202 1 what are the customs from winter solstice?

1. Eating jiaozi in the North: Every year from the winter solstice of the Lunar New Year, jiaozi is an indispensable holiday feast for northerners, whether they are rich or poor. As the saying goes: "On October 1st, when the solstice of winter comes, every family eats jiaozi." This custom was left in memory of Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage", who gave up medicine from the winter solstice. When eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter, most people will choose mutton stuffing. The reason is that mutton is warm. Eating it in winter solstice can warm the yang, help the body drive away the cold, and warm the internal organs.

2. Eating jiaozi in the South: Southerners eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter, which is especially popular in the south of China. Eating jiaozi in winter solstice is also called "Winter solstice group". It means round and round. There is an ancient poem: "Every family beats rice to make dumplings, knowing that it is the winter solstice of the Ming Dynasty".

3. Eating Ginger Duck in Minnan: The solstice in winter is also a festival that Minnan people attach great importance to. Not only to worship the ancestors, but also to make up for every household. Be sure to eat the isothermal food of Jiangmu duck and Siwu duck. Because the weather entered the coldest period after winter, Chinese medicine believes that ginger has the function of warming and nourishing, while ducks nourish yin and replenish qi, so the folk in southern Fujian have the custom of tonic from winter to day.

4. Eating dog meat: It is said that the custom of eating dog meat on the solstice in winter began in the Han Dynasty. According to legend, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, ate dog meat cooked by Fan Kuai on the solstice in winter, which was particularly delicious and full of praise. Since then, the custom of eating dog meat from winter solstice has been formed among the people. Nowadays, people eat dog meat, mutton and all kinds of nutritious food on the solstice of winter, which is a good sign for the coming year.

Eat red bean glutinous rice: In the water town of the south of the Yangtze River, there is a custom that the whole family get together to eat red bean glutinous rice on the night of winter solstice. According to legend, * * * Gong was a troubled wit who died in the winter. Become a plague ghost after death and continue to harm the people. However, this epidemic ghost is most afraid of red beans, so people cook red bean rice from winter solstice to drive away the epidemic ghost and prevent diseases.

6. Ancestor worship: Because the winter solstice festival is the last grave-sweeping festival in a year, the number of grave-sweeping people is more than that of Tomb-Sweeping Day and Chung Yeung Festival, which means to pursue the distance carefully.