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Phenology of solar terms in beginning of winter

1, phenological characteristics of solar terms in beginning of winter: water begins to freeze; Ground freezing; The pheasant entering the flood is a stork,

The water began to freeze.

After the solar term in beginning of winter, the weather turned cold and the water began to freeze.

3. The ground began to freeze.

Further on, the temperature is lower and the ground begins to freeze.

4. Pheasant flooding is a bug.

/kloc-after 0/5 days, there were no birds on the ground. The ancients thought that birds in early winter would become shellfish to keep out the cold.

Judging from the above three periods, there are various indications that winter has arrived in beginning of winter, but China is vast after all, which only reflects the climate in some places.

5. The three stages of winter solstice are: "Earthworms are at the beginning, elk horns are at the end, and water springs are moving." The ancients believed that when the sun was motionless, the earthworm bent downward; When the yang has moved, look back and look up. On the solstice of early winter, the yin is still very strong, and the earthworms in the soil shrink into a ball, like knotted ropes. Therefore, it is said that "the earthworm is at the beginning."

6. In Erhou Elk Angle Solution, Elk refers to Elk, also known as "four unlike". The ancients thought that the elk was a shade animal. When the winter solstice came, the elk felt the yin gradually decrease and its antlers began to fall off. "Three-time water springs move" means that at this time, although the surface cold is still very heavy, hot air begins to emerge from deep wells, which means that the spirit of the sun begins to rise, the earth is about to recover, and the springs in the mountains begin to flow because of the rising spirit of the sun.