What will beginning of winter do?

1 In ancient times, when welcoming winter, a grand ritual ceremony was held every year in the beginning of winter solar terms, which is the legendary welcoming winter.

"Lv Chunqiu Meng Dong" records: "It is the moon again, and there is beginning of winter. On the third day of early winter, the son of Taishi was thirsty. He said, "One day in early winter, Shengde was in the water." The son of heaven is Zhai On the day of beginning of winter, the son of heaven personally led Dr. Sangong Jiuqing to welcome the winter in the northern suburbs. Nevertheless, it is still a question of rewarding death and caring for the lonely. "On that day, the emperor led the doctor to welcome the beautiful winter in the northern suburb of Liuli. When you come back, the emperor will give you an anguo and a widower's pension.

2 Sacrifice to the Winter God Every solar term in beginning of winter, the emperor will wear black clothes, ride a silver horse, and take officials with him to the altar to sacrifice to the Winter God.

The name of the winter god is Yu Qiang, and the word Xuan Ming. Shan Haijing said that he lived on an island in Beihai. He looks very strange: a bird with a face, two green snakes hanging from its ears and two flying red snakes on its feet.

According to Records of the Historian, 70 male and female students were asked to sing Song of Xuanming in the Han Dynasty: "The spirit of Xuanming is hidden, the insect cover is reduced ... When the book is closed, Jia Yiyin." It means it's cold, so we should collect food well. Autumn harvest and winter storage.

Beginning of winter has a tradition of mending winter. As the saying goes, "beginning of winter fills the winter, but its mouth is empty".

It is said that after the solar term in beginning of winter, when the weather gets cold, people will prepare a lot of food for the whole family to enjoy. Most of these foods are nourishing foods such as mutton, chickens and ducks. Eating them during the solar term in beginning of winter can warm the body and replenish energy.

4 Eat the jiaozi proverb: "beginning of winter runs amok for jiaozi Bowl, who cares if he freezes his ears".

Beginning of winter's eating of jiaozi originated from the saying "at the time of intercourse". Beginning of winter is the day of the intersection of autumn and winter, and the Chinese New Year is two years old. When having sex, jiaozi can't help eating.

With the changes of the times, beginning of winter's eating of jiaozi has become a food culture, and beginning of winter will be immediately associated with jiaozi.