Why do you eat dumplings on the winter solstice today?
Eating dumplings on the winter solstice is a traditional Chinese custom, because every winter solstice In ancient times, it was considered that severe cold was coming, so people needed to eat some high-calorie food to keep warm.Not only dumplings were eaten all over the country, but also chaos, rice balls, red bean porridge, and mutton were eaten in some southern regions.
Introduction of the Winter Solstice
The Winter Solstice is a very important solar term among the twenty-four solar terms in my country, and it is also a traditional festival.The winter solstice is commonly known as "Winter Festival", "Changzhi Festival", "Asian Years", etc.In ancient folks, there was a saying that "Winter Solstice is as big as a year".There are differences in the content or details of the custom of the winter solstice due to different regions.In southern China, there is the custom of worshipping ancestors and feasting on the winter solstice.In northern China, there is a custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice every year.The festival time is between December 22nd or 23rd of the solar calendar every year.
Festival customs of the winter solstice
The winter solstice has both natural and humanistic connotations.It is not only an important solar term in the twenty-four solar terms, but also a traditional Chinese folk festival.The winter solstice is as big as a year".The winter solstice is the starting point of the sun’s return.Since the winter solstice, the height of the sun has risen and the day has grown day by day.The winter solstice marks the new birth of the sun and the round-trip movement of the sun enters a new cycle.Therefore, the ancients regarded the winter solstice as a "great auspicious day".Among the festivals, the Winter Solstice is as important as the Spring Festival.In southern China, there is the custom of worshipping ancestors and feasting on the winter solstice.In northern China, there is a custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice every year.
Eating Habits on the Winter Solstice
After thousands of years of development, the Winter Solstice has formed a unique seasonal food culture.Such as wontons, dumplings, dumplings, red bean porridge, millet cakes, etc.can be used as New Year’s food.The once more fashionable "Winter Solstice Asian-year-old Banquet" also has many names, such as eating winter solstice meat, offering winter solstice plates, offering winter solstice groups, and ravioli for winter worship.
The more common custom is to eat wontons during the winter solstice.As early as the Southern Song Dynasty, people in Lin’an ate wontons on the winter solstice, initially to worship their ancestors, and then gradually became popular.With the development of wonton, it has become a well-known snack with many names, different preparations, delicious flavor, and popular all over the country.Wontons have many names.Most places such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang are called wontons, while Guangdong is called wonton, Hubei is called Baomian, Jiangxi is called clear soup, Sichuan is called Chaoshou, Xinjiang is called Ququ and so on.
Eating glutinous rice balls is also a traditional custom during the winter solstice, especially in Jiangnan."Tangyuan" is a must-have food for the winter solstice.It is a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour."Yuan" means "reunion" and "completeness".There is a folk saying that "eat glutinous rice balls one year older".The winter solstice group can be used to worship ancestors, and can also be used to exchange relatives and friends.In the old days, Shanghai people were most particular about eating dumplings.There is a poem in the ancients:"Every family is pounding rice to make glutinous rice balls, and we know that it is the winter solstice in the Ming Dynasty."
There are many places in the north.When the weather enters the coldest period, traditional Chinese medicine believes that mutton and dog meat have aphrodisiac supplements, and folks have the custom of nourishing on the winter solstice.
In Taiwan, my country still maintains the tradition of worshipping ancestors with nine-layer cakes on the winter solstice, using glutinous rice flour to make chickens, ducks, turtles, pigs, cattle, sheep and other animals that symbolize auspiciousness, happiness, longevity, and longevity.It is steamed in layers in a steamer and used to worship ancestors to show that they will not forget their ancestors.People with the same surname and ancestry gather in the ancestral hall on or around the winter solstice or on an agreed-upon early day, according to the order of elder and younger, to worship their ancestors one by one, commonly known as "worshiping ancestors".After the ceremony, a large banquet will be held to entertain the ancestors who come to worship their ancestors.Everyone enjoys a drink and communicates with each other for a long time.They call it "ancestor food." The ancestors of the winter solstice festival have been passed down from generation to generation in Taiwan to show that they have not forgotten their "roots".
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