What are the folk inventory of winter solstice and the explanations of winter solstice?

There are three stages in winter solstice: the first stage is when earthworms knot, the second stage is when rice jiao dissolves, and the third stage is when water springs flow. The folk custom of winter solstice is that the north traditionally eats jiaozi, while the south mostly eats jiaozi.

Earthworm knot: It is said that earthworms are creatures with yin bending and yang stretching. At this time, although the yang has increased, the yin is still very strong, and the earthworms in the soil are still curled up.

Angle interpretation: Mi and deer belong to the same family, but Yin and Yang are different. The ancients thought that the angle of rice was facing the afterlife, so it was yin, while winter was yang. Rice felt that the yin gradually receded and solved the angle.

Spring movement: the spring water in the mountain can flow and be moist.

In winter solstice, most areas are used to eating jiaozi. Traditionally, cakes are eaten in mountainous areas, and wonton is eaten in some places. There is a saying that "winter solstice wonton and summer solstice noodles".

Eating meat in winter solstice is an ancient food custom, and the ancestral hall with the same surname distributes "barbecue" according to the population after sweeping graves in southern winter solstice. There are two kinds of meat, raw and cooked, and there are many rules for time sharing.

Many places in our country have the custom of eating wonton in winter solstice. According to Yanjing Years Old, "Winter Solstice Wonton and Summer Solstice Noodle", on the winter solstice, people in Shi Jing eat more wonton.

In Jiangnan water town, there is a custom that the whole family get together to eat red beans and glutinous rice in the evening from winter to Sunday. Ghosts are most afraid of red beans, so people cook red bean rice on the solstice in winter to drive away epidemic ghosts and prevent diseases.

Every winter on the solstice in Zhejiang and other places, the whole family, men, women and children, get together, and the married daughter has to rush back to her husband's house. Every household should make buckwheat noodles to eat. According to custom, eating buckwheat in winter solstice can remove pig hair and chicken feathers from the stomach.