Specific activities from east to south of the Yangtze River

The specific activities of the winter solstice in Jiangnan are as follows:

1, Sacrifice: Winter Solstice Festival is also called Winter Festival and Winter Festival. As one of the 24 solar terms, it is a traditional festival in China. There is a saying that the solstice in winter is as big as a year. The imperial court and the people have always attached great importance to it, and there have been sacrificial activities since the Zhou Dynasty.

2. Eat jiaozi: Every year from the winter solstice of the Lunar New Year in China, jiaozi is an indispensable holiday feast for the rich and the poor. As the saying goes, on 10/day, when the solstice of winter comes, every family will eat jiaozi. This custom commemorates the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing, who gave up medicine on the solstice of winter. Eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter is a good deed of Zhang Zhongjing, a doctor, and a charming ear soup to dispel the cold. Up to now, there is still an improper jiaozi Bowl in Nanyang, which freezes the folk songs that nobody cares about.

3. Eating jiaozi: Eating jiaozi is also a traditional custom from the winter solstice, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. Tangyuan is an essential food from winter solstice, and it is a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour. Round means happy reunion, and eating glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice is also called the winter solstice group. There is a folk saying that eating glutinous rice balls makes you one year older. The winter solstice group can be used to worship ancestors or give gifts to relatives and friends. In the past, Shanghainese were most particular about eating jiaozi. There is an ancient poem: every family makes glutinous rice balls, knowing that it is the winter solstice of the Ming Dynasty.