1, Zhejiang Winter Solstice Festival
In some rural areas of Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, every household will hold a banquet to worship their ancestors on the "Winter Festival". Putting pig's head, chicken, duck, goose, fish and other things on a big plate to worship their ancestors, and then the whole family sits down to eat, which is called "making festivals".
2. The custom of returning to heaven from winter solstice in Zhejiang.
Some people also hold a ceremony of "returning to heaven" on the solstice of winter. If some wishes made at the beginning of the year come true, they must come true on this day. Therefore, when Wenzhou people evaluate a person's laziness and brilliant work, they will use the word "willing to do something" to satirize, such as "How can you do things well without a little energy?"
This "wishing" is also called "hundred wishes", which means to return "100 meters" when wishing. 100 meters means to make up with 100 meters, which proves that all 100 wishes have been paid. But where did this "100 meters" come from? It is said that on the solstice of winter, beggars eat the most, because only the rice in their hands can be regarded as "100 meters", so some families will spend a lot of money to buy beggars' rice for sacrifices and wishes.
3, Zhejiang winter solstice custom diet custom.
3. 1, eat longan and burn eggs: Jiaxing still inherits the custom of eating longan and burn eggs from winter to Sunday. Old people say that because the winter solstice is the longest night in a year, if you don't eat it, you will freeze all night and get hungry in the middle of the night.
People in Hangzhou like to eat rice cakes on the solstice in winter to celebrate. Every winter solstice, they make cakes to worship their ancestors. Three meals will make rice cakes with different flavors. People in Hangzhou eat rice cakes on the solstice in winter for good luck, which means getting old.
3.2. Eat wonton on the winter solstice: On the winter solstice in Shaoxing, everyone should eat a bowl of wonton. When Shaoxing people make wine, they generally like to drink wine before winter, which is called "winter brewing".
3.3. Eat radish baked rice cake: Ningbo people generally don't go out, and the whole family has the custom of eating radish baked rice cake in the early morning from winter to Sunday. The smell of kohlrabi has become a unique rural food for the winter solstice festival in Ningbo. In the traditional customs of Ningbo, sweet potato soup is one of the must-eat foods in winter solstice.
3.4. Eating winter solstice yen in southern Zhejiang: The most distinctive thing for people in southern Zhejiang (Wenzhou, Taizhou and Lishui) is to eat winter solstice yen, which every household should do on this day. The main raw material of "winter solstice yen" is glutinous rice flour, which is divided into sweet glutinous rice flour and salty glutinous rice flour. The sweet "winter solstice round" is called "rolling round", "hard rolling round" and "turning round" in some places.
The secret of winter solstice health care
After winter, all parts of the country entered the coldest stage of the year. At this time, we should not be careless about our daily life.
1, pay attention to cold and warmth, and add clothes in time when the temperature drops below 0℃. Clothes and trousers should be warm, soft and loose, and should not be worn too tightly to facilitate blood flow.
2, reasonable adjustment of diet, not drinking, not smoking, not overworking, eating more warm food, eating less or even staying away from cold food, is very important for balancing yin and yang and enhancing resistance.
3. Keep a good mood, be stable and happy, and avoid anger, impatience and depression.
4. Carry out proper cold-proof exercise to improve the adaptability and cold-resistance of the body. Secondly, the amount of exercise should not be too large, and we should seek quietness in motion to achieve a static and calm state. Peaceful sports such as Baduanjin and Tai Ji Chuan are good choices.
Pay attention to the temperature of the elderly at any time during the severe winter. After the temperature drops suddenly, the elderly should take measures to prevent cold and keep warm in the room.
Diet and health preservation methods in winter from solstice to winter
The solstice of winter is the best season for "winter tonic", and there is a folk proverb that "make up for a winter in three seasons, and there will be no disease in the coming year; Make up this winter season, and the tiger can be killed next year. " After winter, the cathode is the sun. " 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, which fully shows that it is most appropriate to supplement before and after this day. As the saying goes, "medicine is better than food." "The solstice after beginning of winter, it is important to eat more warm food, eat less or even stay away from cold food, in order to balance the yin and yang of the human body and enhance resistance.
In terms of diet, nutrition experts suggest that the public should pay special attention to "three more and three less", that is, eat more foods with high protein, vitamins and cellulose and eat less foods with high sugar, fat and salt. During the winter solstice, the diet should be diversified, cereals, fruits, meat and vegetables should be reasonably matched, and foods with high calcium content should be appropriately selected. It is advisable to eat some light food, not thick, greasy and salty food, and don't overeat too spicy and exciting food. In winter, the yang drops, and the spleen likes warm and hates cold, so it's best to eat some warm food to protect the spleen and kidney, and it's best to eat a little more meals.