Winter solstice is here, Jiangsu people's winter solstice customs, you still remember what

Jiangsu people's winter solstice customs: eating dumplings, fish, green vegetables and tofu, drinking chicken soup, eating pumpkin, ancestor worship.

1, because of regional differences, so in the present impression of people in the north like to eat dumplings, the south like to eat dumplings. But in fact, all the same, through the cultural development and integration of dumplings and dumplings both north and south. Many people have heard of "winter solstice not end of the bowl of dumplings, freezing off the ears of no one care", in the northern region of the winter solstice has the custom of eating dumplings, but in fact in some parts of the winter solstice is also can eat soup dumplings.

2, soup dumplings is also a traditional Chinese food, in many of the festivals, festivals to find the custom of eating dumplings, winter solstice to eat soup dumplings, to have red, white two. Red and white in ancient times with the symbolism of yin and yang. At the winter solstice, the yin and yang of heaven and earth by peeling and restoration, yin and yang alternation, the return of yang, a new beginning.

3, the winter solstice custom of eating dumplings in the south is more popular, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, "dumplings" is the winter solstice necessary food, is a kind of glutinous rice flour made of round desserts, "round" means reunion, complete, winter solstice dumplings also known as "winter solstice group". Winter solstice dumplings are also called "winter solstice group". Folk have "eaten dumplings a year older" said. Because in accordance with traditional Chinese culture, after the winter solstice is the second year, and after the winter solstice born of people even the second year of birth.