What do you eat on the solstice in winter in Hangzhou?

People in Hangzhou eat rice cakes on the solstice in winter.

Every winter solstice, people in Hangzhou will make cakes to worship their ancestors or give them to relatives and friends. In diet, three meals will make different flavors of rice cakes, such as rice cakes mixed with sesame powder and sugar, fried rice cakes with shredded pork and so on. People in Hangzhou eat rice cakes on the solstice in winter for good luck, which means getting old.

Winter solstice is an important solar term in the China lunar calendar, and it is also a traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The winter solstice is usually called "Winter Festival", "Dragon solstice Festival" and "Asian New Year". As early as more than 2,500 years ago in the Spring and Autumn Period, China had observed the sun with the earth, and determined the winter solstice, which was the earliest of the 24 solar terms, and the time was between 0 and 23 in Gregorian calendar 65438+February 265438.

There is a saying in Hanshu: "The sun shines on the winter solstice, Jun Chang, congratulations." In other words, people began to celebrate the winter solstice to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. The ancients believed that since the winter of solstice, the yang of heaven and earth began to flourish, representing the beginning of the next cycle and the arrival of good luck. Therefore, the custom of ancestor worship and family dinner in the Spring Festival is often chosen on the solstice of winter. The winter solstice is also called "off-year". First, it shows that the year is approaching and there are not many days left. The second is to show the importance of the winter solstice.