Eating glutinous rice balls is a traditional custom during the Winter Solstice, especially popular in Jiangnan. "Tangyuan" is a must-have food during the Winter Solstice. It is a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour. "Yuan" means "reunion" and "completeness". Eating glutinous rice balls during the Winter Solstice is also called "Winter Solstice Tuan". There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls makes you one year older". The Winter Solstice group can be used to worship ancestors, and can also be used to exchange gifts with relatives and friends. In the old days, Shanghainese were most particular about eating glutinous rice balls. There is a poem from the ancients: "Every family pounding rice and making glutinous rice balls knows that it is the winter solstice in the Ming Dynasty." The winter solstice is a festival with rich content. It is said that the winter solstice was the New Year's Day in the Zhou Dynasty in history, and it used to be a very lively day. Today, in the Jiangnan area, there is still a saying that eating the winter solstice dinner will make you one year older, commonly known as "increasing your age".

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Winter Solstice is commonly known as "Winter Festival", "Changzhi Festival" or "Yasui". The winter solstice has both natural and cultural connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the twenty-four solar terms, but also the most unique traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The winter solstice is regarded as a major festival in winter, and there is a saying among ancient people that "the winter solstice is as big as the new year". In ancient times, people living in other places would go home to spend the winter festival at this time, so-called "having a destination at the end of the year." Many areas have customs such as worshiping ancestors on the winter solstice, and there are still some places celebrating the winter solstice. ?

The winter solstice falls between December 21st and 23rd in the Gregorian calendar every year. It is worth noting that before and after the winter solstice, the earth is located near the perihelion and moves slightly faster. This causes the sun to shine directly on the southern hemisphere for about 8 days shorter than the northern hemisphere during the year. Therefore, winter in the northern hemisphere is slightly shorter than summer. Some.