The custom and meaning of winter solstice

The custom of winter solstice is to worship ancestors and eat barbecue and ginger rice. Eat rice cakes. The winter solstice means, the winter solstice means: cold is coming. Winter solstice, also known as short solstice, winter festival, sub-year, winter worship and so on. It has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional folk festival in China.

In northern China, there is a custom of eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter. As the saying goes, "When winter solstice comes, eat jiaozi." In the south, we eat jiaozi, but there are exceptions. For example, in Tengzhou, Shandong Province, the solstice in winter is called Jiujiu, and the custom of drinking mutton soup on that day is very popular, which means driving away the cold.