What are the traditional customs of winter solstice?

Eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter is especially popular in Jiangnan. "Tangyuan" is a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour, which means "reunion" and "perfection". Eating dumplings in winter solstice is also called "winter solstice group". There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls is one year older". The winter solstice group can be used to worship ancestors or give gifts to relatives and friends. In the past, Shanghainese were most particular about eating jiaozi.

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Traditional Gusu people will drink winter wine on the night of winter solstice. Winter wine is a kind of rice wine, which is brewed with sweet-scented osmanthus and has a pleasant aroma. Gusu people will drink winter wine on the night of winter solstice, and at the same time, they will serve all kinds of braised beef and braised mutton.

3. Nine-layer cake for ancestor worship

In Taiwan Province Province, China, the tradition of offering nine-layer cakes to ancestors from winter to the sun is still preserved. On the early date agreed before and after the winter solstice, people with the same surname and clan gather in the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors in order of age. After the ceremony, there will be a grand banquet for the people who come to worship their ancestors. Everyone drinks heartily and meets again after a long separation, which is called "food ancestor".

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Traditional customs of winter solstice:

1, Apprentice: The solstice in winter is, in a sense, the traditional Teacher's Day in China. Teacher Zuo told the reporter that there were many private schools in ancient times, and China had always respected teachers. On this ancient winter solstice, students will especially worship their teachers and give them some gifts.

2. Sacrifice: In the ancient winter solstice, the emperor would hold a grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven.

3.99-99 Cold Map: A folk entertainment game. Literati painted 8 1 plum blossom and dyed it with red ink every day. After 99-80 days, the plum blossom map is completed, which is the time when bloom is warm in spring. And crossword puzzles. Nine words are all nine strokes, one stroke a day, all written, and spring is coming. For example, the commonly used nine words "weeping willows before the court cherish the spring breeze".

4. Measuring the shadow of the sun: At noon from the winter solstice, put a long pole in the sun and measure the shadow cast. The sun shadow measured at this time is the longest in a year. On the solstice in summer, the sun shadow is the shortest.

5. blowing: use a pipe. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, glass tubes began to appear, and reeds burned to ashes. On the solstice of winter, if you watch carefully, ashes will float out gently.

People's Daily Online-Customs of North and South from winter to day: Every household in the north eats jiaozi, while jiaozi is cooked in the south of the Yangtze River, which means "Tuan".

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