Legend of solar terms in winter solstice

The significance of the solar term from the winter solstice: The solar term from the winter solstice is one of the twenty-four solar terms and one of the most important solar terms. Winter solstice is a solar term divided by astronomy. What was it called in ancient times? A short time? 、? How short is a day? . From winter to the sun, the sun is located at 270 degrees of the Yellow Meridian, and the sun shines almost directly to the Tropic of Capricorn, which has the shortest day in the northern hemisphere. Accordingly, the daytime from winter solstice in the southern hemisphere is the longest in the whole year.

The winter solstice, also known as the Winter Festival, according to the traditional calendar of China, takes five days as the waiting period, three days as a section or breath, and a year is divided into twelve sections and twelve qi, which are collectively called twenty-four solar terms. This is the solar term used to study the date selection, which is based on the solar term of the lunar calendar, and the so-called lunar calendar is a combination of the solar calendar and the lunar calendar, which refers to the twenty-four solar terms (the solar cycle is divided into twelve stages, and the solar term refers to the solar term). ), the lunar calendar is a pure month (according to the cycle of the moon). ), the date is1February 22nd or 23rd in the national calendar.

Winter solstice is one of the 24 solar terms. Because the winter solstice is not fixed on a certain day, it is called Qingming. Clarity? . On the solstice in winter, for Taiwan Province Province, which is located in the northern hemisphere, the sun is directly on the tropic of Capricorn (also known as the winter solstice daily line), which makes Taiwan Province Province in winter, thus making the days shortest and the nights longest in the northern hemisphere. After the winter solstice, the sun slowly moved to the Tropic of Cancer, Taiwan Province Province approached spring from winter, and the days in the northern hemisphere gradually became longer, while the nights gradually became shorter. What about in ancient times? The solstice in winter is a sunny day? From the solstice of winter, the spirit of the sun rises slowly again.

The ancients believed that by the solstice of winter, although it was still in the cold season, spring was not far away. Everyone who goes out at this time will go home for the winter vacation, which indicates that there will be a home at the end of the year. People in Fujian and Taiwan believe that the annual winter solstice is a festival for family reunion, because it is a day to worship ancestors. Going out and not coming home is a person who denies his ancestors.

According to the records of the Zhou Dynasty, people worship heaven in the suburbs on the winter solstice, and because the first month of the weekly calendar is 1 1 month in the summer calendar, the first month of the Zhou Dynasty is equal to our present 1 1 month, so there is no difference between celebrating the New Year and celebrating winter. It was not until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty adopted the summer calendar that the first month and the winter solstice were separated. So, you can also say: Guo? Winter Festival? Only after the Han Dynasty. Due to the different calendars, people have been inheriting the weekly calendar, thinking that after the winter solstice, a new year will begin (there is a saying that eating jiaozi will make you one year older), which is why the winter solstice is so valued by the people. However, this wrong inheritance makes the folk concept very different from the summer calendar used in Japanese learning. This erroneous concept should be corrected and the correct calendar should be passed down.

In addition, people have predicted the future weather according to the weather quality and the arrival order of winter solstice. As the saying goes: the solstice in winter is at the beginning of the month and it is cold at the end of the year; The winter solstice is at the end of the month, and the first month should be cold; The winter solstice is in the middle of the month, and there is no snow or frost? (This is based on the arrival of the winter solstice, and it is speculated that the cold current will reach Taiwan Province Province sooner or later); As the saying goes: the winter solstice is dark, and the new year's goods are rare; The winter solstice is sparse, and the New Year is black? If there is no sun on the solstice in winter, the New Year will be sunny. On the contrary, if it is sunny on the solstice in winter, it will rain in the New Year.

In ancient China, the winter solstice was divided into three stages: waiting for earthworms to knot; Two-phase angular solution; Waiting for the spring to move? Legend has it that earthworms are creatures with yin bending and yang stretching. At this time, although the yang has increased, the yin is still very strong, and the earthworms in the soil are still curled up. Mi and deer belong to the same family, but Yin and Yang are different. The ancients thought that Mi Jiao was facing the afterlife, so it was Yin, while winter was Yang. Mi felt that Yin was receding and the angle was dissolved. Because of the birth of yang, the spring water in the mountain can flow and be warm at this time.

