The origin of winter solstice. How do local customs spend the winter of solstice?

1. The origin of the winter solstice: The winter solstice festival originated in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and has continued to this day. Lu even said that the winter solstice is as big as a year. This shows that the ancients attached great importance to the winter solstice. People think that the winter solstice is a natural transformation of yin and yang and a blessing from heaven. In the Han Dynasty, the winter solstice was the "Winter Festival", and the government held a congratulatory ceremony called "He Dong", which was a routine festival. There is such a record in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty: "Before and after the winter solstice, a gentleman was prepared for danger in times of peace, refused to listen to politics, and chose an auspicious day to save trouble." So on this day, the imperial court had a holiday, the army was on standby, the frontier fortress was closed, the business trip was closed, relatives and friends sent meals to each other, visited each other, and had a "quiet" holiday happily.

2. The custom of winter solstice:

(1) Folk custom in Taiwan Province Province: In Taiwan Province Province, China Province, the tradition of offering nine-layer cakes to ancestors from winter to daily use is still preserved. Glutinous rice flour is kneaded into animals symbolizing good luck, such as chickens, ducks, turtles, pigs, cows, sheep, etc., and then steamed in layers in a steamer to show ancestor worship and not forget ancestors.

(2) Northern winter solstice custom: Eating jiaozi in winter solstice is a good deed of Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage", in the soup of dispelling cold and charming ears. Up to now, there is still a folk song in Nanyang, which is called "jiaozi Bowl, and nobody cares about frozen ears." .

(3) Suzhou people's winter solstice custom: On the winter solstice, Suzhou people also have the custom of eating wonton.

(4) The custom of winter solstice in Ningxia: On the winter solstice, there is a custom in Yinchuan. On this day, I want to drink powder soup and eat mutton powder soup buns. Yinchuan people also gave mutton powder soup a special name-"brain".

(5) Shanghai winter solstice custom: Shanghainese are used to eating glutinous rice balls from winter solstice to celebrate the arrival of winter solstice.

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3. Celebrations include: The Ming and Qing emperors had a ceremony to worship heaven, which was called "suburban days from winter to sun". There was a ceremony in the palace where hundreds of officials congratulated the emperor. They also threw thorns at each other and congratulated each other, just like New Year's Day. However, people do not regard the winter solstice as a festival, but have some timely activities. After entering the ninth year, some literati engaged in so-called activities to cool down and keep out the cold. They chose a "ninth day" day to meet nine people to drink (the homonym of "wine" and "nine"), and nine dishes and bowls were placed in front of the table. After the table, people used "nine flowers" to sit on their furniture in order to cool down and drive away the cold.