December 22 this year is the winter solstice of the 24 solar terms, which is a very important and special one among many solar terms. The winter solstice solar term has a long-standing custom among the people. In ancient times, there was the saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year. This shows the important position of the winter solstice. Eating dumplings on the winter solstice is the most representative custom of the winter solstice. When do you eat dumplings on the winter solstice? Why do you eat dumplings at the winter solstice? What's the meaning of eating dumplings? Let's take a look at this article.
Most people in the North eat dumplings on the beginning of winter.
Because dumplings come from the saying of "when making children". New year's Eve is the turn of the old year and the new year, and the beginning of winter is the turn of autumn and winter. Therefore, dumplings can't be eaten at the time of 'making' dumplings.
Because our country is based on agriculture, we attach great importance to the twenty-four solar terms. The 'Festival' also has new growth points for plants and trees. Autumn harvest and winter storage. On this day, to improve your life, you chose 'delicious but dumplings'. Now people have gradually restored this ancient custom. On the day of the beginning of winter, all kinds of dumplings sell very well.
In ancient times, Lidong had the custom of eating Lou Gua dumplings. Lou Gua is pumpkin. At the beginning of winter, it is rare to buy melons in the market. This kind of building melon was bought in summer and stored in the cabin or on the windowsill. After a long time of saccharification, it makes dumpling filling. The taste is not only different from that of Chinese cabbage, but also different from that of building melon in summer. It can be considered as a different taste only if it is dipped in vinegar and rotten garlic.
Jiaozi is a kind of folk food with a long history. Jiaozi is also a unique folk tradition of Chinese people during the Spring Festival. Because of the meaning of "making a son at a younger age", it is deeply welcomed by the people. There is a folk saying "delicious but dumplings".
During the Spring Festival, dumplings have become an indispensable delicacy. In the folk customs of many parts of China, eating 'dumplings' on New Year's Eve is an important feast that can not be replaced by any delicacies. In addition to taking dumplings as festival food in the north, southerners also eat dumplings on certain occasions.
It is said that jiaozi originated in the era of Zhang Zhongjing. Jiaozi, also known as Jiaozi or Jiaoer, means the alternation of the old and the new. It is also a feast food that must be eaten according to the meaning of God. Otherwise, God will remove your name from the Yin and Yang world and become an unlisted solitary soul and wild ghost after death. Think about it, how much our ancestors valued it! Anyway, in order to get rid of the bad luck of the year, you should also eat 'dumplings' on New Year's Eve. People from afar will travel back to their hometown and eat dumplings with their families for the winter festival to show a perfect destination.