How did people in the Northern Song Dynasty celebrate the solar terms?

We ancients were very clever, and their "twenty-four solar terms" are still very practical until now. So, friends who only remember the solar calendar but not the lunar calendar, please don't forget the precious property left by our ancestors.

On the day of winter solstice, the days are short and the weather is very cold. Therefore, our ancestors formed a good habit of eating warm food, such as wonton, jiaozi, mutton and dog meat.

Because this day turned from cold to warm, the ancients regarded it as the day when the spirit of the sun rose, so they attached great importance to this day and regarded it as the first of the "twenty-four solar terms". The government will take a few days off and hold many celebrations, just like today's Labor Day and National Day.

Therefore, the winter solstice solar term should be a very happy time, but not all people are immersed in a happy atmosphere during the winter solstice solar term. I think, in the year of Jingkang's shame, the soldiers and civilians in Song Dynasty had a very bleak winter solstice solar term, and they were not happy at all, because Bianjing City was surrounded by nomads like iron drums.

Jin Jun's second attack on Song Dynasty was in August of the first year of Jingkang (1 126). In less than four months, the Eastern Route Army of the Hongyan Department of the Jin Army (I can't leave) hit Bianjingmen. At this time, it is 1 1 23rd of the month. The Yan Hong Zonghan (sticky) department of the marked army is also heading for Bianjing in full swing.

Officials in the Song Dynasty were terrified of the wolf-like 8 Jin Army. Most people think they are begging for mercy, a few think they are fleeing, and only a few think they are resisting Japan. Yao, one of the "four gates" in the Song Dynasty, was sober-minded and put forward a resolute war of resistance. He took advantage of Yan Zongwang's precarious position to strike, first to defeat the enemy's spirit, so as to stabilize the Bianjing army and people and stick to the heart of waiting for help.