What's the difference between the south and the north on the solstice of winter?
1, eat jiaozi and wonton in the north.
"The solstice in winter is not the jiaozi Bowl. Who cares if the ears are frozen?" In northern China, there is a custom of eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter. On this day every year, jiaozi is an indispensable holiday feast for the rich and the poor. According to legend, this custom is to commemorate the kindness of "medical sage" Zhang Zhongjing in "Quhan Joule Decoction".
In fact, in ancient times, both the north and the south (mainly in Zhejiang) ate wonton on the solstice in winter. The wonton that can be eaten at four o'clock today is the "exclusive" food from winter to Sunday in the past.
The meaning of winter solstice wonton is mainly sacrifice, followed by eating. Yanjing Random Thoughts, which describes the customs of Beijing in the Qing Dynasty, gives an explanation: wonton is "like an egg, but more like a chaotic image of heaven and earth, so it is eaten on the solstice in winter". Therefore, some ancient people thought that eating wonton in winter solstice was to break the yin, release the yang and support the growth of the yang between heaven and earth.
2. Eat jiaozi in the south.
There is an ancient poem: "Every family beats rice to make dumplings, knowing that it is the winter solstice of the Ming Dynasty." Eating glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter is a traditional custom in China, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls is one year older". Tangyuan can be used to worship ancestors, give gifts to relatives and friends, and represent reunion.
The solstice in winter is a good time for tonic.
After beginning of winter's "March 9th" to Sunday, the weather was cold, and the yang in the body was just budding and relatively weak. Health care should adjust the balance in the body and conform to nature. Therefore, we should pay attention to avoid the cold, exercise properly, rest more, stabilize our mood, and maintain the weak yang spirit that has just sprouted in our body, so as to make it conducive to future growth and prosperity.
As the saying goes, after eating the winter solstice meal, the day becomes longer. After the solstice in winter, the days get longer and longer. At this time, the yang in the human body is strong, and it is the easiest to absorb foreign nutrition and play its nourishing role. In other words, around winter is the best time to make up for the solstice.
Refer to the above? People's Daily Online-Today's Winter Solstice: The earliest solar term? The customs in the north and the south are very different.