What are the folk customs of the winter solstice and what activities can be held
The winter solstice is one of the twenty-four solar terms, and it is also the penultimate solar term in winter.When the winter solstice comes, the climate will become very cold.There are folk activities such as eating dumplings, offering sacrifices to ancestors, drinking mutton soup, making wine, eating red bean rice, and eating wontons.
Winter solstice Introduction
The winter solstice, also known as the short day solstice, winter festival, Yasui, winter worship, etc., has both natural and humanistic connotations.It is not only an important solar term in the twenty-four solar terms, but also a folk tradition in China.traditional festival.The winter solstice is one of the four seasons and eight festivals, and is regarded as a big festival in winter.There are differences in the content or details of the custom of the winter solstice due to different regions.In some coastal areas of southern China, there is the custom of worshipping ancestors and feasting on the winter solstice; in northern China, there is the custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice every year.
The origin of the winter solstice
It is said that as early as more than 3,000 years ago, Duke Zhou began to measure the shadow with the method of soil and Gui, and measured the position of the world in Luoyi.The purpose of "Tugui Surveying Scenery" is to find out "Tuzhong" (the center of the country).The essence of this method is "the tree is eight feet long, and on the summer solstice, the length of the scene is five inches; on the winter solstice, the length of the scene is one zhang, three feet and five inches", thus establishing the twenty-four solar terms and establishing the winter solstice.One breath.In the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the Western Han Dynasty, the "24 solar terms" were included in the "Taichu Calendar" (the "Taichu Calendar" divides one day into eighty-one points, so it is also called "eighty-one points of the calendar").
Customs and Activities of the Winter Solstice
1.Eating Dumplings
Making dumplings and eating dumplings is one of the indispensable custom activities on the Winter Solstice.On the winter solstice, most people work together to make dumplings.After making them, they will taste and eat dumplings together, which is very warm and comfortable.Of course, now that living conditions have improved, many people will directly buy dumplings and come back to eat them.
2.Sacrifice to ancestors
The popular sacrifice is to worship ancestors, usually prepare cakes, fruit to go to ancestral halls or tombs, incense and money and so on.Of course, it may be slightly different in the city.
3.Drinking mutton soup
The custom of eating mutton on the winter solstice is said to have started in the Han Dynasty.According to legend, Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, ate the mutton cooked by Fan Kuai on the day of the winter solstice.He thought it was very delicious and was full of praise.Since then, the custom of eating mutton on the winter solstice has been formed in the folk.On the winter solstice, people eat mutton and various nourishing foods in order to have a good omen in the coming year.In the area of Tengzhou, Shandong, this day is called Fu Jiu.Before the festival, gifts such as mutton will be given to the elders.Every family in Fu Jiu will drink mutton soup, which is a good omen for individuals, elders and families.
4.Brewing
Winter brewing was originally called Dongyang wine, named after the rise of yang after the winter solstice.The lunar calendar believes that the winter solstice is the most important solar term in the year, because it After a day, the yang energy rises, and all things begin to recover slowly.Until recent years, merchants have discovered the word "winter brew" from "Wu She" "Winter brew is famous for October white, please see the chai broom hanging as an eaves.It is a time to use wine to talk about flavor, not the navel but the tip"., it is called winter wine.
5.Eating red bean glutinous rice
In Jiangnan water town, it is customary for the whole family to gather together to eat red bean glutinous rice on the night of the winter solstice.According to legend, the Gonggong clan was unskilled and did many evils.He died on the winter solstice.After his death, he became a plague ghost and continued to harm the people.However, this plague ghost is most afraid of red beans, so people cook and eat red bean rice on the winter solstice to ward off the plague ghost and prevent disasters and diseases.
6.Eating wontons
In old Beijing, there was a saying of "wontons on the winter solstice and noodles on the summer solstice".According to legend, during the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu in the north often harassed the frontier, and the people could not find peace.At that time, there were two leaders of the Hun clan and the Tun clan in the Hun tribe, who were very ferocious.The people hated it to the bone, so they wrapped it into a corner with meat stuffing, and called it "wonton" with the sounds of "hun" and "tun".Hate to eat it, and seek to quell the war and live a peaceful life.Because wontons were first made on the day of the winter solstice, every family eats wontons on the day of the winter solstice.
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