The winter solstice usually falls on the Gregorian calendar1February 2 1 day or 22nd. In ancient China, people attached great importance to the winter solstice and thought it was a grand festival. Is the winter solstice as big as a year? And the custom of celebrating the winter solstice. Han Shu said? The sun is the soul of the winter solstice, and you are a dragon, so congratulations. ? People think that after the winter solstice, the days become longer and longer and the sun rises. This is the beginning of a solar cycle and an auspicious day, which should be celebrated. What is recorded in the Book of Jin? Wei, Jin and winter are celebrated by all peoples and hundreds of people? Its instruments are inferior to those of Zheng Dan. ? Explain the ancient emphasis on the winter solstice. In China's traditional theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, the winter solstice is the key solar term of Yin-Yang transformation. In the twelfth year, divination is a complicated divination in a mine, which is called the winter solstice. Yi Yue: My late king and even the Japanese were closed to the outside world, so business travel was no good. In winter solstice, different places have different customs. For example, northerners eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter, while people in southern Jiangsu eat fried tofu with green onions on the solstice in winter.

Legend of Solstice in Winter: Legend 1: What was old Beijing? Winter solstice wonton and summer solstice noodles? Statement. According to legend, during the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu in the north often harassed the frontier, and the people were restless. At that time, there were two leaders, Xiongnu tribe and Tun tribe, which were very cruel. People hated it, so they wrapped it in meat and took it away. Hun？ With what? Hush, cry for help? Wonton? . I hate eating, and I want to quell the war and live a peaceful life. Because wonton was originally made on the winter solstice, every family eats wonton on the winter solstice.

Legend 2: The custom of eating dog meat on the solstice is said to have started in the Han Dynasty. According to legend, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, ate dog meat cooked by Fan Kuai on the solstice in winter, which was particularly delicious and full of praise. Since then, the custom of eating dog meat from winter solstice has been formed among the people. Nowadays, people eat dog meat, mutton and all kinds of nutritious food on the solstice of winter, which is a good sign for the coming year.

Legend 3: In Jiangnan water town, there is a custom that the whole family get together to eat red beans and glutinous rice on a winter solstice night. According to legend, there was a man named Gong. His son was incompetent and evil. He died on the Winter Solstice. Become a plague ghost after death and continue to harm the people. However, this epidemic ghost is most afraid of red beans, so people cook red bean rice from winter solstice to drive away the epidemic ghost and prevent diseases.

The custom of solstice winter: the custom of the north

Winter solstice is an important folk festival in Shanxi in November of the lunar calendar, commonly known as? Winter? Festival.

During the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, it was stipulated that the day before the winter solstice was the end of the year. The winter solstice festival is essentially equivalent to today's Spring Festival. Later, the summer calendar was implemented. But the winter solstice has always ranked first in the 24 solar terms, right? Is the winter solstice as big as a year? Call it? By age? . Celebrations have been held since the Han Dynasty. At the peak, the court has a three-day holiday, so you don't listen to politics. People closed the city for three days to celebrate the festival. It is as lively as the Chinese New Year.

Today's winter solstice festival still retains many historical sites. From the winter of the solstice, it entered the cold weather for several days in a row. Do people keep graffiti? Cold map of 99? Customs take various forms.

There is a plum blossom, and 998 1 flower is painted in plain ink. Dye a petal with a red pen or a black pen every day, and the petal will come out in 1999, which is called 99-99 cold elimination map.

Some are tied horizontally to make a square diagram of 998 1 grid. Apply a grid of nine grids every day, which is called 99-99 anti-cold table.

Draw a few empty squares and choose a few words. Each word must be several strokes. Write once a day, and finally become a sentence, such as? Looking at the bones of Jin Baifeng in front of and behind the pavilion? Like other languages, it is called 99-99 sentences to eliminate cold.

The most elegant thing is to make nine-body couplets. Nine words per couplet, nine pictures per word, one couplet every day. What are the words written in couplets? Spring springs hang down spring, while Liu Chun dyes spring scenery? ; Down to Israel? Autumn persimmon is hung in autumn courtyard, and autumn fragrance is sent in autumn? , known as' 99 Cold Spring Festival couplets.

What form each family takes is often determined by the owner's hobbies and cultural quality. There is also a folk proverb:? It will be cloudy and sunny, and the left wind will be foggy and snowy. The dots in the picture are dark, and the grass is outside the door. ?

On the winter solstice festival, people are used to giving away shoes, and its origin is very old. China Ancient and Modern Notes said: Han embroidered Yuanyang shoes, and Emperor Zhao ordered his aunt to spend the winter. ? Do you also have Cao Zhi's "Winter Solstice Socks Display Table"? Celebrate the Asian New Year and celebrate it for a long time? Sentence. Later, the custom of sending shoes to uncles and aunts gradually became that uncles and aunts sent shoes and hats to nephews. Mainly reflected in children. It used to be mainly hand embroidery. As a gift for men, hats are mostly made in the shape of tigers and dogs, and embroidered shoes are also beasts. For girls, hats are mostly made in the shape of phoenix, and embroidery on shoes is mostly flowers and birds. Nowadays, most of them are purchased from collecting coins, and the form keeps up with the trend of the times. On holidays, adults always like to drop in to see their children and praise the shoes and hats given by their uncles and aunts.

