1, painting nine
The so-called picture nine is actually a picture to calculate the spring warm date after the winter solstice. In the Ming Dynasty, "A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital" contained: "On the winter solstice, a plum blossom is painted, which is one in eighty petals. Dye one petal a day, and the petals will come out in 99, then the spring will be deep, saying that 99 will eliminate the cold. " There are three patterns in the "Nine-Nine Cold Relief Map", namely, words, circles and plum blossoms.
2. Brew rice wine
Traditional Gusu people will drink winter wine on the night of the winter solstice, and the winter wine will be brewed with glutinous rice or yellow rice and sweet-scented osmanthus.
3. Eat glutinous rice balls
Eating glutinous rice balls is a traditional custom of the winter solstice, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. "Tangyuan" is an essential food in the winter solstice, and "round" means "reunion" and "perfection". Eating tangyuan in the winter solstice is also called "winter solstice round". There is a folk saying that "one year older after eating glutinous rice balls".
4. Eat roasted meat and ginger rice
Some places in the south want to eat roasted meat on the winter solstice. On the winter solstice, roasted meat becomes an indispensable delicacy on the table of Guangdong and Guangxi, which means adding vegetables to add years. On the winter solstice, Wuchuan people have the custom of "eating ginger rice" on the winter solstice.
5. Eat sweet potato soup
In the traditional customs of Ningbo, sweet potato soup is one of the must-eat delicacies in the winter solstice. "Fan" and "Fan" are homonyms. In Ningbo people's understanding, eating sweet potatoes on the winter solstice means "turning over" all the bad luck of the past year. Tangguo, similar to dumplings, is much smaller and has no stuffing. Tangguo is also called a dumpling, which means "reunion" and "perfection".
There is also a saying in old Ningbo that "you are one year older after eating soup". People in Ningbo are used to adding wine when making sweet potato soup. In Ningbo dialect, wine brewing is also called "pulp board", and "pulp" is homophonic with "rise" in Ningbo dialect, taking its good color of "high fortune" and "high happiness"
6. Eat jiaozi
In many parts of northern China, it is customary to eat jiaozi on the winter solstice every year. The northern part of China wants to eat jiaozi on this day because jiaozi means "cooling off the cold". So far, there is a folk saying that "nobody cares if you freeze your ears on the winter solstice".