The Winter Solstice, also known as' one-sun-born', is an important solar term in the China lunar calendar and a traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The Winter Solstice is commonly known as "Winter Festival", "Long solstice Festival" and "Asian New Year". As early as the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,500 years ago, China had observed the sun with Tugui and determined the winter solstice, which was the earliest of the 24 solar terms, and the time was between the Gregorian calendar1February 2 1 day ~23 every year.

Historical origin

According to records, in the Zhou and Qin Dynasties, winter and November were the first month, and the winter solstice was the beginning of the New Year. There is a saying in Hanshu: "The sun is shining in the winter solstice, and the monarch is long, so congratulations ..." In other words, people began to celebrate the winter solstice festival to celebrate the arrival of the new year. The ancients believed that since the winter solstice, the sun be the spirit of heaven and earth began to flourish, representing the beginning of the next cycle and the day of good luck. Therefore, the custom of ancestor worship and family dinner during the Spring Festival is often chosen in the winter solstice. The winter solstice is also called "off-year". First, it shows that the year is approaching and there are not many days left. The second is to show the importance of the winter solstice.

The winter solstice as a festival originated in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and has been in existence ever since. The first month of the Zhou calendar is November in the summer calendar, so the first month of the Zhou Dynasty is equal to November in the Gregorian calendar now, so there is no difference between worshipping the New Year and celebrating the New Year. It was not until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty adopted the summer calendar that the first month was separated from the winter solstice. It can also be said that the simple "Winter Solstice Festival" has only existed since the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and has been in existence ever since.

Winter solstice custom

The two most common customs on the winter solstice in China are:

1, families get together to have a reunion dinner, which generally includes the most distinctive local winter solstice ingredients. Eating jiaozi has become the custom of most China people on the winter solstice.

2. Sacrificial activities. Many families will go to the grave on this day or the day before, and those who are inconvenient to return to their hometown will also make a small altar at home and put some jiaozi, wine, fruit, etc. as a memorial.

Of course, after thousands of years of development, the winter solstice has formed a unique seasonal food culture. There are also some special customs in different regions. Here are some simple examples:

north

Every year, on the Winter Solstice of the Lunar New Year, jiaozi is an indispensable holiday meal, regardless of the rich or the poor. With the development of China's transportation, job migration, North-South communication and so on, eating jiaozi has now spread to many areas in the south.

Tengzhou area in Shandong province

The custom of eating mutton on the winter solstice is said to have started from the Han Dynasty. This day is called Fujiu. Before the festival, gifts such as mutton will be given to elders, and everyone in Fujiu will drink mutton soup, which is a good sign for individuals, elders and families.

the south of the lower reaches of the Yangze River

On the night of the winter solstice, the whole family get together and eat red beans and glutinous rice.

Ningbo

In the traditional customs of Ningbo, sweet potato soup is one of the must-eat delicacies in the winter solstice. In Ningbo people's understanding, eating sweet potatoes on the winter solstice is to "turn over" all the bad luck of the past year.

Taiwan Province of China

In Taiwan Province, China, the tradition of worshipping ancestors with nine-layer cakes on the winter solstice is still preserved.

Taizhou, Linhai

Taizhou and Linhai, on this day, we should eat the "Winter Solstice Round" (also called hard round and rough round), which means roundness and reunion.

Suzhou

Gusu region attaches great importance to the solar term of winter solstice, and there is a saying in Gusu region: "Winter solstice is like a New Year". Traditional Gusu people will drink winter wine on the night of the winter solstice. Winter wine is a kind of rice wine, which is brewed with osmanthus flowers and has a pleasant aroma.

Jiangxi

Mazi, a specialty of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, is also a traditional snack of Fujian people and a sacrifice of Fujian people. It is suitable for steaming, frying, roasting and sand frying after hemp nourishing yin is dried.

Hefei

Hefei, Anhui, Hefei people have to eat pumpkin pie and a bowl of hot egg noodles on the winter solstice, which is considered as a winter solstice.

