What should be worshipped on the solstice in winter?

1, the winter solstice has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only a natural solar term, but also a traditional festival to worship ancestors and gods. On the winter solstice, due to the characteristics of solar terms, "the sun rises in the winter solstice, and the sun rises in the heavens and the earth". The ancients thought that it was a good day for the sun to rise in the heavens and the earth from the winter solstice, representing the beginning of the next cycle. Therefore, the gods and ancestors were sacrificed on the winter solstice, and the custom of this festival was formed.

2. Since ancient times, since the Zhou Dynasty, there have been winter solstice sacrifices in the palace. According to "Zhou Li Chun Guan Shenshi", "Winter comes, even to ghosts and gods." The purpose is to pray and eliminate epidemic diseases and reduce people's hunger and death in famine years.

Up to now, there is still the custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors in winter among the people in Japan. The etiquette of ancestor worship in winter solstice is the same as that on New Year's Day, but at the same time, parents and elders should be paid homage.

4. In Chaoshan area of Guangdong, on the solstice of winter, three animals and fruits should be prepared and sacrificed to ancestors in the ancestral temple. After that, the family will sit around the table for dinner, and the worship is usually completed before noon.

In the coastal area of Raoping seamount, fishermen will worship their ancestors in the morning before going out to sea for fishing, and pray for the gods and ancestors to bless the people who go out to sea safely.

6. In Hui 'an, Guangdong Province, in addition to offering sacrifices to ancestors, it is also required to go to the mountains to pay money within ten days before and after the winter solstice, which is similar to some customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

7. In Taiwan Province Province, there is a tradition of offering nine-layer cakes to ancestors on the solstice in winter. People knead glutinous rice flour into various animals with auspicious symbols, and then steam them in a steamer layer by layer to worship their ancestors to show their memory.