The custom of solar terms in beginning of winter?

In China, in the south, people will eat some high-calorie foods, such as chicken, duck and fish. On that day in beginning of winter, winter swimmers crossed the Songhua River to welcome the arrival of winter. In Shandong province, people are used to drinking mutton soup in early winter.

In cold weather, drinking a bowl of steaming mutton soup is definitely a pleasure. In northern China, people love to eat jiaozi, and jiaozi comes from the saying that it's time to have sex. Beginning of winter is at the turn of autumn and winter, and jiaozi can't help eating it when she is having sex.

Characteristics of beginning of winter:

In ancient China, people used to take Gregorian calendar165438+1October 7-8 as the time of beginning of winter. China has a vast territory, and all winters don't start at the same time except the coastal areas of South China where there is no winter all the year round and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau where there is no summer in winter.

In some parts of the south, it is generally not very cold from beginning of winter to Xiaoxue, but with the passage of time, cold air frequently goes south, and the temperature will gradually drop. In many parts of the northern region, it is already dry and rainy, everything is dying, and the cold is pressing. The climate change in several solar terms in winter is not obvious. Snow is the main feature of northern winter. South China is still green mountains and green waters, birds and flowers, warm and pleasant.