The custom of winter solstice

When the winter solstice comes, the climate will get colder, so people should keep warm and eat more hot food to ensure their health. Below I have carefully arranged some customs of winter solstice. Let's have a look.

First, 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.

Second, eat jiaozi.

In most parts of northern China, it is a holiday custom to eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter. Eating jiaozi, also known as "frozen ears", originated from a legend in the Han Dynasty. When Zhang Zhongjing was an official in Changsha, he retired to his hometown, which coincided with the snowy winter and the biting wind, and many people's ears were frozen. He was very sad, so he asked his disciples to set up a shed in Guandong, Nanyang, and cook it in a pot with mutton, peppers and some herbs to drive away the cold. Then he picked it up and chopped it up, made it into ears with flour bags, and then cooked it in a pot and distributed it to the people. After everyone eats it, their ears will be fine. Later, on the winter solstice, people will imitate it and eat it as a "frozen ear". Later, they called it "jiaozi".

Third, eat wonton.

Eating wonton in winter was first popular in the Southern Song Dynasty. According to legend, people in Zhao Gou, Song Gaozong love to eat the wonton cooked by the chef, because once the wonton is not cooked well, someone will send the chef to Dali Temple for punishment, but because only the chef can cook wonton, Zhao Gou pardoned him. Later, the method of making wonton spread to the people, and there were more and more varieties and patterns. During the winter solstice festival, every household eats wonton, which leads to the saying "winter solstice wonton and summer solstice noodles".

Fourth, eat hot pot.

When the solstice of winter arrives, it will enter cold weather. From the solstice of winter, every nine days is divided into a "nine" * * * divided into nine "nine". When the number reaches 8 1, it is "nine peach blossoms". Since the Qing Dynasty, old Beijing has had the dietary customs of "Jiujiu Hot Pot" and "Jiujiu Wine and Meat" to keep out the cold. In the middle of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, there are ten hot pots with ten different contents, but they are all hot pots, usually instant-boiled mutton, which are very popular in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

Five, 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".

A bowl of steaming mutton soup can strengthen the spleen, warm the middle warmer, enrich the blood and replenish qi, and let us gain a little comfort in winter while tasting delicious food. It's a good choice to kill two birds with one stone.

Various winter solstice eating customs are still widely circulated in China, which shows that this day has an important impact on people's lives. I carefully arranged some winter solstice customs on it. If you have anything to add or say, please leave a message in the comments below.