The ancient solstice attached great importance to winter. There is a proverb that "the solstice in winter is as big as a year". The ancients believed that the solstice in winter was an opportunity for chaos and revival. The celebration ceremony has been held since the Han Dynasty and reached its peak in the Song Dynasty. The day before solstice winter is called minor solstice or minor winter, while solstice winter is called long solstice or major winter. The day after winter, the solstice and even the day are named. On the third day of the festival, hundreds of officials meet, and you don't listen to politics, and the people rest for three days. The northern region is also called the winter solstice, which is similar to the Spring Festival, but there is no New Year greeting. It is said that Mencius died on the winter solstice, and the villagers were very sad, so they canceled the ceremony to celebrate the winter solstice. The origin of the custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors during the winter solstice was recorded in Cui Ai's Four-person Moon Order in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which said that folk associations would recommend something to Xuan Ming and Zuyou. The record of ancestor worship in the winter of solstice increased in the Song Dynasty. "Dream of Tokyo" tells the story of the Winter Solstice Festival, which is the most important day in the capital. Today, it is easier to wear new clothes, prepare meals and enjoy ancestor worship. Legend of Wulin says wonton is the first enjoyment. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, ancestor worship was popular from winter to the sun. Jiajing's "Jiangyin County Records" records: "On holidays, the portrait of Zukao is hung in nave, and a ceremony is set up, and its ceremony depends on New Year's Day." In the southern region where the clan system is prosperous, ancestor worship is often held in ancestral temples. Records of Nankang County, Jiajing, Jiangxi Province: "Worship on the winter solstice precedes the ancestral hall, and the tomb is as bright as a tomb." The custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors from the winter solstice is popular in Fujian. For example, Wanli's "Jianyang County Records" said: "It is a ritual for Japanese families to offer sacrifices to ancestors." Fujian worships ancestors with special dumplings. During the winter solstice of the Qing Dynasty, ancestor worship was generally held at home, in front of graves and in places where southerners lived in compact communities. Often, like Qingming and Zhongyuan, ancestors sacrificed in temples at home. As the first year of season and climate, the winter solstice has the significance of connecting the past with the future, and the performance of ancestor worship is here. Custom of ancestor worship in Taiwan Province Province: From New Year's Eve to Spring Festival, at midnight, the first important thing is to worship the gods and ancestors. At that time, red candles were bright, offering sacrifices such as green tea and red beans. People were serious and sincere. After worshipping God, you should worship your ancestors. This is called "spring". Welcome the new, also known as "open". At the end of the ceremony, golden paper was burned for the ancestors. Ningbo, Zhejiang: On the first day of the first month, in front of the ancestor's portrait, incense sticks, cakes and fruits are lit for Chen Tangtuan, and the family members bow down in turn. Others worship the statues of their ancestors in the ancestral hall, and their families go to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors. Dongguan, Guangdong: On the first day of the first month, most families first choose an auspicious time in the calendar to hold ancestor worship ceremonies. Sacrifices include tea, wine, rice, boxes, fruits, dragons (rice cakes), piles of Lu and vegetarian dishes. Ancestor worship procedures: burning incense, lighting candles, burning gold ingots and setting off a string of firecrackers. The whole family worships their ancestors in the order of seniority and age. Ancestor worship in upper-middle class families is always brightly lit and filled with cigarettes. Kaifeng, Henan Province: On the fifth watch of the year, the people on guard first wash their hands, wear dresses and hats, set sacrifices on the altar, light incense sticks and set off fireworks. The whole family continues to bow down to their ancestors according to their generations and wish them a "Happy New Year". Northeast China: At midnight of the first day, people of all ages put on new clothes, hats, socks and shoes to worship their ancestors. In front of the ancestral temple, people light candles, burn incense, burn paper and shoot guns, and their children and grandchildren bow down like instruments, which is called "paper inoculation". Guangdong and Guangxi: At five or six o'clock in the morning of the first day, before the ancestral hall was filled with rich wine and food, the whole family put on new clothes and bowed down to their ancestors in the order of generations. Yudong: After breakfast on New Year's Day, the whole family will worship their ancestors. According to their seniority, the male comes first and the female comes second, and one by one they kowtow to the ancestral temple. Western Sichuan: In the incense burner in front of the ancestral throne, long incense filled with light smoke was lit, red candles lit brilliant light, and bronze bells rang one after another, filled with solemn atmosphere. The elders led men, women and children, men left and women right, standing neatly on both sides, burning incense, lighting candles and burning paper to the ancestral shrine, bowing to the ancestors for a long time according to their generations, offering wine, providing meals and burning paper money.