At 11:27 on December 22, the winter solstice, the twenty-second of the 24 solar terms, was ushered in. It was the shortest day and longest night in the Northern Hemisphere, and it also marked the beginning of the ninth cold day.
Winter solstice features. The winter solstice, known as the "southern solstice", is a solar term that reflects the movement of direct sunlight.
The winter solstice is an auspicious day, after the winter solstice the days are getting longer day by day, and the sun rises, which is the beginning of a round-trip cycle of direct sunlight points, which should be celebrated. "Book of Han": "The winter solstice is yang, the monarch is long, so he congratulates." ”
Winter solstice customs. Count nine cold days: The winter solstice is the first day of "counting nine", every nine days is a "nine", from the winter solstice "into nine" to the spring equinox "out of nine", eighty-one days have a total of nine "nine". The traditional ballad "Ninety-Nine Song" was recited by everyone: "1929 does not shoot, 3949 walks on ice, 5969 looks at willows along the river, 79 rivers open ** geese, ninety-nine plus 19, ploughing cattle everywhere." ”
Eating dumplings: In many parts of the north, there is a custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice every year. Because dumplings have the meaning of "cooling off", there is still a proverb among the folk that "if you don't serve a dumpling bowl on the winter solstice, no one cares if you freeze your ears".
Number 9: In the northern region, the winter solstice also gave birth to an extremely elegant and interesting folk custom. Because of the lack of resources in the ancient north in winter, the cold conditions were not good, and it was difficult for people to go out to engage in production and labor, and they often felt that the winter home was extraordinarily long, so the ancestors who were rich in life wisdom and entertainment spirit invented the game of "counting nine to eliminate the cold". There are a lot of methods of counting nine that have been handed down, generally it is a calligraphy work with a double hook to draw red, a poem, nine words, each word is nine paintings, a day to describe a painting, the day of completion is the spring back to the earth, and it is done.
Winter solstice. Don Du Fu.
Year after year, he is a guest, and he is suddenly poor and sad and kills.
Jiang Shang described me as an old man, and the customs of the world are self-related.
After the cane quinoa snow, the Dan gully, the Ming Yu Dynasty scattered Zichen.
There is not an inch of heart break at this time, and where can I see Sanqin.
Tiny to. Don Du Fu.
The time and people are urging each other, and the winter solstice is coming again.
Embroidery five lines add weak lines, blow six branches to move floating ash.
The shore is waiting for the willows, and the mountains are cold and want to release the plums.
The clouds are not different from the country and the country, and the children are taught to cover the cup in the palm.
Handan winter solstice night homesickness.
Don Bai Juyi.
In Handan, it is the winter solstice, and the shadow of the knee-hugging lamp is accompanied.
If you want to sit at home late at night, you should also talk about travelers.
Cold comes and summer. Autumn harvest and winter storage.
The cold will eventually pass.
Let's go together.
Next spring.