Chaoshan

After people in Chaoshan eat winter festival dumplings, they have to stick two winter festival dumplings on the doors, windows, tables, cabinets, ladders, beds and other conspicuous places of their homes, even the bow of fishermen's boats, the horns of farmers' cattle, and the fruit trees planted by fruit farmers are no exception. In order to keep the family safe.

Jiaxing

The winter solstice was a big festival in ancient times. Jiaxing emphasized the winter solstice, and the people advocated the winter solstice tonic, including red bean glutinous rice and ginseng soup. White fungus, walnut stew, longan boiled eggs, etc.

What are the customs of the winter solstice? Northern customs.

The winter solstice is an important festival of Shanxi folk in November of the lunar calendar, commonly known as the "winter" festival.

During the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, it was stipulated that the day before the winter solstice was the end of the year. The winter solstice festival is essentially equivalent to today's Spring Festival. Later, the summer calendar was implemented. However, the winter solstice has always ranked first among the 24 solar terms, and there is a saying that "the winter solstice is as big as a year", which is called "sub-year". Since the Han Dynasty, celebrations have been held. During the peak period, the imperial court took a three-day vacation, and you did not listen to politics. The people closed the city for three days to celebrate the festival. Its excitement is no less than that of the New Year.

Today's Winter Solstice Festival still retains many historical relics. From the date of the winter solstice, it entered the cold weather for several days. There is a folk custom of painting the "Nine-Nine Cold Relief Map" in various forms.

There is a plum blossom, and 9981 flowers are drawn in plain ink. Dye a petal with a red pen or a black pen every day, and the petals will come out in 99, which is called the 99-99 cold elimination map.

Some are horizontal and firm, making a square chart with 9981 grids. Apply one grid and nine grids every day, which is called the 99-99 cold elimination table.

Draw a few empty squares, choose a few words, each word must be a few strokes. Write a stroke every day, and finally become a sentence, such as "looking at the bones of Jin Bai Feng in front of the pavilion and behind the house", which is called the sentence of "99 eliminating cold"

The most elegant is to make nine-body couplets. Each couplet has nine characters, and each character has nine pictures, and each couplet is filled in every day. For example, the couplet reads "Spring springs hang down, spring blooms and spring blooms"; The second couplet is called "Autumn Persimmon Hanging in Autumn Courtyard to Send Autumn Fragrance in Autumn", which is called "99 Cold Eliminating and Spring Welcoming".

What form each family takes is often determined by the owner's hobbies and cultural quality. There is still a folk proverb: "The sky is cloudy and sunny, and the left wind is foggy and snowy." The point in the picture is dark, and the grass is outside the door. "

On the Winter Solstice Festival, people used to give shoes, and its origin is very ancient. "Notes on Chinese Ancient and Modern Times" said: "There are embroidered mandarin ducks in the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Zhao ordered his aunt to go to the winter solstice." Cao Zhi's "Winter Solstice Offering Socks and Footwear Table" also has a sentence of "Welcome to the sample in the next year, and celebrate when you are long." Later, the custom of giving shoes to aunts and uncles gradually became that aunts and uncles gave shoes and hats to nephews. Mainly reflected in children. In the past, it was mainly hand embroidery. As gifts for men, hats are mostly made in the shape of tigers and dogs, and embroidered shoes are also beasts. For girls, hats are mostly made in the shape of phoenix, and embroidery on shoes is mostly flowers and birds. Nowadays, most of them are purchased from collecting coins, and the form follows the trend of the times. On holidays, adults always like to drop in with their children and boast about the shoes and hats presented by their aunts and uncles.

On the Winter Solstice Festival, boys in northern Shanxi are used to playing gang games. Hold a square stone piece the size of a palm, one side stands up, and the other side throws and hits in order according to the prescribed set of actions. When knocking down the post set by the other side, continue to move on. After the failure, exchange throws with each other. Whoever completes all the procedures first wins. Girls are used to kicking shuttlecock in various forms. People often have to join in the fun and play.

