When is winter?

Entering winter means entering winter. The commonly used methods of season division in China mainly include "solar terms method" and "temperature method". Traditionally, winter begins with the "beginning of winter" in the 24 solar terms.

The winter divided by "the law of solar terms" means that anger begins to close and everything enters a state of recuperation.

The division of winter by "temperature method" adopts the "waiting average temperature" of modern scholar Zhang Bao _, and the beginning of winter is that the daily average temperature drops steadily below 10℃ for five consecutive days; Divide winter by temperature method.

folk custom

There are also many eating customs in winter. As the saying goes: "winter tonic, the next year to fight tigers." Because it is in the middle of winter, the food eaten in winter is mainly tonic, which has the symbolic significance of supporting yang, warming up with food and treating diseases with food, and gradually forms a unique seasonal food. In the cold winter, people tend to eat some foods that can drive away the cold. Beginning of winter is commonly known as "beginning of winter" in Fujian, which means that at the turn of autumn and winter, beginning of winter "makes up for winter".

Beginning of winter is one of the important solar terms of "Four Seasons" and one of the seasonal nodes that China people attach great importance to. "Autumn harvest and winter storage" is also a season to enjoy a bumper harvest and recuperate. Through the winter break, we look forward to the prosperity and good luck in the coming year. Beginning of winter is not only the first season of winter, but also an important festival celebrated in many parts of our country. Beginning of winter is an important festival in October. In ancient times, some places in southern China had the customs of ancestor worship and feasting. In the north, the custom in beginning of winter is to eat jiaozi.

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