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What does beginning of winter mean? What to eat?

Beginning of winter eats jiaozi.

Beginning of winter is one of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar and one of the traditional festivals in China.

The time point is between Gregorian calendar165438+1October 7-8 every year, that is, the sun is located at 225 degrees of the yellow meridian.

After beginning of winter, the sunshine time will continue to shorten, and the height of the sun will continue to decrease at noon.

During beginning of winter's period, the Han people took beginning of winter as beginning of winter, so it was necessary to supplement the dietary customs in order to survive the severe winter.

Li also means that winter begins.

Winter means the end, which means that the crops should be harvested after harvest. China regards beginning of winter as the beginning of winter.