On the Winter Solstice Festival, the old customs should also be led by Xue Dong to entertain the teachers. Mr. Wang will lead the students to worship Confucius memorial tablet. Then Xue Dong led the students to worship Mr.. There is a folk saying in Shanxi that "teachers teach on the Winter Solstice Festival", which is the custom of respecting teachers. Up to now, there is still the custom of inviting teachers to dinner on the Winter Solstice Festival. Northwest Shanxi is used to entertaining teachers with stewed mutton, which is full of affection.

In the past, people who worked as domestic helpers used to settle their wages with their employers on the Winter Solstice Festival and prepare to go home. Traditionally, the owner will hold a banquet to entertain the guys and discuss the next year's affairs with each other. Today, some rural self-employed enterprises still keep this custom, and hold banquets and drinks on the Winter Solstice Festival.

Southern customs

The winter solstice is the longest night in a year. Many people use this night to make a winter solstice circle with glutinous rice flour. In order to distinguish it from the resignation on the eve of the Spring Festival, the day before the winter festival is called Tian Nian or Ya Nian, which means that the year is not over, but everyone has grown one year.

Although the customs and people's feelings in different parts of our country are different, they are roughly the same. When making the winter solstice circle, children often pinch some small animals, such as kittens, puppies, rabbits, tigers and so on. The children are very happy at this time. Before eating the Winter Solstice Round, a Winter Solstice Round should be pasted on the back of the bed lamp of the door, window, table, cabinet, respectively, which is called "Spending Day", and you can't bake food until you send it to the stove. If there is a pregnant woman at home at this time, the winter solstice will be round, and a boy will be born, otherwise a girl will be born. When eating the winter solstice, the entrances must be paired for good luck. Only two tablets are left at the end of the meal, and married people will have all the best. If there is one left, single unmarried people will have all the best ... > >

The origin and custom of the Winter Solstice Festival The Winter Solstice is a very important solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar and a traditional festival of the Han nationality in China.

The winter solstice festival originated in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and has been in existence ever since. Qing Jia Lu even says that the winter solstice is as big as a year. This shows that the ancients attached great importance to the winter solstice. People think that the winter solstice is a natural transformation of yin and yang, and it is a blessing given by heaven. In the Han Dynasty, the winter solstice was the "winter festival", and the government held a congratulatory ceremony called "He Dong", which was a routine holiday. There is such a record in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty: "Before and after the Winter Solstice, a gentleman lived in peace, refused to listen to politics, chose auspicious days and then saved trouble." Therefore, on this day, the court will have a holiday and rest, the army will be on standby, the frontier fortress will be closed, business trips will be closed, relatives and friends will give each other food, visit each other, and have a "quiet" festival happily.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the winter solstice was a day to worship the ancestors. On this day, the emperor went to the suburbs to hold a ceremony to worship the heavens. On this day, the people had to worship their parents. Now there are still some places that celebrate the winter solstice.

Winter solstice legend

1. In the past, there was a saying in old Beijing that "winter solstice wonton and summer solstice noodles". 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 of Hun tribe and Tun tribe, which were very cruel. The people hated it, so they wrapped it into a corner with meat stuffing and called it "wonton" with the sound of "muddy" and "tun". Hate to eat, and seek to calm the war and live a peaceful life. Because wonton was originally made on the winter solstice, every family eats wonton on the winter solstice.

Second, the custom of eating dog meat on the winter solstice is said to have started from the Han Dynasty. According to legend, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu, ate dog meat cooked by Fan Kuai on the winter solstice, which made him feel particularly delicious and full of praise. Since then, the custom of eating dog meat on the winter solstice has been formed among the people. Nowadays, people eat dog meat, mutton and various nourishing foods on the winter solstice in order to have a good omen for the coming year.

