What are the customs in Chaoshan on the solstice of winter? What about your home?

There are many customs in winter solstice and Chaoshan, such as eating winter solstice pills, going up the mountain to worship ancestors, having a reunion dinner and so on. We also belong to Guangdong, located in Shaoguan. There are some customs about the winter solstice, but we don't pay much attention to it. On the solstice of winter, our married daughter can't go back to her family. On this day, we will eat jiaozi.

Winter solstice is one of the 24 solar terms in China. Every year on the day of 65438+February, 2 1 or 22, each region will have different customs of winter solstice, and it is a very important day in Chaoshan, even? Winter solstice new year? Statement. On this day, Chaoshan people will eat winter solstice pills, have a reunion dinner together and go up the mountain to worship their ancestors.

1, Eat Winter Solstice Pills On the solstice of winter, the daughter-in-law in Chaoshan area will cook the Winter Solstice Pills before dawn, and then the relatives at home will eat a bowl after getting up. Taking winter solstice pills symbolizes that the child is one year older. Winter solstice pills are divided into glutinous rice balls and japonica rice balls. Generally, winter solstice pills need to be prepared one night in advance, and then cooked at home by the daughter-in-law in the early morning of winter solstice, and then the whole family is called up to eat together.

2. Going up to the mountain to worship ancestors is a very important festival in Chaoshan from the winter solstice, even more important than the Spring Festival. On this day, you should not only eat the winter solstice pills, but also go up the mountain to worship your ancestors. After breakfast, the family will prepare something to worship their ancestors, and then take them to the mountains to sweep the graves. Generally, pork, chicken, fish, eggs and some fruits and sweets are prepared for the sacrifice. Grave-sweeping is usually finished before lunch, and then the sacrifices from the mountain are taken home and put in the ancestral hall for another worship. After this process, the family will get together again to eat winter solstice pills and then wait for lunch.

3. Having a family reunion dinner and offering sacrifices to ancestors is naturally a family reunion dinner. For Chaoshan area, the solstice in winter is the day of their reunion. On this day, people who work outside usually come back to have a reunion dinner with their elders, which also means a happy family reunion. Therefore, Chaoshan people attach great importance to family reunion, so the reunion dinner is particularly important.