1, Tangyuan "Tangyuan" is a necessary food for Shanghainese in winter solstice, and it is a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour. "Round" means "reunion" and "perfection". Eating glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice is also called "the winter solstice group". There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls is one year older". The winter solstice group can be used to worship ancestors or give gifts to relatives and friends. In the past, Shanghainese were most particular about eating jiaozi. At family banquets, everyone tasted the newly brewed sweet white wine, flower cakes and glutinous rice balls. An ancient poem said, "Every family beats rice to make glutinous rice balls, knowing that it is the winter solstice of the Ming Dynasty." "Circle" means "reunion" and "perfection". Eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter symbolizes family harmony and good luck.
Sweet white wine Shanghainese will drink sweet white wine on the solstice in winter. There is no alcohol, but it smells of alcohol. The sour and sweet taste warms the dry throat in winter. If you drink sweet white wine from winter solstice, your family can last for a long time. "Sweet white wine-selling sweet white wine-"used to be such a cry in the alleys of Shanghai. When a tricycle carrying a big crock passes by, my mother will let Allah take the change and go out to play a bowl of sweet white wine.
It is a long-standing habit of Shanghainese to eat newly steamed flower cakes on the solstice of winter. Small flower cakes, fermented with rice flour and bean flour, lightly decorated with dates, chestnuts and almonds, are a delicious dessert, symbolizing the sweetness of future life! It's steaming hot after cooking, soft, soft and sweet. Take a bite in winter and have an endless aftertaste!
4. Winter Solstice Festival Every winter solstice festival, temples in Shanghai will hold a grand winter solstice ceremony. In Shanghai, there are mainly: Jade Buddha Temple, Longhua Temple, Jing 'an Temple, Yun Xiang Temple and Yuanming Lecture Hall to hold winter solstice ceremonies. The temple held ancestor worship activities on the winter solstice, and chased Philip Burkart to the end. Puli was affectionate and hoped that the country would be peaceful and prosperous.
Red bean rice Shanghainese also have the habit of eating red bean rice on the solstice in winter. It is said that in ancient times, there was a man named Gong, whose son was ignorant and evil, and later died in the winter of the solstice. After his death, he will become a plague ghost to harm the people. However, this ghost is most afraid of red beans, so people cook red bean rice on the solstice in winter to ward off ghosts and evil spirits and prevent disasters.
The above is the custom of celebrating the winter solstice in Shanghai. What else do you know?