Is it okay to get engaged on the day before the winter solstice in 2020? Why do we eat mutton soup on the winter solstice?

Is it okay to get engaged on the day before the winter solstice in 2020? Why do we eat mutton soup on the winter solstice?
Introduction: Generally, you need to choose an auspicious day for engagement, because engagement is also one of the important matters. So [Is it okay to get engaged on the day before the Winter Solstice in 2020? Why do we eat mutton soup on the Winter Solstice?] Follow the editor to find out! "Winter Solstice is as important as New Year's Day." It is both one of the 24 solar terms and a traditional festival of the Chinese nation. Make an appointment with Mr. Shui Mo in November of the lunar calendar 2020 to spend the winter solstice with you.

Is it okay to get engaged on the day before the winter solstice in 2020?

Lunar calendar: November 6, 2020 Gregorian calendar: December 20, 2020, Sunday, Sagittarius ♦Suitable for today - Day of the Four Departures - get married, move, receive money, make stoves, fast and offer sacrifices, seek money, open warehouses, catch, plant and go to school ◇Taboo for today - Day of the Four Departures - repair graves, bury beds, cut wood, raise beams, receive livestock, offer sacrifices, pray for blessings, build houses, build bridges, build embankments, break ground, hold funerals, receive betrothal gifts, move into houses, start drilling, travel, meridians and open markets
——According to the old almanac, the day before the winter solstice in 2020 is not suitable for engagement, because this day is an unlucky day among the four days!

Why do we eat mutton soup during the winter solstice?

The custom of eating mutton during the winter solstice is said to have started in the Han Dynasty. People eat mutton and various nourishing foods on the day of the winter solstice in order to have a good omen for the coming year.
In Tengzhou, Shandong, this day is called "Shujiu". Before the festival, people will give gifts such as mutton to the elders. Every family will drink mutton soup on this day, which is a good omen for the individual, the elders and the family.
Tengzhou mutton soup is mainly made by putting mutton bones into a large pot to boil the soup, then putting the fresh mutton cut into pieces and the cleaned mutton offal into the soup pot to cook.
After it is cooked, take it out and drain it, then cut it into thin slices and blanch it in boiling water. Then pour it into a soup bowl, add boiling white mutton soup, sprinkle with green chopped green onions, and a bowl of steaming and fragrant mutton soup is ready.
The mutton soup is made by mixing chili oil, pepper powder, salt, MSG, etc. Winter Solstice Customs: Eating Jiangnan Rice
In the water towns of the south of the Yangtze River, there is a custom of the whole family gathering together to eat red bean glutinous rice on the night of the winter solstice.
According to legend, Gonggong had an incompetent son who committed many evil deeds. He died on the day of the winter solstice. After his death, he turned into a plague ghost and continued to harm the people.
However, this plague ghost is most afraid of red beans. Therefore, people cook and eat red bean rice on the day of the winter solstice to drive away the plague ghost and prevent disasters and diseases.

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