What should I prepare for the winter solstice worship?

In Guangdong, incense sticks, paper money, fruits, snacks, vegetarian wine, glutinous rice balls and flowers should be prepared during the winter solstice, mainly for ancestor worship. Then prepare cooked pork, a chicken, a duck or goose, and a fish, which are mainly used to sacrifice to the earth god and the kitchen god.

Winter solstice, also known as solstice, winter festival, child year, etc. It has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional folk ancestor worship festival in China. The solstice in winter is one of the eight festivals in four seasons, and it is considered as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year. The custom of winter solstice varies in content or details due to different regions.

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 "accumulated heat" on the surface, it is usually not very cold before the winter solstice, and the real cold is after the winter solstice.

Matters needing attention

Because of the great difference in climate in different parts of China, this winter climate is obviously late for most parts of China. The winter solstice marks the beginning of the cold season, and people begin to count nine to calculate the cold days. Worship of the winter solstice should be paid attention to in different generations, and the order of worship should be different. In order: father, mother, eldest son, eldest daughter, second son, second daughter and so on.

After the worship, the sacrifice is blessed by the ancestors, and everyone can eat and take the sacrifice. Finally, of course, we should pay attention to fire safety and light the incense before leaving. The cemetery is the home of ghosts. Don't cross the graves and offerings, make loud noises, laugh and curse, swear words, run around and touch, or urinate anywhere. This is not only disrespectful to ancestors, but also a nuisance to nearby gods.