Winter Solstice Festival activities and traditional food texts and pictures of other ethnic groups

On the winter solstice day of the Miao people, every household kills pigs, makes glutinous rice cakes, pickles bacon, stuffs sausages, and prepares enough glutinous rice wine (sweet wine), corn wine, etc., and everyone in the village has a reunion dinner together. In addition, the Miao people also have some unique winter solstice customs.

The Dong people have a variety of activities such as playing Lusheng, Doye, Dong opera, antiphonal singing, etc. During the Winter Solstice Festival, they pick Winter Solstice tea to make camellia. The tea picked at that time is the most delicious, and more importantly, they eat Winter Solstice meat. , especially frozen fish is an indispensable delicacy for the Dong New Year. It is delicious, sweet and slightly sour, moderately spicy, and very appetizing. Pickled fish and pickled meat can be eaten raw or cooked.

In the Winter Solstice Festival, the Bai people will kill pigs and sheep, dance with sticks to encourage people, hold a big banquet, and eat fried buckwheat grains and mutton soup.

The Zhuang people eat glutinous rice balls during the Winter Solstice Festival. Tangyuan means reunion. The whole family gathers together to eat glutinous rice balls, which is harmonious and joyful. Pumpkin rice has high nutritional value and can clear away heat.