1, drink:
It is essential to brew winter wine on the winter solstice, because there is a saying in the ancient city of Suzhou: "If you don't drink winter wine on the winter solstice, you will be frozen overnight." This winter wine is brewed only once a year. This is a kind of rice wine made of osmanthus fragrans.
2, eat wonton:
In the night from winter to Sunday, Suzhou people are also very particular about their staple food, and there is a saying that "wonton is from winter to Sunday and noodles are from summer to Sunday". The ancients said that the sky is round and the earth is round. The square wonton skin represents the earth, and the stuffing in the tundish is the sky, which is an inseparable and seamless "chaotic world". People eat "wonton" on the winter solstice, which means eating the "chaotic world" and making it a clear world.
3, eat winter solstice:
The winter solstice ball is also called "rice cake ball". On the night before the winter solstice, it was ground into balls, stuffed with minced meat, vegetables and fruits, bean paste and shredded radish, and sacrificed and given to each other.
4, eat winter to day and night meals:
In the traditional folk custom of Suzhou, the daughter-in-law must go back to her husband's house for dinner on the solstice night in winter, and everyone hangs portraits of their ancestors to show their respect. The younger generation also went to their elders' homes to pay New Year greetings, saying that it was a holiday and winter worship. All the etiquette is the same as New Year's Day, so it is called "the winter solstice is as big as a year".