Customarily speaking, the solstice in winter should be: eating jiaozi, eating glutinous rice balls and drinking mutton soup.
Customs all over the country:
1. jiaozi is widely eaten in the north.
Every year, during the winter solstice of the Lunar New Year, jiaozi is an indispensable holiday feast for both the rich and the poor. As the saying goes: "On October 1st, when the solstice of winter comes, every family eats jiaozi."
This custom was left in memory of Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage", who gave up medicine from the winter solstice.
2. Shandong Tengzhou Mutton Soup
It is said that the custom of eating mutton from winter solstice began in the Han Dynasty. According to legend, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, ate mutton cooked in Fan Kuai on the solstice of winter, which was particularly delicious and full of praise. Since then, the custom of eating mutton from winter solstice has been formed among the people. On the solstice of winter, people eat mutton and various nourishing foods one after another in order to have a good omen for the coming year. Now in Tengzhou, Shandong Province, this day is called Jiujiu. Before the festival, the elders will be given mutton and other gifts, and every household will drink mutton soup, which is a good sign for individuals, elders and families.
3. Jiangnan rice
In Jiangnan water town, there is a custom that the whole family get together to eat red beans and glutinous rice in the evening from winter to Sunday.
According to legend, * * * Gong was a troubled wit who died in the winter. Become a plague ghost after death and continue to harm the people. However, this epidemic ghost is most afraid of red beans, so people cook red bean rice from winter solstice to drive away the epidemic ghost and prevent diseases.
4. Sweet potato soup
In the traditional customs of Ningbo, sweet potato soup is one of the must-eat foods in winter solstice.
"Fan" and "Fan" are homophones. In Ningbo people's understanding, eating sweet potatoes on the solstice in winter means "turning over" all the bad luck of the past year.
Tang Guo is similar to jiaozi, much smaller and without stuffing. Tang Guo is also called jiaozi, which means "reunion" and "perfection". There is also a saying in old Ningbo that "you are one year older after eating soup".
People in Ningbo are used to adding wine to sweet potato soup. In Ningbo dialect, wine-making is also called "pulp board", and "pulp" is homophonic with "sheng" in Ningbo dialect, taking its lewdness of "high luck" and "high happiness"
5. Taiwan Province glutinous rice cake
In Taiwan Province Province, China, the tradition of offering nine-layer cakes to ancestors from winter to the sun is still preserved. Glutinous rice flour is used to knead animals such as chickens, ducks, turtles, pigs, cattle and sheep. , a symbol of good luck, and then put it in a steamer and steam it layer by layer to worship the ancestors to show that they don't forget their ancestors. In the early days of the winter solstice or before and after the agreement, people with the same surname and clan gather in the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors one by one in the order of generations. After the ceremony, there will be a grand banquet for the people who come to worship their ancestors. Everyone drinks heartily and meets again after a long separation, which is called "food ancestor". The ancestors of the winter solstice festival are handed down from generation to generation in Taiwan Province to show that they have never forgotten their roots. Radish, vegetables, tofu, fungus, etc.
6. Rounding in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province
People in Taizhou, Zhejiang like food, and winter solstice is an important solar term in a year. To make some special dishes and food on this day, we should first pay homage to our ancestors and pray that they will bless the whole family with peace and happiness in the new year. Then the family happily get together to drink and eat vegetables. Among them, eating "winter solstice yen" (also called hard round and rough round) is an old tradition in Taizhou, which means round, smooth and reunion.
7.brewing in Suzhou, Jiangsu
Gusu region attaches great importance to the solar terms of the winter solstice. There is a proverb in Gusu region: "The winter solstice is like a new year". Traditional Gusu people will drink winter wine on the night of winter solstice. Winter wine is a kind of rice wine, which is brewed with sweet-scented osmanthus and has a pleasant aroma. Gusu people will drink winter wine on the night of winter solstice, and at the same time, they will serve all kinds of braised beef and braised mutton. In the cold winter, winter brewing can not only drive away the cold, but also entrust Gusu people with their good wishes for life.
8. Jiangxi sesame cake
Asako, a specialty of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, is also a traditional snack of Fujian people and a sacrifice of Fujian people. Suitable for steaming, frying, roasting and sand frying after hemp is raised in the shade.
Masi is also a famous snack in southern Fujian, among which Du Ying in Nan 'an is the most famous. Its raw materials are superior glutinous rice, lard, sesame, peanut kernel and rock sugar. The crispy rice is sweet and delicious, and it is resistant to hunger after eating. It has a sweet and slippery taste. It is soft, tough and slightly icy. The finished product is bright white, smooth, tough and transparent.
9. Eat winter solstice noodles in Hefei, Anhui.
"Eat until winter, and you can arrange a line a day." In Hefei, Anhui Province, the custom of eating noodles from winter solstice is related to solar terms, climate and agriculture. After the solstice in winter, there are nine cold days, and every nine days, there are nine days. In the severe winter, eating a bowl of hot egg noodles is considered as the solstice of winter.
10, Tangyuan in Chaoshan and Minnan areas
The folk proverb of the Han nationality in Chaoshan area says, "The winter festival is as big as a year" and "The winter festival has not returned to the ancestors". This means that people who go out must go home to worship their ancestors on the solstice in winter anyway, otherwise they will have no concept of ancestral home. Compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait attach great importance to the winter solstice and regard it as a festival of reunion.
1 1, boiled eggs with longan in Jiaxing, Zhejiang
The winter solstice is a big festival in ancient times, and Jiaxing emphasizes the winter solstice. As the saying goes, "the solstice in winter is as big as a year", and the ancient style is preserved. According to the Records of Jiaxing Prefecture (Volume 34: Customs), "The winter solstice is celebrated first, and it is like a New Year's Day ceremony". Folk advocates winter solstice tonic, including red bean glutinous rice and ginseng soup; Tremella, stewed walnuts, longan boiled eggs, etc.
Up to now, Jiaxing still inherits the custom of eating "longan and boiled eggs" in winter solstice. Old people say that because the winter solstice is the longest night in a year, if they don't eat it, they will freeze all night and be hungry in the middle of the night.
12, Hefei pumpkin pie
After the winter solstice, people in Hefei will eat pumpkin pie on the winter solstice, and the streets and alleys are filled with the fragrance of pumpkin pie. There is also a proverb called "Eating noodles on the winter solstice will make the day longer", which means that after the winter solstice, the night will be shorter and the day will be longer.
Winter solstice:
Also known as "One Yang Sheng", it is an important solar term in the China lunar calendar and a traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The solstice in winter is commonly known as "Jiujiu, Winter Festival", "Dragon Festival" and "Asian New Year". As early as more than 2,500 years ago in the Spring and Autumn Period, China had observed the sun with earth gauges and determined the winter solstice, which was the earliest of the 24 solar terms, and the time was between June 65438+February 2 1 ~23 in the Gregorian calendar every year.