What are the customs of winter solstice? What's the point?

Traditional Gusu people will drink winter wine on the night of winter solstice, and the winter wine will be brewed with glutinous rice or yellow rice and osmanthus. In the cold season, a bowl of rice wine is fragrant and warm, which is perfect.

In modern times, the custom of brewing rice wine is still passed down, but there are various ways to keep warm. Warm-up wine in winter is good, but don't be greedy, otherwise good wine will be counterproductive.

Eat sweet potato soup

This is the traditional winter solstice diet in Ningbo, China. Eating sweet potatoes on the solstice of winter is to "turn over" all the bad luck of the past year and usher in a new chapter in life. Tang Guo is also called jiaozi, which means "reunion" and "perfection". On the solstice of winter, every household comes to a bowl, which is delicious, warm and has a beautiful meaning. It is a leader in holiday diet.

Drink mutton soup

Mutton is a kind of warm food, which can dispel the cold in the body. Many people like to eat mutton soup in cold winter to keep warm and drive away the cold, and even have the custom of "eating mutton on the solstice of winter".