What do people do on the winter solstice? What are the folk customs?
Winter Solstice is a The colder solar term is also one of the most important solar terms in the twenty-four solar terms.Therefore, whenever the winter solstice comes, the folk will have the custom of offering sacrifices, improving diet, and preparing for farming, such as eating dumplings, eating chaos, and eating glutinous rice balls.
Customs of the winter solstice
Many places in southern my country celebrate the winter solstice on this day.Many areas along the southern coast have the traditional custom of worshipping ancestors on the winter solstice.Every household offers ancestor statues, tablets, etc.in the upper hall of their homes, places offering tables, and arranges incense burners and offerings.At the same time as ancestor worship, some places also worship the gods of heaven and earth, and worship the gods to pray for good weather and prosperity in the coming year.
In many areas in northern my country, there is a custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice every year.Legend has it that when Zhang Zhongjing, the medical saint, told the old man to return home, he saw the people who were cold, so he used mutton, some medicinal herbs for expelling cold, and dough to wrap it like an ear, and made a medicine called "Chu Han Jiao Er Decoction", which he gave to the people.eat.Later, every winter solstice, people imitated cooking and eating, forming a custom.Most of the northern part of my country eats dumplings on this day because dumplings have the meaning of "relieving cold".There is still a folk saying that "don’t bring dumpling bowls during the winter solstice, and no one cares if you freeze your ears".
Winter solstice food
1.Dumplings:On the winter solstice day of the lunar calendar every year, whether rich or poor, dumplings are an indispensable festive meal.Dumplings are sold in major supermarkets and shopping malls."pretty".The proverb goes:"On October 1st, when the winter solstice arrives, every family eats dumplings.".
2.Chaos:There is a saying in old Beijing that "wontons on the winter solstice and noodles on the summer solstice"."Yanjing Sui Ji Ji" says:"The shape of the wonton is like a chicken egg, which is similar to the chaos of heaven and earth, so it is eclipsed by the sun during the winter solstice." In addition to the similarity in shape, "wonton" is also homophonic with "chaos".Winter wontons are good for saving heat in cold seasons.
3.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.
4.Tangyuan:There is a poem in the ancients:"Every family pounded rice to make dumplings, and it was known that it was the winter solstice in the Ming Dynasty." Eating dumplings on the winter solstice is a traditional custom in my country.It is especially popular in the south of the Yangtze River.There is a saying that "I’m one year older after eating glutinous rice balls".Tangyuan is also called dumpling, and eating dumplings on winter solstice is also called "winter solstice group"; dumplings can be used to worship ancestors, and can also be used to exchange relatives and friends.
5.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 prevent disasters and cure diseases.
Agricultural affairs on the winter solstice
Around the winter solstice is a good time to build water conservancy, carry out basic construction of farmland, and accumulate fertilizer to make fertilizer.The Jiangnan region should strengthen the management of winter crops, do a good job in clearing and draining the ditches, cultivate the soil and stagnant roots, and plough the hardened winter soil that has not been ploughed to loosen the soil, enhance the water storage capacity, and eliminate overwintering pests.In the southern coastal areas that have started spring planting, it is necessary to do a good job of cold protection of rice seedlings.
The main agricultural tasks are:first, cultivating and loosening the soil of three wheat and rapeseed, re-applying wax fertilizer, pouring muddy water, clearing the ditch and managing the moisture, and cultivating the soil to obstruct the roots.The second is to turn over the rice stubble cotton fields and cotton and corn seedbeds in winter to ripen the soil layer.The third is to do a good job in the exchange and adjustment of fine varieties, the freezing of cotton seeds and the selection of indoor varieties.Fourth, weeding green manure fields, and pay attention to cultivating soil and blocking roots, and preventing freezing and protecting seedlings.Fifth, continue to fertilize orchards and mulberry orchards, and clear orchards in winter; Sixthly, the overwintering vegetables should be topdressed with thin manure water and covered with grass to keep warm and prevent freezing, and especially the overwintering management of seedbeds should be strengthened.Seventh, strengthen the management of livestock and poultry feeding in winter, repair the livestock house, and keep warm and cold.Eighth, continue to catch adult fish, renovate fish ponds, raise temporarily raised fingerlings and broodstock; do a good job in overwintering management of fingerlings.
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