What else is customary on the winter solstice besides eating dumplings?

What to eat on the winter solstice? Each local custom is different, the food is different:

1, in the north there is a proverb: winter solstice wontons summer solstice noodles, for the "good as dumplings" custom of other people in the north, but also generally have winter solstice to eat dumplings and wontons custom. In addition to this, there is also a saying that after the winter solstice, the weather will get colder and colder, and after eating dumplings, can let people in the cold winter, will not freeze off the ears;

2, and in the south, history books have recorded: the winter solstice, powdered glutinous rice for the pill, the name of the "soup dumplings", do a good job of dumplings to the gods to sacrifice to their ancestors, and then the family around to eat! Tangyuan, winter solstice eat Tangyuan also called "winter solstice group"; in addition to eat Tangyuan also eat red beans and glutinous rice custom, winter solstice this day to cook and eat red beans and glutinous rice to drive away epidemics and ghosts, disaster prevention and relief of disease.

3, Suzhou people eat wontons on the winter solstice to remember Xi Shi. His allusion is this, according to legend, in the Wu-Yue Spring and Autumn feast, tired of eating the king of Wu have no appetite, Xi Shi went into the imperial kitchen to do a plate of dim sum offered to the king of Wu, the king of Wu ate a big bowl, and even asked: "What kind of dim sum, so delicious?" Xi Shi thought: this dim king muddled and chaotic, then casually responded: "Chaos", and people in order to commemorate the wisdom of Xi Shi, Suzhou people will Chaos as the winter solstice seasonal food;

4, Shanghai winter solstice to eat dumplings, the ancients have a poem: "family pounded rice to do dumplings, know that the the day of the winter solstice in the Ming Dynasty." Eating soup dumplings on the winter solstice symbolizes family harmony and good luck;

5. Hangzhou people like to celebrate the winter solstice by eating rice cakes on this day. Every winter solstice, cakes are made to offer to ancestors or to gift to friends and relatives. In terms of diet, all three meals will do different flavors of rice cakes, sesame powder mixed with sugar rice cakes, fried rice cakes with shredded meat and so on a wide variety. Hangzhou people eat rice cakes on the winter solstice for good luck, meaning that they will grow taller every year.

6, Ningxia winter solstice this day to drink soup powder, eat mutton powder soup dumplings, and the people of the winter solstice this day to the mutton powder soup called an odd name - "mind"

Winter solstice in addition to eating have to pay attention to the other side, in the wearable aspects also have to pay attention to, some places require the winter solstice, the winter solstice, the winter solstice, the winter solstice, the winter solstice, the winter solstice is a good idea. Speaking of, some places require the winter solstice to wear a set of red underwear, such as Putian, where the winter solstice is second only to the Spring Festival, and in ancient times there is a "winter solstice is as big as the year," the saying, people wear red clothes to go to the mountains to sweep the graves, pay homage to the ancestors; and wear red underwear can prevent disasters and get rid of the disease, the next year will be smooth, red-hot!