What's the difference between winter and December?

The difference between winter and twelfth lunar month is that winter refers to November of the lunar calendar and twelfth lunar month refers to December of the lunar calendar. 1 1 month in the lunar calendar is called "winter month", also called "sub-month" and "Jiazi". In December of the lunar calendar, the Han people are also called "twelfth lunar month". It is called "twelfth lunar month" because "La" is the name of "offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods" in ancient times, and there is a saying that "three sacrifices are made to the gods after the winter solstice". "

1 1 month in the lunar calendar is called "winter month", also called "sub-month" and "Jiazi". Winter moon is another name for November in the lunar calendar. Winter in Leng Yue refers to the coldest three months a year ago, and October in Leng Yue. The winter month is 1 1 month; The twelfth month is December.

In December of the lunar calendar, the Han people are also called "twelfth lunar month". It is called "twelfth lunar month" because "La" is the name of "offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods" in ancient times, and there is a saying that "three sacrifices are made to the gods after the winter solstice".

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Custom:

1, Hangzhou people eat rice cakes in winter. From the late Ming and early Qing dynasties until now, Hangzhou people like to eat rice cakes on the solstice in winter. It's lucky to cook rice cakes with different flavors every winter solstice and eat rice cakes in winter months.

It is a custom to eat jiaozi every winter in many places in northern China. According to legend, Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage, saw the frozen people when he retired in his later years, so he wrapped mutton, some cold-dispelling herbs and dough in his ears and made the medicine of "Joule Decoction for Eliminating Cold" for the people to eat. Later, on the solstice of winter, people imitated eating and formed a custom.