1.The origin of the winter solstice.
The winter solstice, also known as "Yiyangsheng", is commonly known as "number nine", "winter festival", "long solstice festival", "sub-year" and so on. The winter solstice is one of the four seasons and eight festivals, is an important solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar, and is also a traditional festival of the Chinese nation.
2.The customs of the winter solstice.
On the winter solstice, the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Capricorn, with the shortest days and longest nights in the Northern Hemisphere. People believe that the winter solstice is the natural transformation of yin and yang, is a blessing from God, the Han Dynasty to the winter solstice as the "winter festival", the government to hold a congratulatory ceremony called "He Dong", routine holiday.
Legend has it that when the old man returned to his hometown, the doctor Zhang Jing saw the people suffering from the cold, so he used mutton and some cold-warding herbs and dough to wrap them in the shape of ears, and made a medicine called "cold-warding Jiao'er soup", and gave alms to the people to eat. Later, every winter solstice, people imitated eating and formed a Xi: in the northern part of China, it pays attention to eating dumplings on the day of the winter solstice, and in some areas in the south, it is more popular to eat winter solstice groups (winter solstice pills), taking the meaning of reunion.
3.Winter solstice regimen.
Su Wen "The Subtlety of the Pulse" said: "On the forty-fifth day of the winter solstice, the yang energy is slightly up, and the yin energy is slightly down. It means that at the time of the winter solstice, the yin pole is solstice, and the yang energy is born. From the winter solstice to the beginning of spring for 45 days, yang energy gradually grows, yin energy gradually receives, and the body's yin and yang metabolism appears a transitional period of yang and yin dissipation. The purpose of winter solstice health preservation is to lay a good foundation for the growth of yang energy in spring and provide energy, so health preservation should conform to the time of day and start from "Tibet".
1) Keep warm and add clothes, outdoor Tai Chi Yang.
The Yellow Emperor's Neijing contains: "In winter and March, lie down early and get up late, and you must wait for the sun." "On the winter solstice, sleep is part of health, and "late" means to take the sun rising as the degree. Going to bed early can nourish the body's yang energy, and getting up late can nourish yin energy.
Winter hurts the cold, and spring will be sick and warm. "At this time, the weather is extremely cold, and it is best for people with weak yang qi to go out in the afternoon;On sunny days, bask in more sun to replenish the yang, and you can do exercises such as Baduanjin and Taijiquan.
2) If you want the elderly to be safe, the spring is always warm.
The winter solstice cold air passes through the kidneys, soak the feet before going to bed, and rub the spring acupoints, which can play a role in nourishing the kidney yin and warming the kidney yang, so that the "fire" cultivated by the winter solstice can thrive in the coming year. The winter solstice moxibustion makes the human body obey the yang qi of nature, and moxibustion can make the vitality sufficient, and the damage can be restored.
Soak your feet. Soak your feet.
3) Frost oranges are seen in mountain villages, and cold fish are produced in Jiang City.
The winter diet should conform to the changes of the seasons, and at the same time warm and replenish yang qi, it is also necessary to nourish yin.
Fish-flavored prawns are a dish that warms the spleen and kidneys, the shrimp taste is sweet and warm, has the function of yin and yang, and with ingredients such as green onions, ginger and chili peppers, which can stimulate the yang energy of the human body, and is suitable for the winter solstice.
Ingredients: 10 shrimps, 2 eggs, 2 green onions, 3 slices of ginger, 3 cloves of garlic, 1 cooking wine5 spoons, salt and sugar, pepper, 2 rice vinegar5 spoons, 1 spoon of pickled chili, 1 chives, appropriate amount of cooking oil.
Method: Remove the shrimp line from the prawn slices, marinate with half a spoon of cooking wine, a little salt, and a little pepper to absorb the flavor. Finely chop the green onion, ginger and garlic. Stir 2 eggs and 4 taels of cornstarch in one direction, add 20 grams of oil and stir until milk-like, add oil to lubricate and crispy. Pour the marinated shrimp into the paste and coat evenly. Put a little oil in the pot, pour in the pickled chili pepper and stir-fry lightly, pour in the green onion, ginger and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, pour in 1 spoon of cooking wine, a little salt, 2 spoons of sugar, and 2 rice vinegar5 tablespoons, half a bowl of water to a boil, pour in the shrimp, stir-fry evenly, remove from the pot, sprinkle with chopped green onions.
Efficacy: Nourish the kidneys and strengthen yang, nourish blood and solidify essence, dissolve stasis and detoxify.
Winter solstice should not be blindly supplemented, winter tonic is only suitable for people with physique yang deficiency or cold and dampness, and is not suitable for people with yin deficiency and fire and real heat syndrome.
The north and south winter solstice are in great music