Happy Winter Solstice

Bai circle of eating soup du was established in Ming and Qing Dynasties.In the day of winter solstice, zhi must "make powder round" or "dao zhuan glutinous rice balls".These also have official records in the historical records, called the Winter Solstice, the powder glutinous rice balls, known as tangyuan.After making good dumplings to sacrifice god, and then the family to eat dumplings, called "Tian Sui".Therefore, eating tangyuan on the winter Solstice is ancient.

An ancient Chinese poem goes, "Every family pound rice to make glutinous rice balls, knowing that it is the Winter solstice of the Ming Dynasty."Eating tangyuan on the winter Solstice is a traditional custom in China, especially prevalent in the south of the Yangtze River. There is a folk saying that "eating tangyuan is one year older than you".Tangyuan is also called tangtuan, and the winter Solstice soup is also called "Winter Solstice dumpling".Tangyuan can be used as a sacrifice to ancestors or as gifts to relatives and friends.

Another explanation is that the winter Solstice is the longest night of the year. On the day of the winter Solstice, before dawn, women would get up to make a fire and cook glutinous rice balls. They would first worship the sky and ancestors, and then the whole family would sit around eating them.Therefore, eating tangyuan on the winter Solstice not only means the gradual arrival of the sun, but also the meaning of reunion. Modern people prefer to take it as a symbol of completeness.

The customs and customs in different parts of our country vary, but they are roughly the same.When making the winter Solstice round, often according to the children's requirements to pinch some small animals, cats, dogs, rabbits, tigers and so on.The children are always happy at this time.Before eating the winter Solstice round, behind the bed lamp in the door and window desk ark, should respectively stick a winter Solstice round, known as "consumption long", to wait until "send stove" after the ability to bake food.