice is a sunny day, just like the chaos when Pangu started the world. Eating wonton is homophonic, which means eating "chaos and ignorance" and then "everything is clear" Therefore, eating wonton in winter solstice means breaking the chaos and making the sky clear and bright.