Fortune telling wonton

Some people say that wonton is eaten during the winter solstice to worship ancestors. What is the relationship between wonton and ancestors?

In the south, there is a custom of eating wonton on the solstice in winter, which appeared at the latest in the Song Dynasty.

Why do you eat wonton on the winter solstice? It is said that this is to sacrifice ancestors.

So, why is eating wonton related to sacrificing ancestors? This should start with a mythical figure Pangu. As we all know, Pangu is the ancestor of the Chinese nation. Legend has it that before the formation of heaven and earth, the universe was like an egg, and Pangu was born in it. After a long period of gestation, heaven and earth gradually formed, and Pangu stood tall in the middle.

With the growth of the distance between heaven and earth, Pangu is getting bigger and bigger. Finally, one day, Pangu couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed. All parts of his body became all kinds of things in human beings-breath turned into clouds, voice turned into thunder, eyes turned into the sun and the moon, limbs turned into four poles and five mountains, blood turned into rivers, tendons turned into the ground and tendons turned into fields. ...

This beautiful legend tells us that Pangu is the common ancestor of mankind and even everything in the world.

So who was Pangu born? It's a chaotic undeveloped universe. Obviously, it is the mother of human ancestors. Wonton eaten by later generations is an image representation of this mother.

Wonton is wrapped in a thin dough and cooked inside and outside, just like the mother of the universe.

In addition, the word "wonton" was originally called "chaos", but later it was changed to wonton because it belongs to food. On the solstice of winter, the spirit of the sun began to rise, everything began to sprout vitality and a new life cycle began. People eat wonton in a folk way on this day to commemorate the common mother of mankind and welcome the arrival of a new life cycle.

Summary: "Pangu created the world" Pangu is a mythical figure. It is said that ancient heaven and earth were chaotic like eggs, in which Pangu was born. Then he split chaos, rose to the sky brightly, and fell to the ground turbid, thus separating heaven and earth. Pangu created a vibrant world with his own body.