Today is the winter solstice again, which also marks the arrival of the traditional real winter. Therefore, everyone should eat dumplings at noon or night, especially in the north of our country, otherwise it is said that they may freeze their ears. Of course, the compatriots in the south generally eat glutinous rice balls, after all, our country is vast, and different regions have formed different food habits and cultures, but in any case, they are all implications and hopes for a better life, and they are also symbolic of China's great reunion.
In terms of weather and natural solar terms, today, the "counting of nine days" of this legend begins, and the coldest season of the year and the eclipse have arrived.
Many people can't tell the relationship between the beginning of winter and the winter solstice, in fact, the beginning of winter means that it has entered the winter in theory, but it still carries the residual temperature of autumn, the winter solstice is the arrival of winter, the real winter and the cold have arrived, the appearance and temperature are completely different, and they are also two important solar terms.
Speaking of the 24 solar terms of traditional culture, it is also quite magical, showing the superb wisdom of our ancestors. The calculation of the calendar in traditional culture corresponds to the weather with extreme accuracy. Taking the beginning of spring as an example, if you think about it carefully, it is really that as long as the day of the beginning of spring is passed, the temperature will obviously start to be different from the past.
Even when the wind blows on the face, there is no longer the biting cold of winter, but it has become a cool breeze with a faint warmth, feeling a kind of vitality.
There are also people who believe that the beginning of winter is the arrival of winter, which is not a misunderstanding, but it is not accurate. After the beginning of the winter solar term, the temperature begins to gradually turn cold, and everything stops growing. In terms of dressing, everyone is gradually thickening, and cats and dogs are wearing new thick fur to keep warm.
In terms of eating and drinking, everyone has also begun to stay away from cold rice and cold drinks, and eat more hot meals and hot drinks, otherwise it may cause cold to enter the body and cause harm to human health.
But the beginning of winter can not be called unusually cold, in the northern provinces, it is more obvious, after the Yangtze River to the south, can only be said to be the arrival of late autumn. At most, there is a large temperature difference between morning and evening, and at noon, under the light of the sun, the body is still warm. The hardy people didn't care, and the people who were afraid of the cold began to wear thick clothes.
The winter solstice is different, as far as the eye can see, the north is completely frozen for thousands of miles, thousands of miles of snow drifting, wasteland mountains and forests, falling into the ice field full of snow, a winter slaughter and heavy.
At this time, the weather began to snow heavily, and it could not melt for a long time, and the road surface was very slippery with a dazzling white light after being pressed by the bicycle. Young people have a hard time walking on it, and old people have to be even more cautious, and then the months of hibernation begin.
The winter solstice is also as big as the year, and after the winter solstice, it is Christmas Eve Christmas, that is, New Year's Day and New Year's Day, and then between half a month and a half months in the country, it is the traditional Spring Festival, which is a continuous festival season!
When we were children, a few days before the winter solstice, our parents, grandparents, and maternal grandparents would buy meat in advance, add green onions, ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil and other seasonings, and mix them with leeks, celery, cabbage, fennel, radish, etc., to make a filling. It's a rare delicacy. Then it's time for everyone to reunite together and eat dumplings!
In the minds of northerners, eating winter solstice dumplings means that the coming year will be blessed, in addition to not freezing the ears, making the whole body warm and sweating, forgetting that it is still a harsh winter outside the window, it also represents the prosperity of next year.
Most of the compatriots in the south have begun to cook rice balls, which also symbolizes reunion and life in the coming year!
There is also a popular folk song of the ninth day of the winter solstice. 1929 does not shoot, 3949 walks on the ice, 59 and a half Ling dissipates, spring hits 69 heads, 79 lotus opens, ** Yan comes. Therefore, the really cold is actually the period from the winter solstice to the Spring Festival. And before it is completely out of the nine, many places are already in full bloom.
Therefore, the beginning of winter and the winter solstice should not be confused. The dates on which these two solar terms were formed are different, and they have different influences on everyone. And you know, the winter solstice is the shortest day and the longest night. After the winter solstice, there is a saying that there will be a long line, that is, until the beginning of the summer solstice, the days will begin to get longer and longer.
Because in the warm and pure era of high school, geography class tells us that on the day of the winter solstice, the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Capricorn, and the northern hemisphere has the shortest days and the longest nights. As the day begins, the days get longer!
Who stretches the night and reminds us to cherish the good times!The glacier is snowing, the long night is coming, the sky is cold, and the lights of thousands of homes are shining. The fragrance of warm family reunion in the memories blurs the eyes and seals the memories!
The days are the shortest, and the dumplings are warm in the soup and the nights are long. Winter Solstice Safety!
The north and south winter solstice are in great music