Third, in the Jiangnan water town, there is a custom that the whole family get together on the night of the winter solstice to eat red beans and glutinous rice. According to legend, * * * Gong's was a gifted scholar who did many evils and died on the winter solstice. After his death, he became an epidemic ghost and continued to harm the people. However, this epidemic ghost is most afraid of red beans, so people cook red bean rice on the winter solstice to ward off the epidemic ghost and prevent and cure diseases.

Fourth, why eat jiaozi on the winter solstice!

Every year, on the Winter Solstice of the Lunar New Year, jiaozi is an indispensable holiday meal, regardless of the rich or the poor. As the saying goes, "On October 1st, when the winter solstice comes, every family eats dumplings." This custom was left in memory of Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage", who gave up medicine on the winter solstice.

Zhang Zhongjing is a native of Gedong, Nanyang. He wrote Treatise on Febrile Diseases, which is a masterpiece of doctors. Quhan Jiaoer Decoction has been regarded as a classic by doctors of all ages. Zhang Zhongjing has a famous saying: "If you advance, you will save the world; if you retreat, you will save the people;" You can't be a good doctor, but also a good doctor. " In the Eastern Han Dynasty, he served as the prefect of Changsha, visiting the sick and applying medicine, and practicing medicine in the lobby. Later, he resolutely resigned and returned to his hometown to treat his neighbors. When he returned home, it was winter. He saw that the villagers on both sides of the Baihe River were sallow and emaciated, hungry and cold, and many people's ears were frozen. He asked his disciples to set up a medical shed and a cauldron in Dongguan, Nanyang, to give up their homes on the winter solstice to cure frostbite. He boiled mutton and some herbs for dispelling cold in a pot, then fished out the mutton and medicines and chopped them, made them into ear-like "Jiao Er" with bread. After cooking, he distributed two "Jiao Er" and a big bowl of broth to everyone who came to ask for medicine. People ate "Jiao Er" and drank "Quhan Tang", and they were warm all over, with fever in both ears and frostbitten ears cured. Later generations learned the look of "Jiao Er" and packaged it into food, also called "jiaozi" or "flat food".

Eating jiaozi on the winter solstice is not forgetting the kindness of Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage", in "Quhan Jiaoer Decoction". Up to now, there is still a folk song in Nanyang, which says, "The winter solstice misbehaves the jiaozi bowl, and nobody cares if you freeze your ears.".

Winter solstice custom

The winter solstice (December 21st or 22nd in the Gregorian calendar) is the beginning of the ninth lunar month. The ancients thought that it was a lucky day when the day was getting longer and the yang was rising on the winter solstice. Therefore, it is worth celebrating. Emperors in Ming and Qing dynasties had ceremonies to worship heaven, which were called "the suburbs of winter solstice". There is a ceremony in the palace where hundreds of officials present congratulations to the emperor, and they also throw thorns at each other to congratulate each other, just like New Year's Day. But the folks don't take the winter solstice as a festival, but there are some timely activities.

In the Qing Dynasty, some flag bearers prayed for disaster relief. At five o'clock on the winter solstice, we invite our first cousins and close friends to gather in the courtyard and sit on the floor, offering a low table for "heaven and earth yards" or memorial tablets to kill pigs and sacrifice to heaven. By the way, sacrifice the "ancestor pole" (a flagpole with a height of two or three feet, the top of which is gourd-shaped, and the lower part is "Diao Dou", and the flag is hung under the bucket to represent the ancestors). After the sacrifice, relatives and friends sit around and eat "white meat", which is called "God's surplus".

Southerners are visiting in Beijing, and some hold banquets to worship their ancestors. At the same time, colleagues or close friends are also invited to a > >

Different ethnic and folk activities of the Han nationality: Spring Festival Qingming Festival Dragon Boat Festival Mid-Autumn Festival New Year's Eve Double Ninth Festival Winter Solstice Tanabata and so on.

