What folk activities are there from winter solstice to Sunday? The traditional diet from winter to Sunday.

During the winter solstice, some coastal areas in western Guangdong, Chaoshan and southern Zhejiang continued the traditional custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors, and some places also offered sacrifices to gods, land gods and gods. The traditional diet in winter solstice includes: barbecue, ginger rice, rice cake, jiaozi, mutton soup, glutinous rice, jiaozi in winter solstice and other foods.

1, roasted ginger rice

Cantonese people eat barbecue and ginger rice on the solstice in winter. On this day, most Cantonese people have the custom of "adding vegetables" to eat meat on the solstice in winter. In Chaoshan area, there is a folk saying that "Winter Festival Pills, once eaten, celebrate the New Year", commonly known as "Adding New Year". Hakkas believe that the taste of water is the most mellow in winter solstice, so it has become a custom for Hakkas to make wine in winter solstice.

2, rice cakes

People in Hangzhou eat rice cakes on the solstice in winter. From the late Ming and early Qing dynasties to the present, people in Hangzhou like to eat rice cakes on the solstice in winter. In winter solstice, you can cook rice cakes with different flavors, eat rice cakes in winter solstice and get old, which is auspicious.

3. jiaozi

In many parts of northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi every winter solstice. According to legend, Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage, saw a frozen person when he retired in his later years, so he wrapped mutton, some cold-dispelling herbs and dough into the shape of ears, made a medicine called "Quhan Jiaoer Decoction" and gave it to the people. Later, on the solstice of winter, people imitated eating and formed a custom.

4. Mutton soup

In Sichuan, it is the solstice to eat mutton soup in winter, and mutton is the first tonic in winter.

5.glutinous rice

In the area around the two lakes, red beans and glutinous rice must be eaten on the solstice in winter.

6. Winter Solstice Group (Tangyuan)

In some areas in the south, eating the winter solstice ball is more popular, which means reunion. On the morning of winter solstice, every household grinds glutinous rice flour, and uses sugar, meat, radish, fruit and shredded radish as stuffing to make winter solstice meatballs, which are not only eaten at home, but also given to relatives and friends as a symbol of blessing.

In fact, eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter is a traditional custom in China, which is more common in Jiangnan. There is also a folk saying that "eating jiaozi is one year older".

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Solstice in Winter