1. Eating glutinous rice balls during the Winter Solstice is a traditional custom in my country, especially popular in Jiangnan.

There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls makes you one year older".

Tangyuan is also called glutinous rice balls, and eating glutinous rice balls during the Winter Solstice is also called "winter solstice dumplings".

There are many famous glutinous rice balls in various places in the north and south. For example, Ningbo glutinous rice balls have thin fillings and are glutinous but not sticky; Changsha sister glutinous rice balls are white and crystal clear, sweet and delicious; nowadays, glutinous rice balls can be eaten not only during the winter solstice, but also all year round.

2. Visiting graves and sweeping tombs: This is another activity during the winter solstice.

According to Chaoshan custom, the annual grave-sweeping ceremony usually takes place during the Qingming Festival and the Winter Solstice, which are called "spring paper" and "winter paper".

The custom of "spring paper" should be performed three years before a person's death, and "winter paper" can be performed after three years.

But most people like to travel "winter paper" because during the Qingming Festival, it often rains and the roads are difficult to walk; during the Winter Solstice, the weather is good, making it easy to go up the mountain for picnics.

3. Worship ancestors: Chaoshan folk prepare enough pork, chicken, fish and other animals and fruits on this day, go to the ancestral hall to worship ancestors, and then the family gathers around the table to have a meal. The worship is completed before noon, and the family reunites for lunch.

However, in coastal areas such as the Haishan area of ??Raoping, ancestor worship is performed early in the morning, before fishermen go out to sea to fish, in order to ask the gods and ancestors to bless the fishermen's fishing safety.

Extended information: The Winter Solstice is a very important solar term in our country's lunar calendar, and it is also a traditional festival. There are still many places that have the custom of celebrating the Winter Solstice.

Winter Solstice is commonly known as "Winter Festival", "Long Solstice Festival", "Yasui", etc.

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,500 years ago, my country had used Tugui to observe the sun to determine the winter solstice. It was the earliest formula among the twenty-four solar terms.

The time is between December 22 or 23 of the Gregorian calendar every year.

The winter solstice festival originated in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and is still used today.

"Qing Jia Lu" even said that "the winter solstice is as big as the New Year".

This shows that the ancients attached great importance to the winter solstice.

People believe that the winter solstice is the natural transformation of yin and yang and is a blessing from God.

In the Han Dynasty, the winter solstice was regarded as the "Winter Festival", and the government would hold a congratulatory ceremony called "Winter Congratulations" and have a routine holiday.

There is such a record in "Book of the Later Han Dynasty": "Before and after the winter solstice, a gentleman settles down, keeps all officials in charge, does not listen to the government, and chooses auspicious times to save trouble." Therefore, on this day, the court has a holiday and rest, the army is on standby, the border fortress is in retreat, and the business travel is closed.

, relatives and friends each give each other delicious food, visit each other, and happily spend a "settle and quiet" festival.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Winter Solstice was a day for worshiping heaven and ancestors. On this day, the emperor would go to the countryside to hold a ceremony to worship heaven, and people would worship their parents and elders on this day. Nowadays, some places still celebrate the winter solstice.

The ancients believed that the winter solstice is the day when yin and yang pivot. After this day, yin energy gradually disappears and yang energy gradually grows.

On the winter solstice, the emperor went to the Temple of Heaven to offer sacrifices to heaven, and the next day he accepted congratulations from civil and military officials in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.