Origin 1: The solstice of winter is coming. Winter solstice is the winter festival of Han Dynasty. The official will hold a congratulatory ceremony called "Dong He", which is an official festival. The official custom of greeting each other in winter is very popular. There is such a record in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty: From winter to around, gentlemen lived a quiet life, refused to listen to politics, chose auspicious days and then saved trouble. Origin 2: Going to old Beijing has the saying that winter solstice wonton and summer solstice noodle. According to legend, during the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu in the north often harassed the frontier, and the people were restless. At that time, there were two leaders, Xiongnu tribe and Tun tribe, which were very cruel. People hate it, so they wrap it in meat and call it wonton. I hate eating, and I want to quell the war and live a peaceful life. Because wonton was originally made on the winter solstice, every family eats wonton on the winter solstice.

Stories and Legends of Winter: A Collection of Short Stories from Solstice to Solstice (I)

Stories about the Solstice of Winter (2)

According to legend, during the Six Dynasties in Liang Wudi, the old name of Nanjing was Jiankang City. One day, an old man presented a tree species to Liang Wudi, saying that this tree species was collected from a deep valley in southern Xinjiang, which brought together the aura of heaven and earth. Take good care of them, and you can bless the girders. Liang Wudi looked at it and said, this is just a cypress tree. Do not believe, planted in the palace. In two or three years, although no one took care of it, the tree species still took root and sprouted, and it was lush. After several years, the gas field condensed and was born as a tree essence.

Emperor Liang believed in Buddhism, built temples extensively, wasted people's money, ignored state affairs, and became a monk wholeheartedly, and the people mourned. Liang Wudi himself did not eat meat, nor did the people eat meat, nor did the people sacrifice meat. When the gods saw that the tributes were all vegetarian, they played the jade emperor, saying that it was disrespectful to the gods, and the jade emperor was not happy. Therefore, the three-year drought in Jiankang City was taken as punishment.

After Jiao died, the Jade Emperor rebelled in Houjing, starved Emperor Liang to death in Taicheng, and put Xu Jiao in charge of the people's food. The cypress tree attached to Jiao Zhen has also guarded Jiankang City for more than 1000 years, and the war has not been damaged. Today, it is for the Six Dynasties. People thanked her, named the food she invented jiaozi, ate jiaozi during the winter solstice when she was born, and offered sacrifices to the ancestors of the gods during the winter solstice to show their respect.