Does Xinyang eat jiaozi or glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter?

Eating "frozen ears" is a common name for southerners to eat jiaozi in winter solstice.

On the Yangtze River, southerners eat dumplings and northerners eat jiaozi. This difference is closely related to the different living habits, products and cultures of the North and the South. It is convenient for northerners to eat jiaozi, and it will be cooked as soon as they pinch it, while southerners are very particular about eating glutinous rice balls. In addition to dumplings, they will also cook big meals and eat two meals at a big table. Winter solstice means authentic winter nine, and the ancients paid attention to "winter storage". The solstice in winter is the shortest day in a year. In order to keep healthy, you need to go to bed early and get up late to adapt to the weather changes. Whether it's Tangyuan or jiaozi, the legend is warm and the implication is beautiful. You can eat anything as long as you spend the winter with your family.

Winter solstice, also known as "Winter Festival", "Dragon Solstice Festival" and "Asian New Year", is an important solar term in the China lunar calendar and a traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The winter solstice is the earliest of the 24 solar terms, which originated in the Spring and Autumn Period. In ancient China, the earth gauge was used to observe the sun and determine the winter solstice. The time is between 65438+February 2 1 and 23 in the Gregorian calendar every year. From winter to sunrise, the sun's direct ground position reaches the southernmost point of the year, almost directly to the Tropic of Capricorn (23 26' south latitude); The northern hemisphere has the least sunshine, 50% less than the southern hemisphere; In the northern hemisphere, the shortest day, the farther north, the shorter the day.