What do you mean by solar terms in beginning of winter?-Introduction

In ancient times, people usually understood the beginning of winter separately, "Li" meant the beginning and "winter" meant the end, which meant that the autumn harvest season was over, and it was time to start storing harvested fruits for winter. Now, most people understand beginning of winter as the coming winter. After beginning of winter, the weather will gradually get cold, everything will be bleak, the sunshine time will start to get shorter, and the night will gradually get longer.

What does the solar term in beginning of winter mean?

Beginning of winter is one of the 24 solar terms and the first moral festival in winter. Now it means that winter is coming, but in ancient times, its meaning is not so simple, but a word-by-word understanding.

Among them, "Li" means the beginning and "Winter" means the end, which means that the autumn harvest season is over. You can save the harvested fruits and prepare for winter. After beginning of winter, the weather will gradually get cold, plants will wither, animals will hibernate, sunshine time will be shortened, daytime time will be shortened, and night time will be longer.

In ancient times, many places held sacrificial ceremonies in beginning of winter every year to celebrate the arrival of the beginning of winter solar term. With the development of the times, some customs have gradually remained, such as "eating jiaozi" in the north, which expresses people's welcome to the solar terms in beginning of winter.