Yi people: Torch Festival is the most grand traditional festival. In addition, there are colorful and distinguishable costumes such as Mi Zhi Festival and Flower Arrangement Festival. There are nearly 100 kinds of typical three-color skirt funerals, such as burial, cremation and other folk worship of animism, and primitive religious activities of ancestors. A few people believe in Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity and Catholicism. The strict monogamy and small family system is practiced, and there is a legacy of robbing marriage.

Bai nationality: March Street, Benzu Festival, Torch Festival, etc. are all taught as grand costumes. Men usually wear white or blue baotou, white double-breasted clothes and black collar, and white trousers. Women hide in white coats, red, black and purple velvet collars, white or blue wide pants, embroidered and printed colored towels, and silver ornaments such as three beards and five beards are hung on their chests for monogamy and small family system. Before the Yuan Dynasty, cremation prevailed, and later it was changed to burial, and the funeral ceremony was more grand.

Hani people: In October, they advocate black and like to make clothes with their own small blue-black homespun woven and dyed. Men wear double-breasted jackets and trousers, and the elderly wear melon caps with black cloth or white cloth. Women's clothing varies from place to place, and keeps the national characteristics more. Love sour and spicy food. Monogamy is practiced, and the custom of giving priority to cousin marriage is popular. When people die, they are buried in coffins. Love music, be good at singing and dancing, and like to carry musical instruments with you.

Zhuang nationality: On March 3rd, there is not much difference between men and Han nationality, while women are varied and have their own characteristics. Wear a collarless left-back shirt, wide-leg pants and a bunch of flowers around your waist. Festivals have the custom of eating colorful rice and colorful eggs, and women love to chew betel nuts. Buried in coffins and good at singing and dancing.

Dai people: Festivals are mostly related to religious activities, mainly related to the opening ceremony of the Gate Festival, the Songkran Festival and the Songkran Festival, which is the Dai New Year. At that time, people who throw water, row dragon boats, set high are usually buried in the ground after their death, and a few are buried in the water. Men wear collarless double-breasted or big-breasted small sleeve blouses, while women wear narrow-sleeved blouses and skirts. They like wine and hot and sour food, and women have the habit of chewing betel nuts. Generally love singing and dancing. Most folk songs are sung by Zanha. The dance is famous for peacock dance and the elephant foot drum dance. Most Dai villages are built on the river, surrounded by bamboo fences, and each household has its own courtyard. Ganlan architecture is the characteristic of Dai housing. The Dai people basically believe in Buddhism spread from the south to the upper seat.

Miao nationality: The Huashan Festival is monogamous and monogamous. In some areas, there are four generations and five generations of paternal families living under one roof. There are customs such as giving priority to marriage and transferring houses. Implement coffin burial.

Yi people: men wear short coats, linen gowns, knives on their left waist and arrow bags on their right waist during the sword pole festival; Women wear embroidered tops and linen skirts. Most of the houses that like to wear red and white beads, corals, Baker and other decorations are wooden houses and bamboo rafts. Marriage is dominated by monogamous families, but there are still customs such as giving priority to marriage between aunts and uncles. After death, relatives and friends should bring wine and meat to mourn and dance around the corpse, sing Nemo songs, carry out burial, hang crossbows in front of the grave, and weave linen tools for funerary objects.

* * *: Holidays mainly include holy day, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, and more * * * temples are built in places where people live in concentrated areas. Marry mainly within the nation. After death, please ask A General to die early and be buried at noon. After bathing, wrap the body in white cloth, move it into the affairs box, and carry out burial. A General will lead relatives and friends to attend the funeral, but his wife will not.

Lahu nationality: the main festival ... > >

Folk Activities of the Twenty-four Solar Terms Since ancient times, China has been a country with very developed agriculture. Ancient farmers have accumulated rich experience on the relationship between agricultural time and seasonal changes from long-term agricultural labor practice. However, with the deepening of China's reform and opening up and a large number of rural urbanization, especially in coastal areas, farmers who got rich first abandoned agriculture to do business, and the guiding role of climate change in agricultural production is no longer so important in people's daily life.

