Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Almanac inquiry - Stunned: 2065438+March 6, 2009

Stunned: 2065438+March 6, 2009

This is the solar term after the first frost in beginning of winter. The first frost is the last solar term in autumn, which means that the temperature drops and the weather gets colder and colder, while beginning of winter means the beginning of winter. So how do you live in the north and south in early winter? What flowers will bloom before the solstice in winter? Next, let's take a look at this issue of almanac!

How to cross the south of beginning of winter? In southern China, people like to eat some chicken, duck and fish in early winter. In beginning of winter, Taiwan Province Province, on this day, there are restaurants such as "Mutton Stove" and "Ginger Duck" on the wedding street, which are supplements for winter. Many families will also stew sesame oil chicken and siwu chicken to supplement energy.

Jiaozi is in the north of China, especially people in Beijing and Tianjin like to eat jiaozi. Jiaozi's way of eating comes from the saying "at the time of intercourse". New Year's Eve is a day to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Beginning of winter is the turn of autumn and winter. When making friends, jiaozi can't help eating. Now people have gradually restored this ancient custom. On that day in early winter, all kinds of jiaozi are very popular.

What kind of camellia will bloom in early winter, also known as camellia, is the general name of many plants and horticultural varieties of Theaceae and Camellia. Petals are bowl-shaped and divided into single petals or double petals. Most of the single camellia are primitive, and there are as many as 60 petals of double camellia. Camellia has different degrees of red, purple, white and yellow flowers, and even camellias with color stripes. The highest flower branch can reach 4 meters. I like warm and humid environment. The flowering period is long, from June 10 to May of the following year, and the full flowering period is generally from June 10 to March of the following year. Because of its beautiful plant shape, bright green leaves and colorful flowers, it has attracted the attention of the world horticultural community. There are many varieties of tea flowers, which are traditional ornamental flowers in China. They rank eighth among the "Ten Famous Flowers" and are also one of the precious flowers and trees in the world.

Clivia, also known as Lycoris verticillata and Lycoris macrophylla, is an ornamental flower of Clivia in Amaryllidaceae. Originated in South Africa. It is a perennial herb with a flowering period of 30-50 days, mainly in winter and spring. It also blooms from New Year's Day to Spring Festival, avoiding light. It is a semi-negative plant, which likes cold and avoids high temperature. The optimum growth temperature is 15-25, below which the growth stops. I like thick, well-drained soil and wet soil to avoid dry environment. Clivia has high ornamental value and is often potted in greenhouses in China. Plant or seed reproduction. Equally effective is Clivia pendula, which is cultivated in greenhouses all over the world and has various colors. Clivia has a life span of decades or longer.

Poinsettia shrub. The root is cylindrical and has many branches. Stems erect, height 1-3, diameter 1-4 cm, glabrous. Leaves alternate, ovate-elliptic, oblong or lanceolate, green, entire or lobed or wavy, with pubescent or hairless surface and pilose back; Bracts 5-7, narrowly elliptic, 3-7 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, usually entire, with a few wavy edges, vermilion. Inflorescence with several cymes arranged at the top of branches; Involucre altar-shaped, pale green, margin dentate 5-lobed, lobes triangular, glabrous. Capsule, triangular and round, smooth and glabrous. Seeds ovoid, gray or light gray, nearly smooth; There is no seed pile. The flowering and fruiting period is 10 to April of the following year.

Deciduous trees of Prunus in Rosaceae, small trees and sparse shrubs of Apricot; Bark light gray or greenish, smooth; Branchlets green, smooth and glabrous; Leaf blade ovate or elliptic. Plum blossom cultivation has a history of more than 3000 years. It originated in the south of China, and was later introduced to South Korea and Japan. It has important ornamental and medicinal value. Many types can not only be seen outdoors, but also be used as potted flowers. Plum blossoms generally bloom in winter and spring, and are called "four gentlemen" with orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums. Also known as "three friends of cold age" with Matsuzaka; China culture is called "Chunlan, Summer Lotus, Autumn Chrysanthemum and Winter Plum". Mei, with her noble, strong and modest personality, gives people a kind of motivation to make progress. In the cold, the flowers are blooming, and the spring is lonely.

Chimonanthus of Chimonanthaceae is a deciduous shrub, often clustered. The leaves are opposite, oval-ovoid to ovoid-lanceolate. In the second year, peanuts grow in axillary branches, flowers first and leaves later, fragrant, with a diameter of 2~4 cm; Perianth is round, oblong, obovate, oval or spoon-shaped, hairless, filaments are long or equal to anthers, anthers are inflexed, hairless, style is 3 times as long as ovary, and the base is hairy. The fruit is nearly lignified, the mouth shrinks, and there are subulate-lanceolate epiphytes. The leaves bloom before the end of winter. Plum blossoms are in full bloom in the dead of winter, fighting against the severe cold in Ao Shuang, showing the Chinese nation's character of never bowing to violence, giving people spiritual enlightenment and beautiful enjoyment. It is beneficial to garden planting, suitable for ancient pile bonsai, flower arrangement and plastic arts, and is an ideal and precious flower for viewing flowers in winter.