In ancient China, the winter solstice, also known as "Winter Festival", was once a very grand festival, known as "Winter Festival and New Year's Day". In the Zhou Dynasty, except Sunday (30th) and New Year's Eve, it was not the end of the year, but the day before the winter solstice. At that time, the 24 solar terms were also headed by the winter solstice. After the winter solstice, the stars in the night sky are completely replaced by the stars in winter. From today, they will enter the ninth. At this time, the southern hemisphere is in a hot summer.
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Winter solstice diet
1, mutton soup
Every winter, we eat mutton everywhere from Sunday to Sunday. As the saying goes, "three nine supplements one, winter", and warm mutton is regarded as a good tonic in winter. For ordinary people, eating mutton is one of the main ways to supplement the cold in winter. Traditional Chinese medicine and medicine pay attention to "four seasons and five supplements", among which "nourishing" in winter is a timely tonic method. Eating mutton in winter solstice is to keep out the cold and nourish.
2. Tangyuan
Winter solstice jiaozi, also known as Winter Festival Pill, Winter solstice meatball, etc. It is very old to eat glutinous rice balls in the winter of solstice. After jiaozi is wrapped up, it is necessary to offer sacrifices to the gods and ancestors, and then the whole family will eat around. This is called "adding years". The winter solstice group can be used to worship ancestors or give gifts to relatives and friends. There is a saying in Chaoshan that "one year later, we will eat the Winter Festival Yuan", among which "Winter Festival Yuan" is the glutinous rice balls. Eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter is particularly popular in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is a folk saying that "eating jiaozi is one year older".