Burn incense and wax in front of the hall and offer delicious sacrifices to the ancestors.
Frost invades maple leaves in Hebei, and snow presses the wicker edge in western Liaoning.
No matter whether Yun Zheyue comes in the evening, the next day he is worried about the long journey.
Blood ties, deep roots, steaming depends on children and grandchildren.
Interpretation of vernacular:
Candles and incense are lit in class, and delicious food is put on the table to pay homage to ancestors.
The frost in Hebei has frozen the maple leaves to the joints, and the heavy snow in western Liaoning has also bent the wicker.
When night comes, whether it is covered by dark clouds or too far from home.
Still connected by blood and flourishing, if you want to get rich, future generations must be virtuous.
Extended data:
Festival custom
1, ancestor worship
China's southern coastal areas, such as western Guangdong, Chaoshan and parts of Zhejiang, continue the traditional custom of ancestor worship. Every household is dedicated to ancestor statues, memorial tablets, etc. Go to the hall at home, place an altar, set up incense burners, offerings, etc. In some places, while offering sacrifices to ancestors, they also offer sacrifices to gods, land gods and deities, so as to make the next year's weather favorable and the family prosperous.
Step 2 eat barbecue and ginger rice
Cantonese people eat barbecue and ginger rice on the solstice in winter. On this day, most Cantonese people have the custom of "adding vegetables" to eat meat on the solstice in winter. In Chaoshan area, there is a folk saying that "Winter Festival Pills, once eaten, celebrate the New Year", commonly known as "Adding New Year". Hakkas believe that the taste of water is the most mellow in winter solstice, so it has become a custom for Hakkas to make wine in winter solstice.
Step 3 eat rice cakes
People in Hangzhou eat rice cakes on the solstice in winter. From the late Ming and early Qing dynasties to the present, people in Hangzhou like to eat rice cakes on the solstice in winter. In winter solstice, you can cook rice cakes with different flavors, eat rice cakes in winter solstice and get old, which is auspicious. In Sichuan, it is the solstice to eat mutton soup in winter, and mutton is the first tonic in winter. In the area around the two lakes, red beans and glutinous rice must be eaten on the solstice in winter.