Nevertheless, the four seasons cycle, and the spring goes to Qiu Lai, and the climate change still affects the food, clothing, housing and transportation of thousands of families, especially in the Jiangnan area where the four seasons are distinct. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the ancient Chinese people had the concepts of the south solstice and the north solstice. Subsequently, people divided the year into 24 equal parts on average according to the relationship between the running position of the sun and the moon at the beginning of the month and the natural phenomena such as weather and animal growth. And gave each equal part a proper name, which is the twenty-four solar terms. By the end of the Warring States Period, there were eight names of solar terms: beginning of spring, Equinox, long summer, Summer Solstice, beginning of autumn, Equinox, beginning of winter and Winter Solstice. These eight solar terms are the most important of the 24 solar terms, which indicate the change of seasons and clearly divide the four seasons of the year. Later, in the book Huai Nan Zi, there were 24 solar terms that were exactly the same as those in modern times. This is the earliest record of the 24 solar terms in Chinese history.

Twenty-four solar terms may have originated from the Yellow River Basin in China during the Warring States Period, and have been continuously improved and perfected since then. By the time of Qin and Han Dynasties, the twenty-four solar terms had been completely established. In 104 BC, the Solar Calendar, which was formulated by Deng Ping, officially designated the twenty-four solar terms as a calendar, and made clear the astronomical position of the twenty-four solar terms. There are eight sections and twenty-four solar terms recorded in the book "Zhou Bi Shu Jing" written by Han Dynasty. Most of them indicate climate change and the difference between objects and images, which are closely combined with agriculture, so we can grasp the seasonal changes and decide the timely sowing and harvesting of crops.

Some people mistakenly believe that the 24 solar terms are related to the lunar calendar. In fact, the 24 solar terms are defined according to the solar calendar. According to the position of the sun on the ecliptic (the earth's orbit around the sun, that is, the route of the annual movement of the sun) and the order that causes the evolution of the ground climate, it divides the whole year into 24 paragraphs, each of which is separated by about half a month (15 days), and each paragraph is called a solar term. The first month of each month is called "solar terms", including beginning of spring, Jingzhe, Qingming, long summer, Mangzhong, Xiaoshu, beginning of autumn, Bailu, Hanlu, beginning of winter, Daxue and Xiaohan. Those who are in the middle of the month are called "middle qi", including rain, vernal equinox, Grain Rain, Xiaoman, Summer Solstice, Great Summer, Chu Summer, Autumn Equinox, first frost, Xiaoxue, Winter Solstice and Great Cold. The twenty-four solar terms are 12 solar terms and 12 Chinese gas. Among the 24 solar terms in the whole year, the most important ones are vernal equinox, summer solstice, autumn equinox and winter solstice, which are collectively called bisection. Solar terms reflect the annual apparent movement of the sun, so it is purely a solar calendar, but it is different from the usual solar calendar in form.

Because the twenty-four solar terms are determined according to the position of the sun on the ecliptic, and the time when the sun passes through each division is roughly equal, in the Gregorian calendar, the date of each solar term basically changes little, with a difference of one or two days at most, but the date in the lunar calendar is not fixed. In order to facilitate memory, the working people in our country created the "Twenty-four solar term song":

Spring rains shock spring and clear valley days, and summer is full of mountains and summer heat.

Autumn is exposed, autumn cold and frost fall, winter snow and winter snow are small and cold,

There will be no change in the second quarter of each month, with a difference of one or two days at most.

Come to June 21 in the first half of the year, and come to August 23 in the second half.

In the long-term production practice, the working people in ancient China compiled a large number of agricultural proverbs related to solar terms to guide agricultural production. For example: "Spring ploughing will not stop after the Festival of Scaring", "Spring Equinox is like a sieve", "Planting trees and planting beans before and after Qingming Festival", "Planting seeds at Qingming Festival, planting seedlings in Grain Rain", "Qingming Festival will be sunny, Grain Rain will be drenched", "long summer is full, and the rain will catch up", "long summer will not stop, and the plows will be hung high" and "long summer will be three.

