Today's winter solstice is December 21, 2020, which is also the arrival of the winter solstice of the 24 solar terms this year. The arrival of the winter solstice means that the mid-winter season of the ninth is entered, and it is also the time when the sun travels to the twenty-seventy degrees of the yellow path, and the seasons are handed over. That is, the sun runs to the Tropic of Cancer, the longest day of the night and the shortest day.
The arrival of the winter solstice heralds the real arrival of winter. On the day of the folk winter solstice, there are many customs, and the ethnic groups or living habits of various places are different, and the customs of the winter solstice are also different. The following is a brief summary of several folk customs of the winter solstice:
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >1, eat dumplings on the winter solstice. </h1>
As the saying goes: "Winter solstice dumplings summer solstice noodles." "There is a legend in this, in ancient times, Dr. Zhang Zhongjing saw that the ears of the folk were frozen in winter, so he wrapped the treatment medicine in flour, cooked it and gave it to these patients to eat. After eating, the ears are hot, and the winter is not cold, so it is said that dumplings are eaten on the day of the winter solstice.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >2, the winter solstice eats chaos. </h1>
Eating wontons on the winter solstice is generally more popular in Beijing, mainly because the Xiongnu in the north at that time had the Hun and Tun clans that always invaded the northern frontier. At that time, the soldiers and civilians were very resentful, so they wrapped the meat in the dough and cooked it and ate it, calling it chaos. After all, these people disturbed the neighbors, so on the day of the winter solstice, this dish was called chaos, mainly because after eating, the body was very warm, and the effect of being able to contain it also improved the ability of the military and the people to resist foreign enemies.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >3, winter solstice ancestor worship. </h1>
The winter solstice weather is very cold, and in ancient times there was a saying that "the winter solstice is as big as the year". At the end of the winter solstice, some gods and ancestors are very active, so it is called the Ghost Festival on the day of the winter solstice in ancient times. The main thing is to mourn the ancestors, and to pray for the wind and rain to be smooth and the family to be happy.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >4, eat rice cakes on the winter solstice. </h1>
Eating rice cakes on the winter solstice is more popular in the southern region, after all, there is a custom of making rice cakes in the south, eating three meals of rice cakes a day, and they are not the same. It indicates the good wishes of the year high and the good year.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >5, drink lamb soup on the winter solstice. </h1>
Due to the arrival of the winter solstice, the weather has become extremely cold, especially in the northern part of our country, where there is a lot of snow. For example, this year, due to the La Niña phenomenon, the northern part of our country is already covered with snow, and there are still many places that continue to go down. In such a cold area, local people generally like to drink mutton soup, which can improve the body's heat energy, replenish the body's energy, and achieve the effect of cold.
As the rural saying goes, "ten miles of different winds, a hundred miles of different customs", because of the large number of nationalities in our country, the vast land, the large latitude span of north and south, and the span of east and west longitude are also large, so some folk customs are different, but in general, for the day of the winter solstice is very important, this year is also a very important festival. In the final analysis, it is not forgetting the ancestors, and not forgetting the cold of the weather.
Today's winter solstice, what are the customs of your countryside there? What is the food on this day of the winter solstice? Please leave a message below.