What are the old settlement wages in the custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors during the winter solstice?

In the past, domestic helpers used to settle their wages with their employers during the winter solstice and then prepare to go home. Traditionally, the host will hold a banquet to entertain the guys and discuss the affairs of next year with each other. Today, some rural self-employed people still keep this custom, holding banquets and drinking alcohol on the winter solstice.

So is the south. "Wu Zhong Ji Nian Miscellany" contains: "The winter solstice is as big as a year, and the county people attach the most importance to the winter solstice." On the day before the winter solstice, relatives and friends will give each other food, which is called "winter solstice plate". On this night, people hold banquets and drink "savings wine" to spend the winter solstice night.

2. ancestor worship

Another manifestation of the year-long winter solstice is ancestor worship. Records of Shenze County, Hebei Province record: "Winter solstice, worship first, worship elders, New Year's Day and other ceremonies." This means holding a grand ceremony to worship ancestors and elders on the solstice of winter, just like on New Year's Day.

This is a custom in the south and north, such as Quanzhou. Those who go out during the winter solstice will try their best to go back to their hometown to celebrate the festival. Ancestor worship ceremony and Tomb-Sweeping Day's ancestor worship, collectively called Spring Festival and Winter Festival, are very strict and the participants are very devout.