Tomorrow's winter solstice
Did your family start pinching "hen paparazzi"?
winter solstice
Minnan people are also commonly known as "Winter Festival"
There is a folk proverb called "winter solstice small year pocket"
That is, the winter solstice is a traditional festival that is as important as the New Year
There are customs such as eating tangyuan and worshipping ancestors
Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, with the footsteps of the Minnan people in developing Taiwan
The custom of the winter solstice was also brought to Taiwan
In Fujian and Taiwan, a distinctive winter solstice custom has been formed
Rub the red pills
Winter solstice customs throughout the country are mostly based on eating,
It can be seen that the winter solstice is a good time to make up for it
Folk songs of the winter solstice customs in southern Fujian include:
"At the time of the winter solstice,
Rice stranded rub red pills.
Rub the sugar kun, no surprises,
Pinch the pig pinch the dog pinch the goldfish. ”
Minnan area,
This simple nursery rhyme describes the eve of the "winter solstice",
Every household is required to scoop rice and "rub the pills" of the festival custom.
Quanzhou customs have "winter festival does not go home without ancestors",
Therefore those who are away from home,
They will go home as much as possible for the festival.
On the morning of the winter festival, it is necessary to cook sweet ball soup to honor the ancestors
Then the family will have a sweet ball soup for breakfast
Some people also leave a few rice balls after meals
Glued to the door, called "worship the door god".
Quanzhou people take pills
Call the Lantern Pill "Head Pill (Round)"
Winter Festival is "Omaru (Circle)"
So the head and tail are round
It means that the whole family has been successful from beginning to end throughout the year.
Winter Solstice "Rubbing Pills"
This Hokkien poem describing the winter solstice
You know what?
Try to see how many levels of Hokkien language ~
We cuo people, at the winter solstice, rice stranding rub red pills;
Tie sugar paste, no rarity, pinch pig pinch dog pinch goldfish;
Make chickens, chickens cry, fall into the water to catch the fence;
Baby boy, hook and hook, want to eat you have to dare to red tongs;
Also have to work, tease support, Amu Di Ah through half a day;
Honor your ancestors, look forward to the New Year, and take advantage of the big money to ensure peace.
Happy Winter Solstice!
Remember to ask your friends if they have eaten!