What is the winter solstice element?

The elements of winter solstice include ancestor worship and feasting, because in southern China, there are customs of ancestor worship and feasting on winter solstice. The elements of the winter solstice include jiaozi. In northern China, there is a custom of eating jiaozi and glutinous rice balls every winter solstice. Eating dumplings is a traditional custom from winter solstice, especially in the south of the Yangtze River.

The winter solstice is the 22nd solar term in the "24 solar terms", and the solar calendar reaches 270 degrees. Every year, the festival is held on 65438+February 2 1-23 in the Gregorian calendar.

The origin of winter solstice custom

1, eat jiaozi on the winter solstice.

As the saying goes: "Winter solstice jiaozi, summer solstice noodles." There is a legend in it. In ancient times, Dr. Zhang Zhongjing saw that people's ears would freeze in winter, so he put the medicine bag for treatment in flour and cooked it for these patients. After eating, my ears get hot, so I don't feel cold in winter, so there is a saying that I eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter.

2, eat indiscriminately from winter to day.

Eating wonton on the solstice in winter is very popular in Beijing, mainly because Huns and Tuns in the north have been invading the northern border. At that time, the soldiers and civilians were very angry, so they wrapped the meat in dough and cooked it, which was called chaos. After all, these people make their neighbors uneasy, so they call this dish chaos in winter solstice, mainly because they are very warm after eating, which can play a suggestive role and improve the ability of military and civilians to resist foreign enemies.

Worship ancestors and gods on the solstice in winter.

It's very cold from winter to Sunday. In ancient times, there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year. When the winter solstice comes, some gods will actively offer sacrifices to their ancestors, so it was also called Ghost Festival in ancient times. Mainly to mourn the ancestors and pray for good weather and family happiness.