When does the winter of 2023 begin?

Beginning of winter time in 2023 is1October 8th/kloc-0 10: 35: 23.

Beginning of winter, the 19th of the 24 solar terms, is also the beginning of winter. Bucket handle points to the northwest, and the longitude of the sun reaches 225. It is also the beginning of the festival between Gregorian calendar165438+1October 7-8 every year. When everything is collected in winter, beginning of winter means that life begins to be closed, everything enters a state of recuperation, and its climate changes from dry autumn to rainy and cold winter.

The commonly used methods of season division mainly include "solar terms method" and "temperature method". Traditionally, beginning of winter in the "twenty-four solar terms" in China is beginning of winter. The winter divided by "solar terms method" means that everything is in a state of recuperation, and the "temperature method" divides beginning of winter into seasons with the daily average temperature falling steadily below 10℃ for five consecutive days. Winter divided by temperature means cold weather.

traditional custom

Eat dumplings

In northern China, there is a custom of eating jiaozi in beginning of winter. In early winter, you can improve your life, but it is not as delicious as jiaozi. In the north, the rule in beginning of winter is to eat jiaozi, because jiaozi looks like ears. People think that if you eat them, your ears will not be frozen in winter. In addition, jiaozi's homonym "cross" means that beginning of winter is the turn of autumn and winter.

Fermented yellow rice wine

It is a traditional Shaoxing wine-making custom to start brewing yellow wine in beginning of winter that day. Cold water and low temperature in winter can effectively inhibit the growth of miscellaneous bacteria and make wine form a good flavor in the process of low temperature and long-term fermentation, which is the most suitable season for wine fermentation. Therefore, Shaoxing people call the period from beginning of winter to beginning of spring in the second year "Winter Brewing" and pray for happiness.