In the winter solstice custom in Fuzhou, there is a special custom of rubbing rice. Rice is a winter solstice snack, made of glutinous rice. When Fuzhou people rub rice, there are bamboo baskets on the table. There are several oranges, a pair of red chopsticks and a pair of paper flowers in the basket. Praying for good luck in the coming year has become an important activity in Fuzhou's winter solstice tradition, symbolizing the beautiful meaning of family reunion.
There is a proverb in Quanzhou, "Take off-year as the winter festival". On the eve of the Winter Festival, every household "rubs round". When adults "roll round", children are often willing to help, making some small and exquisite melons, animals and gold ingots with rice balls, commonly known as "being a bitch", praying for the prosperity of six animals, which also means good luck and wealth.
Xiamen's "rolling round" is a ball made of glutinous rice flour and water, which is filled with stuffing and white. There are two ways to make glutinous rice balls: binding sugar paste and glutinous rice balls. Tie the sugar paste is to pick up the cooked jiaozi and dip it in black syrup. If you don't like sweets, you can make salty dumplings with vegetables, sliced meat and seafood in the soup, which is also delicious.
The origin of solar terms in winter solstice
During the Spring and Autumn Period, China observed the sun with earth rules and determined the winter solstice, which was the earliest of the 24 solar terms and a traditional festival of the Chinese nation. During the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, it was stipulated that the day before the winter solstice was the end of the year, and the winter solstice was equivalent to the Spring Festival. Later, the summer calendar was implemented. However, the winter solstice has always ranked first among the 24 solar terms, and it is called "dividing the year".
Winter solstice is one of the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar and the twenty-second solar term. It is also a traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The winter solstice is a "winter festival", so it is considered as a big holiday in winter. On this day, the day is the shortest and the night is the longest.
In ancient times, there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year. In ancient times, people who were wandering outside had to go home for the winter festival at this time, which was called "having a home at the end of the year" In ancient times, there was a saying that "the winter solstice is the life of the sun", that is to say, from the winter solstice, the spirit of the sun slowly began to pick up. This statement is also in line with the astronomical phenomena.
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