165438+1was it beginning of winter on October 8th?

165438+20231October 8th is beginning of winter.

Years turn a page and the season begins a new line. Beijing time 10: 36 on October 8th 165438+ will usher in the beginning of winter solar term. At this time, autumn is still in full swing, with orange, orange, green, blue and yellow mixed, colorful frost leaves and red maple swaying, and various colors "collide" and interweave, forming a colorful picture scroll.

Beginning of winter is the19th solar term in 24 solar terms and the first solar term in winter. In fact, beginning of winter doesn't mean that winter has arrived in the meteorological sense, and most parts of our country are still dyed with colorful autumn colors, which are beautiful.

In the south, under the comfort of autumn wind, the leaves turn from green to yellow and begin to fall, or have fallen leaves, and the ground is golden and covered with splendid scenery. Many people are reluctant to clean, in order to keep the beauty of autumn. In the south, ginkgo leaves and yellow maple leaves flow, and charming autumn scenery is everywhere.

Traditional customs in early winter:

1, winter

As the saying goes, "beginning of winter fills the winter." In ancient times, farmers used beginning of winter's rest time to reward their families' hard work, so they slaughtered chickens and sheep in beginning of winter.

Beginning of winter "winter tonic", every household must boil root soup, chop the roots of Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhus verniciflua, Litsea cubeba and Paeonia suffruticosa into pieces, put them in a pot to boil thick root soup, remove the root pieces, and then add chicken, duck, rabbit meat or pig's trotters and pig's bellies to boil.

2. Crossing the Winter

On this day, rural families in Zhangzhou will celebrate the harvest by "paying for the winter harvest". After the glutinous rice is steamed, pour it into a stone mortar to make it tough and sticky, pull it to the size of a table tennis ball, and carefully knead it into a ball; Stir-fried peanuts, finely ground and mixed with sugar.

The prepared rice cake is rolled with white sugar peanut powder and placed in a sea bowl. When eating, string a few pieces with chopsticks in one breath, just like a rattle, so it is also called "playing waves". To prepare a "winter meal", we must respect the land god and thank him for his generosity.