What are the traditional customs of winter solstice?

Year after year always flies, 2022 has entered the end of the year, and a new year is coming. There are many things to be busy at the end of the year, and there is a very important solar term in the second half of the year, that is, the winter solstice.

When is the solstice in the winter of 2022?

Gregorian calendar 65438+February 22nd, 1 1 Thursday, February 29th.

Winter solstice solar terms, also known as short days, winter festivals, years, winter worship and so on. Taking into account the two meanings of nature and humanity, it is an important festival among the 24 solar terms and a traditional folk festival in China. Winter solstice is one of the eight festivals in four seasons, and it is called a famous festival in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year, so the ancients called the winter solstice solar terms "off-year" or "off-year" The custom of solar terms from winter solstice varies from region to region, and there are also differences in the specific content or details of the custom.

What are the customs of winter solstice?

First, eat jiaozi.

In most parts of northern China, it is a holiday custom to eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter. Eating jiaozi, also known as "frozen ears", originated from a legend in the Han Dynasty. When Zhang Zhongjing was an official in Changsha, he retired to his hometown, which coincided with the snowy winter and the biting wind, and many people's ears were frozen.

Second, eat jiaozi.

The traditional custom of eating glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice festival was formed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Especially in the south of the Yangtze River, glutinous rice balls are an indispensable food in winter solstice, which means "reunion" and "perfection". Eating glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter symbolizes family harmony and auspiciousness.

Third, eat mutton.

According to legend, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, ate mutton cooked in Fan Kuai on the solstice of winter, which was particularly delicious and full of praise. Since then, people have formed the custom of eating mutton from the winter solstice in order to have a good omen for the coming year.

Fourth, eat red beans and glutinous rice.

According to legend, * * * Gong had a son who did many evils and finally died in the winter. Become a plague ghost after death and continue to harm the people. However, this epidemic ghost is most afraid of red beans, so people cook red bean rice on the solstice in winter to ward off evil spirits, prevent disasters and get rid of diseases.