1, * * * Legend of Gong's son becoming a ghost
In 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, there was a man named * * * Gong's. His son was incompetent and evil, and he 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.
2. Eating chaos is related to beauty.
The earliest story is related to wuyue's hegemony and beauty Xi Shi during the Spring and Autumn Period. According to legend, when wuyue was fighting for hegemony, the king of Wu defeated the king of Yue, and he not only won the treasure of gold and silver, but also gained the ingenuity of Xi Shi. At one time, he tried to eat the food made by Xi Shi and was greatly amazed. He asked Xi Shi what it was. Xi Shi thought that the bad king was addicted to beauty and ignored the state affairs, and said it was wonton. Since then, wonton has flowed into the people. In order to commemorate Xi Shi's wisdom and creativity, the king of Wu stipulated to eat wonton at the winter solstice to show it.
The custom of the winter solstice:
1, sacrifice, remember the ancestors
Sacrifice can show the respect and memory of ancestors to the greatest extent. There is also an informal folk 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, clothing should be appropriate.
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.