What does the solstice mean in winter? Encyclopedia of the meaning of the latest winter poems on the solstice

The solstice in winter is commonly known as "Winter Festival", "Mid-Autumn Festival" or "Equinox Festival". The solstice in winter has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional festival of the Chinese nation.

The solstice in winter is considered as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that the solstice in winter was as big as a year, also called "off-year". When the winter solstice comes, the New Year is just around the corner, so the ancients thought that the winter solstice was as important as the New Year.

Winter solstice poems

The sun is near the mountain, red and hot, and the sun enters Yugou Spring first.

I'll come back as soon as I have time, take a bath next year and weigh myself.

Explanation:

In the middle of November of the lunar calendar, "to" is the ultimate meaning, and the spirit of winter storage is so extreme. It contains three meanings: the yin is cold to the extreme and the weather is coldest; The sun is the spirit, forcing the weather to be cold; The sun moves to the southernmost tip, so the days are the shortest and the nights are the longest.

The solstice of winter begins with the delivery of shoes, the end of hiding and the beginning of life, so it is also called "Asian Year", and its importance is second only to New Year's Eve. Time goes by, so we welcome auspiciousness when we are young, celebrate when we are long, and send shoes for more auspiciousness.

Winter solstice custom:

1, eat jiaozi in the north.

Eating jiaozi in the north also has the custom of eating dog meat and mutton from the winter solstice, because after the winter solstice, the weather enters the coldest period. Chinese medicine believes that mutton and dog meat have the function of strengthening yang and tonifying deficiency, and the folk still have the custom of tonic in winter solstice.

2. Eat jiaozi in the south.

It is especially popular in Jiangnan. "Tangyuan" is an essential food from winter solstice, and it is a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour. "Round" means "reunion" and "perfection". Eating glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice is also called "the winter solstice group".

Step 3 worship heaven

According to documents, as early as the fifth year of Emperor Ding Yuan of the Han Dynasty, there was a custom of offering sacrifices to heaven from the winter solstice, which was gradually institutionalized in later generations. The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven is usually presided over by the "Emperor of Heaven", which embodies China people's reverence for nature and expresses their desire to pray for good weather in the world.