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What is the date of the winter solstice this year? Is there any custom in winter solstice in Guangxi? What preparations need to be made?
Gregorian calendar time: 201312.221:10: 59 The date of the lunar calendar is in Guangxi, and the winter solstice is a large-scale traditional folk festival. The Han people attach great importance to this festival, and ethnic minorities such as Zhuang, Yao and Dong also have the custom of winter solstice.

The custom of solstice and ancestor worship is similar to the Spring Festival and is very popular among all ethnic groups in Guangxi. Hakkas have a saying that they will meet their ancestors in winter festivals, which means that those who go out in winter solstice will go home to reunite with their families and worship their ancestors, otherwise they will be regarded as disrespectful and unfilial to their ancestors. In Wuxuan, Nanning and other places, married women can "eat winter" at their parents' home during the winter solstice, but they must return to their in-laws' home before dark; If you can't go back to your husband's house, you have to spend the night at a foreigner's house. Before the founding of New China, Zhongshan, Yangshuo, Shanglin, Daxin, Sanjiang and other places had the custom of collectively worshipping ancestral temples, social workers and local workers, killing pigs and sheep, and hosting banquets from winter to morning. The worship ceremony was very grand. In Guilin and other places, rural people built a building to reward the gods during the winter solstice festival, called "Taiping Post". Taking the village as a unit, they set up gods' rewards, played bronze flutes, played winter drums, fired iron cannons and danced with masks in order to thank the gods for their blessing and make the world peaceful and peaceful. Before the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the custom of worshipping the elderly all day was very popular among the people. The younger generation should pay tribute to their parents, the elderly and teachers and give them gifts such as shoes and socks. This custom still exists among Yao people in Guiping and other places. Yao people in Guiping regard the winter solstice as "Respect for the Elderly", and their daughters and daughters-in-law will send new clothes, hats and shoes to the elderly at home on this day to show their filial piety. In the winter of solstice, the custom of offering sacrifices to sweep graves is very popular in Guigang and other places. In the first three days of the winter solstice, newly buried families will offer sacrifices to clean new graves, which is called "stopping winter".