A Brief Introduction to the Folk Customs of beginning of winter and beginning of winter.

1, winter swimming. On that day in Harbin and beginning of winter, many people will swim in winter to welcome the arrival of winter.

2. Make up for winter. After beginning of winter, it means that this year's winter has officially arrived. Vegetation withers, stingers sleep, and all activities tend to stop. Although there is no such thing as hibernation, there is a folk custom of making up for winter in beginning of winter.

3. Winter school. Winter night is the longest and it is also the slack season, so it is the best time to hold a "winter school" in this season.

4. Eat jiaozi. Jiaozi's original name is said to be Joule, which was first invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a medical saint in China. The story of his "Quhan Joule Decoction" is still circulating among the people in China. "beginning of winter acted recklessly in jiaozi bowl, and no one cared whether his ears were frozen." beginning of winter means that winter is coming, and it's cold, so his ears are easily frostbitten. Therefore, it is the most considerate care for his family to eat jiaozi. jiaozi looks like his ears.

5. He Dong. He Dong, also known as "winter worship", had this custom in the Han Dynasty. Cui Ding's "Four-person Moon Order" in the Eastern Han Dynasty: "On the day of the winter solstice, wine and food are served, respecting the teacher of the old gentleman and welcoming it as a sunny day." On this day in the Song Dynasty, people put on new clothes and celebrated exchanges, just like New Year's Day. In the Qing dynasty, "the solstice is the winter solstice, and the literati pay homage to their elders and pay tribute to each other." Fine people, both men and women, will also wear more fresh clothes to pay tribute to each other. This is called winter worship. "

6. Apprentice. In winter, many villages hold teacher worship activities, which is the season for students to visit their teachers.

7. Worship the ancestors to heaven. In the past, on this day in early winter, people also held activities to worship ancestors and heaven. Even the busiest farmers should take a day off at home, kill chickens and sheep, prepare seasonal products, on the one hand, worship their ancestors and fulfill their obligations and responsibilities to future generations; On the one hand, offering sacrifices to heaven, thanking God for the good harvest and praying for a good weather in the coming year; Food and wine after the sacrificial ceremony can also be used as rewards for farmers who have worked hard for a year.