When is winter?

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

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

The division of winter by "temperature method" adopts the division of modern scholar Zhang Bao _ "waiting for average temperature", 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 food customs in winter. As the saying goes: "winter makes up, next year the tiger." Because it is 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 food that can drive away the cold. Beginning of winter is commonly known as "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 the "Four Stands", and beginning of winter is one of the seasonal nodes that China people attach great importance to. "Autumn harvest and winter storage" is also a season to enjoy harvest and rest. 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 some places in the south of ancient China, there were customs such as ancestor worship banquet. In the north, the custom in early winter is to eat jiaozi.

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