"Painting Says "Twenty-Four Solar Terms"" by Cui Zimo, Academy of Literature and Art, China Academy of Arts
Count nine songs
1929 does not shoot;
Walk on ice in 3949;
5969, looking at the willows along the river;
Seven or nine rivers open, eight or nine geese come;
Nine nine plus one nine, ploughing cattle everywhere.
Winter Solstice And Food Customs
Dumplings
In the north, there is a custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice. As the saying goes, "The winter solstice does not dish dumpling bowl, and no one cares if the ears are frozen.". There is a saying that this custom is said to commemorate the "medical saint" Zhang Zhongjing's winter solstice medicine to heal people's frostbite. Although dumplings are used differently in the north and south, and have different names, they are widely loved.
Gangnam · Red bean sticky rice & tangyuan
In Jiangnan Water Town, there is a custom of the whole family gathering together on the night of the winter solstice to eat red bean sticky rice. According to legend, there was a man named Gonggongshi, whose son was not talented, who did many evil deeds, died on the day of the winter solstice, and after death became a plague ghost, continuing to harm the people. However, this plague ghost is most afraid of red beans, so people cook and eat red bean rice on the day of the winter solstice to ward off the evil spirits and prevent disasters and diseases.
Eating tangyuan is also a traditional custom of the winter solstice, especially in Jiangnan. "Tangyuan" is an essential food for the winter solstice, which means "reunion" and "consummation", and eating tangyuan on the winter solstice is also called "winter solstice dumpling". There is a folk saying that "eating tangyuan is one year older". Winter solstice groups can be used to worship ancestors and can also be used to give gifts to relatives and friends.
Taiwan · "Ancestor Eater"
In Taiwan, China, there is also a tradition of using nine layers of cakes to worship ancestors on the winter solstice, using glutinous rice flour to knead chickens, ducks, turtles, pigs, cows, sheep and other animals that symbolize auspicious and auspicious Fulu Shou, and then steamed in layers with steamers to worship the ancestors, in order to show that they do not forget the ancestors. People with the same surname gather in the ancestral shrine in the early morning of the winter solstice or the agreed day before and after the winter solstice, and worship the ancestors one by one according to the order of the elder and the young, commonly known as "ancestor worship". After the festival, there will also be a large banquet, entertaining the ancestors who come to worship the ancestors, everyone drinking happily, and contacting each other's long-lost feelings, called "eating ancestors". It has been passed down from generation to generation in Taiwan to show that it does not forget its "roots".
Three Gate Festivals for Winter
· Representative items of national intangible cultural heritage
△ Worship the ancestors
△ Take the long flowing water on the way
△ Making a "winter solstice circle"
Photography (Three Doors Festival): Chen Xingchang, Zheng Youdui
Project Description:
The Sanmen Festival of Winter festival is a grand and solemn folk custom of worshiping ancestors held during the Winter Solstice Festival, which is inherited from the townships and towns of Sanmen County, Zhejiang Province, and is held in the villages where the ethnic groups live. The Sanmen Festival has a long history, it takes the festival as the table, takes "reverence for heaven and earth, gratitude for ancestors, respect for the elderly, and promotion of righteousness and morality" as the core content, in the tradition of cautious pursuit of the distant future, completes the etiquette of thanking the ancestors of heaven and earth in the "Spring Prayer and Autumn News", and realizes the fundamental purpose of harmonious coexistence among the tribes.
Main contents:
1. Selection of the chief priest. At the beginning of the winter solstice, it is selected from the descendants of more than three generations of Fulu Shou in the duty house.
2, take the long flowing water. The day before the winter solstice, go to The Dragon Pond of Dalongling to get long flowing water.
3. Bathing and fasting. On the ugly day of the winter solstice, the chief priest, the companion sacrifice, the virgin boy and the girl, the deacon, etc. bathe and fast according to the family rules.
4. Worship the heavens. At the beginning of the yinshi, a prayer ceremony was held to pray for the heavens and prostrate in thanksgiving.
5. Ancestor worship. Yin Shizheng held an ancestor worship ceremony at the ancestral hall, and the main priests and other three prostrations and nine prayers, three offerings, reading blessings, and the clan geese knelt down to worship.
6. Perform a birthday drama. At the end of the day, the drama class wished for a happy birthday, and in front of the ancestral statue, he invited three toasts, offered peaches, and performed a costume drama for six days and six nights.
7. Perform the ritual of respecting the elderly. At that time, the elderly over the age of 60 respected the old meat.
8. Set up a banquet for the elderly. At noon, the elderly over 60 years old attend the feast for the elderly held at the ancestral hall and taste the winter solstice round.
Source: China Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center