1, sacrifice
The most typical custom of the winter solstice is: offering sacrifices and remembering ancestors. Sacrifice can show the respect and memory of ancestors to the greatest extent. There is also an informal custom of "welcoming the sun" during the winter solstice. In addition to offering sacrifices to heaven to welcome the sun, the Winter Solstice Festival is also a day for ancestors to cherish their ancestors' virtues and offer sacrifices to their ancestors. Sacrificing ancestors in the days when the seasons change, as if ancestors also spent the holidays with us.
2. Wear new clothes
As early as the pre-Qin era, dressing paid great attention to the five elements thought. Wear blue, yellow, white and black respectively all year round. On the day of the winter solstice, it is naturally a black sacrificial dress. Under the influence of the prosperous humanities and festive atmosphere in the Tang Dynasty, the creative potential of the public in life interest was stimulated. Later, the custom of wearing new clothes on the winter solstice was fixed, and the government gave new clothes to the officials, such as the new year's goods given by the unit during the Spring Festival today.
3. Eat dumplings
As the old saying goes, if you don't eat dumplings on the winter solstice, you will freeze your ears. Tonifying in winter is very important, at this time, nutrients are absorbed quickly, and the "essence" can be stored in the body through tonic, so it is not easy to get sick in the next spring. The winter solstice is cold, and health preservation should follow the principle of closed storage and reasonable adjustment of daily life.
4, Jiujiu eliminate cold
The so-called "99-year-old Cold Relief" means that people once drew the "99-year-old Cold Relief Map" on the winter solstice, filled in a petal every day, and when spring came, it was a sunny day in 99. This custom is to send away the cold winter and welcome the romantic spring by drawing.
5. Eat wonton
Besides eating jiaozi, there are many places where the winter solstice is popular to eat wonton. Different from eating jiaozi, the custom of eating wonton comes from an allusion: According to legend, in the Song Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong liked wonton cooked by the chef very much, and someone wanted to be punished by the chef, but Emperor Gaozong was exempted from punishment because he wanted to eat wonton cooked by him. Later, the method of making wonton spread to the people, and there were more and more varieties and patterns. Every household ate wonton during the Winter Solstice Festival, which led to the saying "Winter Solstice Wonton Summer Solstice Noodles".