202 1 What's the difference between the north and the south during the winter solstice?

1. The main difference between the winter solstice in the north and the winter solstice in the south is that they eat different things. They are used to eating jiaozi in the winter from the solstice to the north. There are also customs of slaughtering sheep, eating jiaozi and eating wonton in the northern region. Southerners are used to eating glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter, because glutinous rice balls have the meaning of perfection and reunion. In the southern part of China, it is also customary to eat glutinous rice balls and long noodles in winter.

2. Winter solstice, also known as short solstice, winter festival, age division, winter worship, etc. It is an important solar term among the 24 solar terms and a traditional folk festival in China. In all parts of the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice has the shortest day and the longest night. The farther north, the shorter the day.

Many places in the south celebrate festivals from winter solstice to Sunday. Many areas along the southern coast have the traditional custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors during the winter solstice. Every household is dedicated to ancestor statues, memorial tablets, etc. Go to the hall at home, place an altar, set up incense burners, offerings, etc.

In many places in the north, it is a custom to eat jiaozi every winter solstice. Most northern regions want to eat jiaozi on this day, because jiaozi means "driving away the cold". Up to now, there has been a saying among the people that "the jiaozi bowl is improper on the solstice of winter, and nobody cares about the frozen ears".