Proverbs say: On October 1st, when the winter solstice comes, every family eats dumplings. This custom is said to have been left in memory of Zhang Zhongjing, a medical saint, who gave up medicine on the winter solstice. Therefore, in the north of China, on the day of the winter solstice of the lunar calendar, jiaozi becomes an essential holiday meal, regardless of the rich or the poor.
Moral 2: When the winter solstice comes, eat jiaozi and be round and round.
In some places, on the day of the winter solstice, the family will be busy, preparing all kinds of dumpling wrappers and stuffing, and then the family will sit together to make jiaozi, eat jiaozi and have a reunion for the winter solstice. In addition to eating jiaozi in the north, there is also the custom of eating glutinous rice balls in the south, which means that the round is full and round.
Introduction:
The winter solstice is the 22nd solar term of the "twenty-four solar terms", with the solar meridian reaching 270 degrees, and it is celebrated every year on Gregorian calendar1February 2 1-23. The winter solstice is the extreme point where the direct sunlight travels southward. On the winter solstice, the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Capricorn, which is the most inclined to the northern hemisphere and has the smallest solar altitude angle. It is the shortest day and the longest night in all parts of the northern hemisphere.
The winter solstice is also the turning point of the sun's direct point of return to the north. After this day, the sun's direct point will go back. The sun's direct point will start to move northward from the Tropic of Capricorn (23 26' s), and the daylight in the northern hemisphere (China is located in the northern hemisphere) will increase day by day.