After the rise of modern agro-meteorology, many regions have combined the 24 solar terms with agro-meteorological data, and compiled agricultural climate calendars, agricultural calendars or agricultural activity tables, so that ancient experience can be combined with modern science and technology to complement each other and continue to play a role in modern agricultural production. Therefore, as an important basis of agricultural meteorological data, the twenty-four solar terms are naturally closely related to the folk customs produced in agricultural society:

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Pay attention to the custom of the winter solstice, simply write ■ The Spring Festival during the winter solstice is the most important festival in a year, so there are many taboos, such as: avoid eating porridge on the first day of the New Year, eat dry rice, etc. What do you know? ■ After the winter solstice of the twelfth lunar month, it is commonly known as the twelfth lunar month. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Laba porridge is eaten. Laba porridge is cooked with glutinous rice, red beans, longan, dates, chestnuts, peanuts, hazelnuts, ginkgo nuts and pine nuts. It is said that Laba porridge originated in India. After Buddha Sakyamuni sat alone under a bodhi tree for six years, he finally became a Buddha on the night of the eighth lunar month. Tail teeth (on the 16th day of the 12th lunar month) are made as a token of gratitude to the land authorities for their blessing on the believers' agricultural harvest and business, so it will be more grand than usual, and the bosses of the company's line numbers will reward their employees in the company, at home or in restaurants as a reward for their hard work over the past year. The Day of Sending Gods (the 24th day of the 12th lunar month) is also an important day for Kitchen God and other gods, who used to observe the good and evil of people's words and deeds, to return to heaven once a year to tell the Jade Emperor God about the good and evil of the world, so as to determine the good and evil of people in the coming year. ▲ Kitchen God porridge as a souvenir. After Laba, I began to do year-end cleaning. The 16th day of the twelfth lunar month is the tail tooth. On this day, the land lord is worshipped, and the merchants entertain the employees on that day. In the past, if the boss wanted to fire the employees, it would be tacit to point the head of the boiled chicken at the employee. On this day, the food should be "cut". On the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month, it is said that the Kitchen God was sent from heaven to live in every household. At the end of the year, he will return to the sky to report the good and evil of the family for one year, and the Heaven Emperor will give them good and ill luck respectively. In order to make the Kitchen God speak well, people will bribe him with rich sacrifices and stick his mouth to prevent him from tattling. ■ On New Year's Eve, all families who travel far away and go out separately go back to their hometown for reunion night, and eat New Year's Eve around the stove. The most important thing in the New Year's Eve is a big fish, but you can't finish it, which symbolizes "more than one year." After the New Year's Eve dinner, the oldest elder in the family sits in the main hall, and the younger generation pays New Year's greetings in turn. Usually, after the New Year's greetings are given, people are allowed to start gambling on small money. Regardless of whether they gamble or not, they usually keep their vigil until midnight, when firecrackers are set off, and the new year officially begins. In the middle of the night, I will go to a famous temple nearby to worship and prepare to "grab the incense." ■ On the first day of the lunar new year, firecrackers are set off according to the dry branches, and sweets such as red dates, white gourd, sugar and peanut sugar are served before the gods, and golden paper is burned for worship together. At dawn, Spring Festival couplets are posted on the door, candles are lit and incense is burned to offer tea, sweet tea, peanut sugar and honey to worship ancestors, oranges, rice, hair, sweets, chickens, ducks and fish. On the first day of the lunar new year, in addition to worshipping the gods and buddhas at home, you can also worship in the temples you believe in. In addition, the first day of the year is the beginning of the year. In order to get a good start, the family can't say unlucky words, reprimand, declare a breakdown, beat, etc., nor can they use knives and forks, let alone destroy things. The whole family, men, women and children, wear new clothes, or go to visit relatives and friends, or go for an outing in the suburbs, or participate in various games and gambling. -the first day of fasting vegetable soup and sweet first day morning to eat vegetarian dishes, and don't eat meat and don't cook, steamed the food of the day before yesterday to eat, don't drink vegetable soup, can only drink iced sugar tea, Taiwan Province people think that if you drink vegetable soup, you will encounter heavy rain when you travel, and some people lead such a life from the first day to the third day. Don't eat sweet on New Year's Day, you can only eat it on the second day of the second year, and you should fry the oil in a pot. There is a common saying in Taiwan Province: "Fry red and red", which means poverty. -Disposal of garbage at home During the first day to the fifth day, the garbage at home should not be thrown out of the door, and it should be * * * together. This is that taking things out of the house means taking the blessings out of the house. So even garbage should stay at home. ■ The daughter who got married in the second day could have gone back to her parents' home any day, but it is said that going back to her parents' home at the first day will lead to poverty, so she will not go back until the second day. On the other hand, it is a mandatory social norm to return to one's parents' home on the second day of school, because in the past, women's status was not high, and they were worried that if a woman married, she might not be allowed to go home for the rest of her life, so there was this custom. On the second day of junior high school, married women, together with their husbands and children, bring some gifts back to their parents' home to pay New Year greetings. After returning to their parents' home, they first pay tribute to their grandparents and parents, and then distribute red envelopes to them. These elders also give red envelopes to their grandchildren brought back by their daughters. If you have siblings at home, of course, you have to give red envelopes. Therefore, on the second day of the first month of each year, the bride's family is full of joy and excitement. ■ Grade 3 ▲ Mouse ... > >

