What does this solar term in beginning of winter mean?

Beginning of winter means the beginning of winter, which means that the weather is getting colder, the days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer.

The origin of beginning of winter can be traced back to the ancient farming culture in China. The ancients divided a year into 24 solar terms, and each solar term was related to agricultural activities and climate change. Beginning of winter refers to the time when the sun reaches the longitude of 225 degrees. At this time, the direct point of the sun is near the Tropic of Capricorn, and the northern hemisphere begins to enter winter.

After beginning of winter, winter crops suitable for planting include wheat and vegetables, and farmers should begin to prepare the land for planting winter crops. At the beginning of winter, farmers should maintain their farmland, including pruning trees, turning over soil and fertilizing. Prepare for spring ploughing in the coming year. After beginning of winter, farmers should strengthen the management of livestock to ensure that they get enough food and warm measures in the cold winter.

The beginning of winter life customs:

1, the son of heaven welcomes winter

In ancient times, beginning of winter was an important festival. The emperor has a gift for going out to welcome the winter, giving ministers winter clothes, poor lonely people. This is to show reverence and gratitude for everything in the world, and also to show the kindness and majesty of the son of heaven.

2. Sacrifice your ancestors for the banquet

In some areas of China, beginning of winter has the custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors, feasting and divining the year, offering sacrifices to ancestors with the best seasonal products, so as to fulfill the obligations and responsibilities of future generations and pray for a good year. At the same time, it is also to remember our ancestors, enhance family ties, and unite and live in harmony.

3. beginning of winter fills the winter.

After beginning of winter, people will choose appropriate food and methods to replenish energy and resist the cold according to their physical condition and regional characteristics. Northerners like to eat jiaozi, mutton, dog meat and other supplementary foods at an isothermal state; Southerners love to eat hot tonics such as chicken, duck, fish, sesame oil chicken and ginger duck. In addition, there are customs such as eating glutinous rice balls, drinking mutton soup and eating sesame paste.