What are the customs of winter solstice?

Winter solstice is one of the 24 solar terms and an important traditional festival. The winter solstice festival contains the richest contents and the most festivals and customs, so it has many aliases, also known as the winter festival, which is as long as the Japanese festival and as short as the Japanese festival and Hedong festival.

Winter solstice custom?

1, eat jiaozi?

An ancient poem said, "Every family beats rice to make glutinous rice balls, knowing that it is the winter solstice of the Ming Dynasty." Eating glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter is a traditional custom in China, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls is one year older". Tangyuan is also called jiaozi, and eating jiaozi on the winter solstice is also called "jiaozi on the winter solstice"; Tangyuan can be used for ancestor worship or as a gift to relatives and friends. In the past, Shanghainese were most particular about eating glutinous rice balls. They tasted the newly brewed sweet white wine, flower cakes and glutinous rice balls at the family banquet, and then sacrificed their ancestors with meat pieces.

2. Eat wonton?

Many places in our country have the custom of eating wonton in winter solstice. According to Yanjing Years Old, "Winter Solstice Wonton and Summer Solstice Noodle", on the winter solstice, people in Shi Jing eat more wonton. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Lin 'an (now Hangzhou) also had the custom of eating wonton in winter solstice. The Song people explained in detail that Lin 'an people eat wonton to worship their ancestors on the solstice in winter. It was not until the Southern Song Dynasty that the custom of eating wonton on the solstice became popular in China.

3. Eat red bean glutinous rice?

In Jiangnan water town, there is a custom that the whole family get together to eat red beans and glutinous rice in the evening from winter to Sunday. According to legend, there was a man named Gong. His son was incompetent and evil. He died on the Winter Solstice. Become a plague ghost after death and continue to harm the people. However, this epidemic ghost is most afraid of red beans, so people cook red bean rice from winter solstice to drive away the epidemic ghost and prevent diseases.

4. ancestor worship?

Sacrificing ancestors is a common custom in many festivals in China, and winter solstice is one of them. In the records of national customs in China, there is a saying of "Winter Solstice Festival", also known as "Ghost Festival". In the eyes of China people, the significance of the ancestors' souls to the family can be compared with the strength of the God of heaven and earth to the country, and we should not be careless or neglect it. Sacrifice, whether in the temple at home or in the cemetery, is to offer delicious and delicious things to our ancestors as much as possible.

5. Wear shoes for the winter solstice?

On the winter solstice, people have the habit of giving children shoes and hats. Sending shoes and hats is mainly to hope that children can grow up healthily. In the past, it was mainly hand embroidery, but now most of it is bought from the market, and the form is also keeping up with the trend of the times.

6, 99 Eliminate colds?

The winter solstice begins to enter the cold winter. In ancient times, there was a custom of painting nine plum blossoms in winter to the sun, such as the "Nine-Nine Cold Map" or "Sumei Map". Fill a petal every day. When all the petals are filled, it will be sunny in September. Pass the long winter poetically with painting.

The traditional winter solstice culture and our traditional ceremonies have brought us beautiful memories and deep impressions. Whether enjoying the moon, eating jiaozi or burning paper money, it is full of warm feelings and happiness. Today's winter solstice is not only an important festival to commemorate local traditional culture, but also a dimension of world cultural diversity.