What are the winter solstice customs in Shaanxi?

The winter solstice customs in Shaanxi include: eating jiaozi, cooking mutton steamed bread and mutton soup.

On the solstice of winter, there is the custom of eating soup mutton, which is called soup mutton for short. It was called "mutton soup" in ancient times, and the beef and mutton paomo in northwest China, especially in Xi 'an, Shaanxi, is the most famous. Su Shi, a famous poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, left a poem "There is bear wax in the soup, and Qin only cooks mutton soup".

Winter solstice, also known as winter festival, Asian New Year Festival and Long Day Festival, has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional folk festival in China. From winter to the sun, the sun reaches 270 degrees, and festivals are held every year on the Gregorian calendar 65438+February 2 1-23. Winter solstice is one of the eight festivals in a year. In ancient times, there was a custom of "eight festivals" to worship the gods and ancestors. Winter solstice is regarded as a big holiday in winter. There is a folk saying that winter solstice is as big as a year, so the ancients called it "sub-year" or "off-year".

In some coastal areas in southern China, the traditional custom of worshipping ancestors from the winter solstice is still continuing. In some areas of northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi every winter solstice.