When is the solstice in the winter of 2023?
Winter solstice, also known as short solstice, winter festival and sub-year-old, has natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional folk festival in China.
The winter solstice is one of the eight festivals in four seasons and is considered as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that the solstice in winter was as big as a year. The custom of winter solstice varies from region to region in content or detail. In southern China, there are customs of offering sacrifices to ancestors and enjoying the winter solstice. In northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi from winter to Sunday every year.
In winter solstice, although the sun is low and the days are short, the temperature in winter solstice is not the lowest in meteorology. In fact, because there is still "heat accumulation" on the surface, it is usually not very cold before the winter solstice, but the real cold is after the winter solstice.
The custom of solstice winter
1, eat dumplings
Eating dumplings is a traditional custom from winter solstice, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. "Tangyuan" is an indispensable food in winter solstice, and "round" means "reunion" and "perfection". Eating glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter is also called "winter solstice yen". There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls is one year older".
Step 2 eat barbecue and ginger rice
Some places in the south want to eat barbecue on the solstice in winter. On the solstice of winter, roasted meat becomes an indispensable delicacy on the table of Guangdong and Guangxi people, which means adding vegetables to add years. In winter solstice, Wuchuan people have the custom of "eating ginger rice" in winter solstice.
Step 3 Eat jiaozi
In many parts of northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi every winter solstice. North China will eat jiaozi on this day, because jiaozi means "driving away the cold". So far, there is a folk proverb that says "no one cares that you freeze your ears on the winter solstice".