In winter solstice, boys in northern Shaanxi are used to playing gang games. Holding a square stone piece the size of a palm, one side stands up, and the other side throws and hits in turn according to a set of prescribed actions. When knocking down the pillars set by the other side, move on. After the failure, exchange throws with each other. Whoever finishes all the procedures first will win. Girls are used to kicking shuttlecock in various forms. People often have to join in the fun and play.

In the winter solstice festival, the old customs should also be entertained by teachers from the East School. Teacher Wang will lead the students to worship Confucius memorial tablet. Then, the East School led the students to pay homage to Mr.. Are there folk in Shanxi? Teaching on the solstice in winter? This is the custom of respecting teachers and valuing morality. Until now, there is still the custom of inviting teachers to dinner on the winter solstice. Northwest Shanxi used to entertain teachers with stewed mutton, which was full of affection.

In the past, domestic helpers used to settle their wages with their employers during the winter solstice and then prepare to go home. Traditionally, the host will hold a banquet to entertain the guys and discuss the affairs of next year with each other. Today, some rural self-employed people still keep this custom, holding banquets and drinking alcohol on the winter solstice.

Southern customs

The solstice in winter is the longest night in a year. Many people use this evening to make a "winter solstice circle" with glutinous rice flour. In order to distinguish it from "saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new" on the eve of the Spring Festival, the day before the Winter Festival is called "adding the year" or "dividing the year", which means that the year is not over yet, but everyone has grown up for a year.

Although the customs and people's feelings in different parts of our country are different, they are roughly the same. When making the winter solstice circle, children often pinch some small animals, such as kittens, puppies, rabbits, tigers and so on. The children are very happy at this time. Before eating the winter solstice yen, you should stick a winter solstice yen on the back of the bed lamp in doors, windows, tables and cabinets, which is called "waste day" and "send the stove" before baking food. If there are pregnant women at home at this time, the winter solstice will be full, and boys will be born, otherwise girls will be born. When eating the winter solstice, the entrances must be paired for good luck. In the end, there are only two pieces left, the married are the best, and the single and unmarried are the best. At night, some families worship their ancestors with seasonal fruits and three kinds of animals. Some people "dry winter rice" on this day, that is, wash white rice with water, dry it on this day, and put it away for the sick to cook porridge later.

Eating jiaozi is also a traditional custom from winter solstice, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. ? Tangyuan? It is a necessary food from winter solstice and a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour. Round? What does it mean? Reunion? Perfect? What's the name of eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter? Winter to Japan Group? . Someone else? One year older after eating jiaozi? Said. The winter solstice group can be used to worship ancestors or give gifts to relatives and friends. In the past, Shanghainese were most particular about eating jiaozi. The ancients had a poem:? Every household pounded rice into jiaozi, knowing that it was the winter solstice of the Ming Dynasty. Round? What does it mean? Reunion? Perfect? . Eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter symbolizes family harmony and good luck.

Winter festival sweet pills are usually cooked before dawn, and family members should eat a bowl after getting up? Winter festival pills? Is there one in Chaoshan? Winter festival pills, a New Year's Eve dinner? Folk proverb, commonly known as? Add year? Although a year has not passed, everyone has added a year. Children are most eager to eat this bowl of sweet pills, and often wake up at night and ask the morning? But the sky seems to be joking with the children. It has always been black, so it is popular. Winter festival night, long, sweet pills are not ripe. Nursery rhymes In fact, every year on the solstice of winter, the night is the longest, and after the solstice of winter, it gradually becomes shorter. In the past, Chaoshan urban and rural areas still offered dumplings on the solstice in winter? Commander Gong? The custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors and sweeping graves is called sweeping graves from winter solstice. Winter paper? . People die less than three years, and future generations want Tomb-Sweeping Day to visit the grave? Spring rolls? And then what? Winter paper? . Sweeping graves on the solstice in winter, because there is little rain and plenty of sunshine in winter, it is more convenient to hold ancestor worship activities in Shan Ye, and it is also an outing for entertainment.

In winter solstice, most parts of the province are used to eating jiaozi. It is said that eating jiaozi won't freeze your ears on the winter solstice. The tradition in mountainous areas is to eat cakes. Prosperous boiled rape root rice soup in southern Shanxi. Some places also eat wonton, don't they? Winter solstice wonton and summer solstice noodles? Statement.

It is said that eating glutinous rice balls from winter solstice in some areas in the south is developed from red beans and glutinous rice.

Eat jiaozi (wonton) from winter solstice in Sichuan.

In winter in Guangxi, we eat tofu buns, fry tofu into a hollow, and steam the meat.