Winter Solstice Sayings

There are many winter solstice sayings, here are some examples:

1, winter solstice is clear for a day, spring festival rain and snow even.

2. Snow falls on the winter solstice, and water fills the river on the summer solstice.

3. The winter solstice is dark, the year is sparse; the winter solstice is sparse, the year is dark.

4. The winter solstice is sunny, and the next year is cloudy and rainy.

5. The winter solstice is sunny, and the next year will be full of fruits.

6. The winter solstice will be dry in the coming year, and the winter solstice will be cold for half the winter.

7. The winter solstice rain star is unknown, the snow has been difficult to walk.

8. The winter solstice is a time of frost and drought.

9, winter solstice head, the weather is warm; winter solstice, the weather is cold; winter solstice end, cold late.

10, winter solstice northwest wind, the next year dry spring.

11, the winter solstice without rain a winter clear.

12, winter solstice frost, snow is expected.

13, winter solstice at the beginning of the month, the big cold night; winter solstice in the month, the day cold also no frost; winter solstice in the end of the month, the big cold is February.

14. At the head of the winter solstice, the ox is frozen to death; at the middle of the winter solstice, it is warm; at the end of the winter solstice, don't be.

15. The winter solstice south wind is cloudy for 100 days.

16, refreshing winter solstice sloppy year, sloppy winter solstice refreshing year.

17, winter solstice has snow, nine nine snow.

18, plowing winter solstice, a plow than a gold. Before the winter solstice, plow gold, after the winter solstice, plow iron.

Customs of the winter solstice

1, sacrifices to the sky

In ancient times, people believe that the winter solstice is the natural transformation of yin and yang, is the blessing given by the heavens, sacrifices to express the ancients for the world's living beings to pray for the wind and rain wish, but also to reflect its respect for the sky and the natural feelings of reverence and awe.

2, "painting nine"

The so-called painting nine, in fact, after the winter solstice to calculate the date of spring chart. The Ming Dynasty "Emperor Beijing Scenery" contains: "winter solstice, painting a branch of plum, for the petal eighty one. Day dyeing a petal, petal end and nine out, the spring is deep, said nine nine to eliminate cold map. "nine nine cold map" has three patterns, respectively, for the text, circle, plum blossom three.

3, eat dumplings

In many areas of northern China, the winter solstice every year, the custom of eating dumplings. Northern China in this day to eat dumplings because dumplings have the meaning of "eliminating cold", and to this day there are still folk "winter solstice does not end of the dumpling bowl, freezing off the ears of no one cares" folk proverb.

4, drink mutton soup

Every year on the winter solstice, the Chengjian Expressway, which connects Chengdu, Sichuan Province, to Jinyang, ushered in a more bustling time of the year, as people drove into Jinyang City, which is located on the east side of the Longquan Mountain Range, to find a bowl of steaming mutton soup.

5. Brewing rice wine

Traditionally, people in Gusu would drink winter wine on the night of the winter solstice, which is made from glutinous or yellow rice with the addition of osmanthus flowers.

6, eat dumplings

Eating dumplings is a traditional custom of the winter solstice, especially in Jiangnan. "Soup dumplings" is the winter solstice necessary food, "round" means "reunion" "complete", winter solstice eat soup dumplings and called "winter solstice round". called "winter solstice round". Folk have "eaten dumplings a year old said".