What are the traditional folk activities in China? Playing drums, walking on stilts and dancing yangko on the fifteenth day of the first month.

Tomb-Sweeping Day paid homage to his ancestors

Dragon boat races and rice dumplings on the turbulent afternoon festival.

Winter solstice jiaozi, summer solstice noodles.

Reunion on August 15

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What are the traditional activities on the winter solstice? There are jiaozi on the winter solstice, and a family reunion dinner and dumplings are all traditional activities.

What do people do, what do they eat and what are their customs? The winter solstice is actually not fixed every year. Depending on the year, it is generally fixed on1February 2 1 day or 22nd. Because of its uncertain date, it is also called "live festival". Every winter solstice, there are different ways to celebrate festivals in different places.

Family reunion.

As a big festival of the Chinese nation in winter, 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 at the old people's homes to celebrate. If you are not in a city, you will call home to say hello.

Eat jiaozi.

This is the most common custom, and it is almost a tradition for every household to eat jiaozi from the winter solstice. In the supermarkets a few days before the winter solstice, flour and jiaozi powder are also the best sellers.

If there are many people in the family, they will pack more stuffing, jiaozi. Children will also want to eat jiaozi with candy or other interesting fillings.

Sacrificial activities.

Some old people will go to their hometown to visit their graves on the winter solstice, and those who are inconvenient to return to their hometown will also make a small altar at home and put some jiaozi, wine, fruit, etc. to pay homage to the old people who died at home.

Drink mutton soup.

It is said that it came from Fan Kuai, the general of the Han Dynasty. Eating more mutton in winter is conducive to vigorous internal fire and effective cold resistance, and is the first choice for winter diet. In some places in Shandong, it is a local custom to drink mutton soup on the winter solstice.

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The south is not as cold as the north. During the winter solstice, we will also eat some local special foods to welcome the arrival of the winter solstice. For example, glutinous rice balls, sweet potatoes, and wine-fermented meatballs.

Food tonic.

Since the winter solstice, the cold winter has really begun. Pay attention to diet, especially for women with cold body. Besides wearing warm clothes, they should also pay attention to eating foods rich in protein, carbohydrates and fat, so as to improve their energy to resist the cold and spend the winter happily.