Winter solstice has both natural and humanistic connotations, which is an important solar term among the 24 solar terms and a traditional folk festival in China. It is said that the solstice in winter is as big as a year. The winter solstice and the winter solstice are the starting points for the return of the sun. Since the winter solstice, the sun has risen to a high place, and the days are getting longer every day. The solstice in winter marks the rebirth of the sun and the movement of the sun back and forth into a new cycle. Therefore, the ancients regarded the solstice in winter as a good day. Among the eight festivals in a year, the winter solstice is very important.

In southern China, there are customs of offering sacrifices to ancestors and enjoying the winter solstice. In northern China, there is a custom of eating jiaozi every winter solstice. People have always attached great importance to the winter solstice festival. In the pre-Qin period, the customs and cultures of the north and the south were different, and the customs of various places had not been integrated and popularized. Many festivals have a history, but they are not recorded, and many ancient festivals and customs are rarely recorded in books.

traditional custom

1, draw nine

The so-called painting nine is actually a picture to calculate the warm days from winter to spring in the future. In the Ming Dynasty, it was recorded in "Scenery of the Imperial Capital" that on the solstice of winter, a plum blossom was painted and one petal was dyed every day. The petals are exhausted and the spring is deep. There are three kinds of schema, namely, word, circle and plum blossom.

Step 2 eat glutinous rice balls

Eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter is a traditional custom, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. Tangyuan is an indispensable food in winter solstice, which means reunion and perfection. Eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter is also called the solstice yen in winter. Some people say that they are one year older than eating jiaozi.

Step 3 eat barbecue and ginger rice

Some places in the south want to eat barbecue on the solstice in winter. On the solstice of winter, roasted meat becomes an indispensable delicacy on the table of Guangdong and Guangxi people, which means adding vegetables to add new year. On the solstice of winter, Wuchuan people have the custom of eating ginger rice on the solstice of winter.