What are the customs of the winter solstice solar terms?

1. In winter solstice, different places have different customs. Most places in northern China have the custom of eating jiaozi from winter solstice. After thousands of years of development, a unique seasonal diet culture has been formed from winter solstice to Sunday. Eating jiaozi has become the winter solstice custom of most northerners in China. Of course, there are exceptions, such as the custom of drinking mutton soup from winter solstice in Tengzhou City, Shandong Province, which means driving away the cold.

The ancients celebrated the winter solstice. Although many people don't think it is a festival today, in any case, the winter festival is one of the "eight major festivals of the year", and foodies will not miss this festival with various winter solstice specialties, such as jiaozi in the north, Chaoshan glutinous rice balls, Southeast sesame seeds, Taizhou glutinous rice balls, Hefei pumpkin cakes, Ningbo sweet potato soup, Tengzhou mutton soup, Jiangnan rice, Suzhou wine making and so on.

Jiaozi is widely eaten in the north. Every year, during the winter solstice of the Lunar New Year, jiaozi is an indispensable holiday feast for both the rich and the 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.

4. Shandong Tengzhou Mutton Soup

It is said that the custom of eating mutton from winter solstice began in the Han Dynasty. According to legend, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, ate mutton cooked in Fan Kuai on the solstice of winter, which was particularly delicious and full of praise. Since then, the custom of eating mutton from winter solstice has been formed among the people. On the solstice of winter, people eat mutton and various nourishing foods one after another in order to have a good omen for the coming year.

Now in Tengzhou, Shandong Province, this day is called Jiujiu. Before the festival, the elders will be given mutton and other gifts, and every household will drink mutton soup, which is a good sign for individuals, elders and families.

Tengzhou mutton soup is mainly to put sheep bones into a large pot to boil soup, and then put the cut fresh mutton and cleaned mutton offal into the soup pot to boil. After cooking, scoop up and drain the water, then cut it into thin slices and put it in boiling water.

Pour into the soup bowl, pour into the hot white mutton soup, sprinkle with chopped green onion, and a bowl of steaming and fragrant mutton soup will be ready. Mutton soup made of Chili oil, pepper noodles, salt and monosodium glutamate.

5. Jiangnan rice

In Jiangnan water town, there is a custom that the whole family get together to eat red beans and glutinous rice in the evening from winter to Sunday. 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.