Why is eating glutinous rice balls a year older?

Because at the end of the year, people are also a year older. Eating glutinous rice balls has been customary in the Ming and Qing dynasties. On the day of the winter solstice, it is necessary to "make flour balls" or "flour glutinous rice for pills". These are also officially recorded in historical materials, saying that "on the winter solstice, flour glutinous rice is a pill, and the name is 'glutinous rice balls'".

After making the rice balls, it is necessary to worship the gods and ancestors, and then eat the rice balls around the family, which is called "Tian Sui". Therefore, eating glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice is ancient. Eating glutinous rice balls is a traditional custom on the winter solstice, especially prevalent in Jiangnan.

Eating glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice is also called "winter solstice group". There is a folk saying that "one year older after eating glutinous rice balls".

According to the records of the Zhou Dynasty, the folk have the use of the winter solstice to the suburbs to worship the day activities, and because the first month of the Zhou calendar is the November of the summer calendar, therefore, the first month of the Zhou Dynasty is equal to our current November, so there is no difference between the New Year and the winter, until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty adopted the summer calendar, the first month and the winter solstice were separated.

Therefore, it can also be said that the Winter Festival has existed since the Han Dynasty. Because of the different calendars, the folk have been inheriting the Zhou calendar, believing that after the winter solstice is the beginning of another year (there is a saying that there is an extra year after eating rice balls), which is why the winter solstice is so valued in the folk society.

Because the winter solstice is the last solar term of the year, and the winter solstice is equivalent to the end of the year, so it is said that the winter solstice eats glutinous rice balls and grows up by one year.

In the Tang and Song dynasties, there was a custom of eating rice balls, and in the Ming and Qing dynasties, eating rice balls has become a customary custom. On the day of the winter solstice, it is necessary to "make flour balls" or "flour glutinous rice for pills". According to historical records, eating glutinous rice balls on the day of the winter solstice is also the meaning of "adding new years", after making the glutinous rice balls, everyone sits around and eats them, and after eating, they will grow a year old, because in ancient times they believed that the winter solstice was the end of the year, that is, the New Year was one year older.

Isn't the rice ball a symbol of reunion? The dumplings eaten during the New Year are actually mainly said to be one year older after the New Year.

If you eat rice balls during the Chinese New Year, you will naturally grow one year old after eating them.

Because the thing is so unpalatable, only by saying so can you trick the child into eating it.

We don't eat glutinous rice balls, but we eat them during the New Year, and we eat them after the New Year, so we must be a year older.

Because at the end of the year, people are also a year older.

Different places have different customs during the winter solstice, and most places in northern China have the custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice. After thousands of years of development, the winter solstice has formed a unique seasonal food culture. Eating dumplings has become the custom of most northern Chinese on the winter solstice.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as the custom of drinking mutton soup on the day of the winter solstice in Tengzhou City, Shandong Province, which means to drive away the cold.

The ancients celebrated the winter solstice, although many people today do not think it is a festival, but the winter festival is also one of the "eight festivals of the year", foodies will not let go of this festival with a variety of winter solstice special food: such as northern dumplings, Chaoshan rice balls, southeast mochi, Taizhou rounds, Hefei pumpkin cakes, Ningbo sweet potato soup fruit, Tengzhou mutton soup, Jiangnan rice, Suzhou wine, etc.

Every year on the day of the winter solstice of the lunar calendar, dumplings are an indispensable holiday meal for rich and poor. Yan Yun: "On the first day of October, the winter solstice arrives, and every household eats dumplings." This custom is left by commemorating the "medical saint" Zhang Zhongjing on the winter solstice.

It specifically refers to the person who has passed away after eating the winter solstice glutinous rice balls, and is one year old.

Because eating the rice balls of the winter solstice means that the year is coming to an end, and people are a year older.

Among the 24 traditional solar terms, the winter solstice is one of the more important, and there was once a saying that "the winter solstice is as big as the year". The ancients believed that the winter solstice is the natural transformation of yin and yang, and it is a blessing from God. The Han Dynasty took the winter solstice as the "winter festival", and the government held a congratulatory ceremony called "He Dong", which was a routine holiday.

During the Tang and Song dynasties, the winter solstice was the day of worshiping the heavens and sacrificing the ancestors, and the emperor would go to the suburbs on this day to hold a ceremony to worship the heavens, and the people would worship their parents on this day. After thousands of years of development, the winter solstice has formed a unique festival food culture, and the south generally eats glutinous rice balls, taking the meaning of "reunion" and "consummation".

Reminder, on the day of the winter solstice, before dawn, the women got up to make a fire to cook rice balls, first worship the heavens and worship the ancestors, and then the whole family sat around to eat rice balls. Therefore, eating tangyuan on the winter solstice, in addition to indicating that the sun (sunlight) is gradually returning, also means round, and modern people prefer to regard it as a symbol of perfection.

Because at the end of the year, people are also a year older.

Eating glutinous rice balls has been customary in the Ming and Qing dynasties. On the day of the winter solstice, it is necessary to "make flour balls" or "flour glutinous rice for pills". These are also officially recorded in historical materials, saying that "on the winter solstice, flour glutinous rice is a pill, and the name is 'glutinous rice balls'".

After making the rice balls, it is necessary to worship the gods and ancestors, and then eat the rice balls around the family, which is called "Tian Sui". Therefore, eating glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice is ancient. Eating glutinous rice balls is a traditional custom on the winter solstice, especially prevalent in Jiangnan.

Eating glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice is also called "winter solstice group". There is a folk saying that "one year older after eating glutinous rice balls".

There is another way to say that you eat glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice.

In the Tang and Song dynasties, a large-scale sacrificial activity was held on the day of the winter solstice, on this day, the women got up early to prepare the sacrificial meal, and then wrapped a pot of rice balls, and waited until the people of the sacrifice returned, and then the family sat around to eat hot rice balls.

This also means reunion. People also regard tangyuan as a symbol of reunion, especially in the south, people like to eat sweets, so on the day of the winter solstice, a pot of tangyuan will be cooked.

Because at the end of the year, people are also a year older. Eating glutinous rice balls has been customary in the Ming and Qing dynasties. On the day of the winter solstice, it is necessary to "make flour balls" or "flour glutinous rice for pills". These are also officially recorded in historical materials, saying that "on the winter solstice, flour glutinous rice is a pill, and the name is 'glutinous rice balls'".

After making the rice balls, it is necessary to worship the gods and ancestors, and then eat the rice balls around the family, which is called "Tian Sui". Therefore, eating glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice is ancient. Eating glutinous rice balls is a traditional custom on the winter solstice, especially prevalent in Jiangnan.

Eating glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice is also called "winter solstice group". There is a folk saying that "one year older after eating glutinous rice balls".