In traditional folk customs, what will beginning of winter eat on this day?

In traditional folk customs, beginning of winter will eat jiaozi, raw onions, sugar cane and mutton on this day.

1, eat jiaozi, old Beijingers often say, "beginning of winter can make up for winter, but not enough". In Beijing and Tianjin, people have the custom of beginning of winter eating jiaozi, and some people even pay attention to eating jiaozi stuffed with "pumpkin". "beginning of winter misbehaves in jiaozi Bowl, and no one cares whether his ears are frozen." jiaozi looks like an ear. People think that if you eat it, your ears will not freeze in winter.

2, eat raw onions, Nanjing has a proverb "one and a half onions a day, winter legs with wind." When they arrived in beginning of winter, the old Nanjing people paid special attention to eating raw onions to resist the cold and wet winter in Nanjing and reduce the incidence of diseases. According to the old man, onions are warm and pungent, which can make people sweat.

3, eat sugar cane, in Fujian, Chaoshan area, the folks have always said that "beginning of winter eats sugar cane without pain". So beginning of winter wants to eat sugar cane, while beginning of winter's sugar cane is ripe, which can not only protect teeth, but also play a nourishing role. Sugarcane is one of the foods that Chaoshan people make up for winter.

4, eat mutton, in Taiwan Province Province, Baodao, beginning of winter has the custom of eating meat for tonic. On the same day in beginning of winter, the winter tonic restaurants such as "Mutton Stove" and "Ginger Duck" on the street were supplemented by many families, who also stewed sesame oil chicken and Siwu chicken to supplement their energy.

Beginning of winter solar terms

Beginning of winter is the 19th of the 24 solar terms and the beginning of winter. Bucket handle points to the northwest, and the longitude of the sun reaches 225, which intersects the Gregorian calendar165438+1October 7-8 every year. Stand, rise, winter, end, and everything will be harvested. Beginning of winter means that life begins to close, 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, China took beginning of winter in 24 solar terms as the beginning of winter. The winter divided by the "solar terms law" means that everything enters a state of recuperation. The "temperature method" divides the four seasons into five days, when the daily average temperature drops steadily below 10℃, and the winter divided by the temperature method indicates that the weather is cold.

Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-beginning of winter