Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - What do you mean, stuck in winter? What do you mean, stuck in winter?

What do you mean, stuck in winter? What do you mean, stuck in winter?

1, blocking the winter means that with the arrival of the light snow solar terms, everything in the world enters a dormant state. The people also closed their doors and began to spend the winter, and the roads began to be blocked because of cold and snow. The first half of the sentence is easy to understand. Everything stops growing in winter, and small animals don't come out very much. The last reason is mainly the backwardness of ancient travel tools and the lack of resources.

2. In ancient times, civilians traveled mainly on foot. Some rich people can ride horses and donkeys, and some rich people have carriages. In addition, there was no asphalt and cement as paving materials in ancient times, so it was very difficult to walk or ride a horse after the ground was covered with snow, so no one would travel far unless necessary, so the road was covered with snow, just like being blocked.

3. Although people can't go far away, why not go to a place close to them? Instead, they don't go out. This is because of the lack of ancient materials and the lack of advanced heating methods like ours. Rich portals can use charcoal fire to keep warm, and those who have no money can only burn firewood occasionally, not every day. After all, it is dangerous to seal roads with snow and cut firewood. Therefore, ancient people can only close the doors and windows to keep warm through the cold winter. So there is this "blocking into winter".