On the solstice of winter, you can eat both mutton and jiaozi.

"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".

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, people have formed the custom of eating mutton from the winter solstice in order to have a good omen for the coming year.

Therefore, on the solstice of winter, you can eat both mutton and jiaozi. The solstice in winter is a festival, and eating jiaozi or mutton soup is just a custom. You can choose according to your hobbies.

Holiday customs from winter solstice to Sunday

The most typical customs from winter solstice are: offering sacrifices and remembering ancestors. Sacrifice can show respect and memory for ancestors to the greatest extent. There is also an informal custom of "welcoming the sun" during the winter solstice. In addition to offering sacrifices to the sky to welcome the sun, the winter solstice is also a day for ancestors to remember their ancestors' virtues and offer sacrifices to their ancestors. Sacrifice ancestors on the days when the seasons change, as if ancestors also spent the holidays with us.

As early as the pre-Qin era, clothing attached great importance to the five elements thought. Wear blue, yellow, white and black all year round. On the day of winter solstice, it is naturally a black sacrificial dress. Under the influence of the prosperous humanities and festive atmosphere in the Tang Dynasty, the creative potential of the public in life interest was stimulated. Later, the custom of wearing new clothes from winter to Sunday was fixed, and the government issued new clothes to officials, such as the new year's goods given by the unit during the Spring Festival today.