Customs of the Winter Solstice Festival in Guangdong:

1. Eating glutinous rice balls and glutinous rice in Guangzhou. Eating glutinous rice balls during the Winter Solstice is a traditional custom in my country, especially popular in Guangdong. There is a saying among the people that "eating glutinous rice balls makes you one year older". Eating glutinous rice balls during the Winter Solstice in Guangzhou is also called glutinous rice balls, and eating glutinous rice balls during the Winter Solstice is also called "winter solstice dumplings". Many Lao Guang’s memories of the Winter Solstice when they were young are inseparable from a reunion dinner.

2. Eating sweet pills: It is said that during the Winter Solstice in the Han Dynasty, there was a custom of "eating wine and food to pay homage to the masters and elders". Since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the trendy custom of eating sweet pills has become popular. Sweet balls are a sweet soup made by grinding glutinous rice into balls and rolling them into water. It is the most representative food on the Winter Solstice. Before the winter solstice, farmhousewives pound glutinous rice flour one after another (mostly made by machines today), and some exchange what they have and give it to relatives and friends.

3. Eating glutinous rice balls: Eating glutinous rice balls has been a custom in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. On the winter solstice, it is necessary to "make powder balls" or "powder glutinous rice into balls". These are also officially recorded in historical materials, saying "Winter Solstice, glutinous rice balls are made into balls, called glutinous rice balls. After making glutinous rice balls, they are sacrificed to gods and ancestors, and then the whole family eats glutinous rice balls together, which is called "timing the year". Therefore, eating glutinous rice balls during the winter solstice, in ancient times, And yes.

4. Eating roasted pork: On the Winter Solstice, most Cantonese people have the custom of eating winter solstice meat. Among them, roasted pork is an indispensable part of the Cantonese Winter Solstice table. Traditional food. The whole family prepares some bacon and sausages for a meal to pray for good luck in the coming year.