On 22nd winter solstice festival: The regional interest customs know many

New China net Tianjin, December 21 – (by Zhou Runjian) 22nd was the winter solstice, the folk is called the winter solstice festival, was our country very important one traditional festival. The winter solstice festival, besides eating outside stuffed dumpling, noodles, sweet dumplings, wonton and other customs, our country each region also has interestung the custom.

Constructs in the luck, the winter solstice is popular rubs pill and to paste pill and feeding pill, the meatball color has white red, some are pinched the small and exquisite toy, like makes pig and pig foot, the litchi chinensis, peach and banana, the symbol is popular prosperous Ji Xiang.

In Hang Zhou, the people eat winter solstice the fish head and fish tail which remains put in the rice cylinder the night, separated the day to take to eat again, said that was eats to remain -odd.

In Jiangsu, the people take winter solstice, the preceding night said that festival night, said lunar new year’s eve, makes the cake by the ancestor worship, and presents the relatives and friends, prepares a banquet feasts, said that it festival liquor, called minute winter liquor. Some others add syrup to make by the yellow wine winter Yang Jiu.

East broad, the people winter solstice offers a sacrifice to the ancestor generally, but also before must arrive at the grave, to hang the paper, said vulgarly hangs winter. Some side winter solstice feast guest gathers by the fish cured foods corbicula vegetable boils, the people link pot eats, said that it encircles stove.

Also guarantees in the Taiwan bay saves the winter solstice to offer a sacrifice to the tradition of ancestor with nine cakes, in the winter solstice this day, the people pinch chicken, duck, pig, cow, sheep and other symbols blessings with the glutinous rice flour the Italian good fortune long-lived animal, after however, with steaming the cage lamination steams, with offer a sacrifice to the ancestor, shows not to forget the ancestor.

The people vulgar special family table shows, all sorts of interest abundant winter solstice customs, showed the people to implore the life rich full wish present, gave among our country people in the festival to increase day by day to add the bountiful type color.

(This article originates: New China net)