1, eat "Jiao Er" on the winter solstice; 2, eat dumplings on the winter solstice; 3. Cook and eat red bean rice; 4. Drink powder soup and eat mutton powder soup jiaozi; 5, add meat dishes, eat bacon sausages, and send bacon to relatives and friends; 6. Worship ancestors with nine-layer cakes on the winter solstice; 7, winter solstice wine; 8. Embroidered mandarin duck shoes; 9. Sweep the snow to welcome guests; 10, rub two big round balls and stick them on the gate ring, symbolizing reunion and good luck.

Introduction to winter solstice

The Winter Solstice is the 22nd solar term among the 24 solar terms in China, when the sun reaches 270 degrees of the yellow meridian. The Transcript of Compliance with the Constitution records: "When the cathode arrives, the yang begins to grow, the sun goes south, the day is short, and the shadow is long, so it is called the winter solstice." On the winter solstice, the sun shines directly on the tropic of Capricorn, with the shortest days and the longest nights in the northern hemisphere.

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 from the Gregorian calendar1February 2 1 day to the 23rd every year.

The winter solstice is freezing, outdoor activities are less, and people spend more time at home. The winter solstice has become a festival for visiting relatives and friends. "Fat winter and thin year", in the folk, winter solstice solar terms should also be held to celebrate winter and worship winter activities, such as gathering fires on the winter solstice festival in November of the lunar calendar, worshiping family temples and temples, worshiping parents and elders, and holding family banquets to congratulate relatives.