The origins and customs of the Winter Solstice: It originated in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and has been followed to this day. It is not only one of the four lunar festivals, but also an important folk festival. There is a saying that "the Winter Solstice is as big as the New Year". In this One day, people have traditional customs such as eating glutinous rice balls and dumplings.

The Winter Solstice is one of the traditional festivals of the Chinese nation and the earliest one of the twenty-four solar terms. More than 3,000 years ago, the ancients observed the sun through Tugui and determined the arrival time of the Winter Solstice. It is between December 21st and 23rd of the Gregorian calendar every year. The winter solstice is the shortest day and the longest night in the whole year in the northern hemisphere. It heralds the official arrival of winter. After that, the days will get longer day by day, which is winter solstice.

Winter Solstice is an ancient festival with many customs, most of which are related to eating. The main ones include wontons, dumplings, glutinous rice balls, dog meat, mutton and eight-treasure porridge. Winter Solstice is commonly known as "Winter Festival", "Long Solstice Festival", "Ya Sui" and so on are the earliest ones to be formulated among the twenty-four solar terms; as early as 3,000 years ago, Duke Zhou used the Tugui method to measure the shadow of the sun, and concluded that Luoyi was the central geographical location of China, and determined the capital for national construction. planning.

Winter Solstice delicacies

1. Eating wontons

Wontons are a popular food in the north. There is a saying in old Beijing that "Winter Solstice wontons, Summer Solstice noodles". It is said that during the Han Dynasty, the northern frontier was often invaded by the Xiongnu, and the people's lives were not peaceful. At that time, the Xiongnu tribe had two leaders, the Hun clan and the Tun clan. They were very cruel and killed innocent people indiscriminately. The common people hated them. They used meat stuffing to wrap them into dough balls and called them "wontons" from the sounds of "hun" and "tun". They ate wontons to vent their hatred.

2. Eating dumplings

It is said that when the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing retired and returned to his hometown, it was a snowy winter in his hometown of Nanyang. He saw that all the people’s ears were about to freeze off. When they got it, they cooked it with mutton, chili peppers and related anti-cold medicinal materials, chopped the dough into pieces and shaped them into ears. After cooking, they gave it to the villagers. After eating, it had a miraculous effect.