What are the customs of the winter solstice?

Winter solstice customs: the north eat dumplings, the south cook dumplings.

As the saying goes, "Winter solstice dumplings, summer solstice noodles", tomorrow is the winter solstice, we can not forget to eat dumplings ah, there is a folk song is so, winter solstice do not end the bowl of dumplings, freezing off the ears of no one cares. The winter solstice is a very important traditional festival, which has been celebrated for more than 2,000 years.

In the north, eating dumplings on the day of the winter solstice is in honor of Zhang Zhongjing, the "Sage of Medicine". It is said that when Zhang Zhongjing returned to his hometown after resigning from his post in winter, he saw that the villagers on both sides of the White River were starving and cold, and many of them had their ears frozen to the ground. So he let his disciples set up a cauldron, in the winter solstice day with the bread into an ear-like thing called "Jiao Er" cooked for everyone to eat, frostbitten ears are cured. The later generations followed the example of "Jiao Er" and wrapped it into food, also called "dumplings". Not only that, on the winter solstice, many places also have the habit of eating dog meat and mutton. According to legend, Liu Bang, the founder of Han Dynasty, ate dog meat on the winter solstice and found the flavor particularly delicious. Since then, the custom of eating dog meat on the winter solstice has been formed in folklore.

In the south is the custom of cooking dumplings, eating rice balls and long thread noodles, the winter solstice, it is really "home pounding rice to make dumplings, know is the day of the winter solstice tomorrow". Some places in the winter solstice this day there is the custom of sacrificing to heaven and ancestors. In folklore, the winter solstice is as big as the New Year, and it can be said that the winter solstice is second only to the New Year's festival.

In terms of health, the winter solstice is a good time for health, mainly because "the winter solstice is born", "gas begins at the winter solstice". The focus of health care should pay attention to a small number of meals, curb anger and curb irritability, maintain a relaxed mood, pay attention to reasonable brain, to prevent excessive fatigue, and at the same time to pay attention to strengthening physical exercise.