First, family reunion. As a major winter festival of the Chinese nation, the winter solstice is the most basic holiday custom for the whole family to get together for dinner. Relatives in a city should get together and often get together in the old people's homes to celebrate. If you are not in a city, you will call home to say hello.

Second, eat jiaozi. This is the most common custom, and it is almost a tradition for every family to eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter. There is a saying in the proverb: "In November, when the winter solstice comes, every family eats jiaozi." This custom was left in memory of Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage", who gave up medicine during the winter solstice.

Third, sacrificial activities. Some old people go back to their hometown to sweep their graves in winter, and those who are inconvenient to go back to their hometown will also make a small altar at home to put some jiaozi, wine, fruit and so on. Pay homage to the old man who died at home.

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After thousands of years of development, a unique seasonal diet culture has been formed from winter solstice to Sunday. Such as wonton, jiaozi, glutinous rice balls, red bean porridge, millet and rice cakes. Can be used as a new year's dish. The once popular "Winter solstice Asian Annual Banquet" has many names, such as eating winter solstice meat, serving winter solstice dishes, serving winter solstice groups and worshiping winter with wonton.

The solstice in winter is a rich festival. It is said that the winter from Sunday to the Zhou Dynasty in history was New Year's Day, which used to be a very lively day. In today's Jiangnan area, there is still a saying that eating winter day and night will make you one year older, commonly known as "adding years"

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Anhua County People's Government-How much do you know about the custom of solstice winter?