`Chinese tabloid: Winter solstice knowledge stories and poems and proverbs

The winter solstice is an important solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar and a traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The winter solstice is commonly known as "Winter Festival", "Changzhi Festival", "Yasui", etc.

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,500 years ago, China had already used Tugui to observe the sun and determine the winter solstice. It is the earliest one of the twenty-four solar terms to be formulated, and the time is from December 21 to 23 of the Gregorian calendar every year.

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In ancient my country, the Winter Solstice was taken seriously. The Winter Solstice was regarded as a major festival. There was a saying that "the Winter Solstice is as big as the New Year", and there was a custom of celebrating the Winter Solstice.

"The Book of Han" says: "The Yang Qi rises during the winter solstice, and the king is in charge, so congratulations." People believe that after the winter solstice, the days are getting longer day by day, and the rising Yang Qi is the beginning of a solar cycle and an auspicious day. It should be

celebrate.

"Book of Jin" records that "the winter solstice in the Wei and Jin Dynasties was congratulated by all nations and officials... Its ceremony was inferior to that of Zhengdan." This shows the importance attached to the winter solstice in ancient times.

The winter solstice festival originated in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and is still used today.

"Qing Jia Lu" even said that "the winter solstice is as big as the New Year".

This shows that the ancients attached great importance to the winter solstice.

People believe that the winter solstice is the natural transformation of yin and yang and is a blessing from God.

In the Han Dynasty, the winter solstice was regarded as the "Winter Festival", and the government would hold a congratulatory ceremony called "He Dong" and have a routine holiday.

There is such a record in "Book of the Later Han Dynasty": "Before and after the winter solstice, a gentleman settles down, keeps all officials in charge, does not listen to politics, and chooses auspicious times to save trouble." Therefore, on this day, the court has a holiday and rest, the army is on standby, the border fortress is in retreat, and the business travel is closed.

, relatives and friends each give each other delicious food, visit each other, and happily spend a "settle and quiet" festival.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Winter Solstice was a day for worshiping heaven and ancestors. On this day, the emperor would go to the countryside to hold a ceremony to worship heaven, and people would worship their parents and elders on this day. Nowadays, some places still celebrate the winter solstice.

The ancients believed that the winter solstice is the day when yin and yang pivot. After this day, yin energy gradually disappears and yang energy gradually grows.

On the winter solstice, the emperor went to the Temple of Heaven to worship the heavens, and the next day he accepted congratulations from civil and military officials in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

1. Eat dumplings.

There is an old saying: "On October 1, the winter solstice arrives, every household eats dumplings." It can be seen that eating dumplings during the winter solstice has become an indispensable custom.

"Medical Saint" Zhang Zhongjing once served as the prefect of Changsha. After resigning and returning to his hometown, he saw that the villagers were emaciated and hungry, and many of them had their ears rotten by the cold.

So he ordered his disciples to build a stove, put mutton and cold-repelling medicinal materials in a pot and boil them, then take them out and chop them into pieces, and use bread to make "jiaoer" shaped like ears. After they were cooked, they were distributed to those who came to ask for medicine.

People eat.

After eating, people felt warm all over, their ears felt hot, and their frostbitten ears were cured.

Later generations imitated the appearance of "Jiao Er" and wrapped them into food, which was called "dumplings".

Two, ninety-nine to eliminate cold.

Counting nine begins at the winter solstice, which is what people call "counting nine in advance of winter".

Counting nine days is one nine, counting another nine days is twenty-nine, and so on, counting to "nine-nine" means "nine" is exhausted.

"Jiujin Yanghua blooms", then the weather will be warm.

After the ninth lunar month, literati and poets engaged in so-called cold-relieving activities. They chose a "nine" day and invited nine people to drink together ("wine" is a homophony of "nine"). Nine dishes and nine bowls were used on the banquet, and "flower nine" was used for the table.

"Piece" is used to take the meaning of ninety-nine to relieve the cold.

3. Offer sacrifices to heaven and ancestors.

Many areas have the custom of worshiping heaven and ancestors on the winter solstice, and some places still celebrate the winter solstice.

Every household places family trees, ancestor images, memorial tablets, etc. in the upper hall of the home, sets up the offering table, arranges incense burners, offerings, etc.

While worshiping ancestors, some places also offer sacrifices to the gods of heaven and earth, and kowtow to the gods to pray for good weather and prosperity for the family and everything in the coming year.

Winter Solstice Poems (Tang Dynasty) Du Fu The weather, people, and the sun are urging each other, and the sun brings about the winter solstice and spring comes again.

The five lines of embroidery are added with weak threads, and the six pipes are blown to move the fly ash.

The shore is waiting for the willows to grow soft, and the mountains are cold and the plum blossoms are blooming.

The clouds and things are not different from each other. The children are taught to hold the cup in their palms.

During the winter solstice (Tang Dynasty), Du Fu stayed as a guest for a long time during the solstice, and suddenly he was poor and worried and killed people! The river described me as an old man, and the customs on the horizon are related to each other.

After the snow, the sticks and quinoas come to the Dan Valley, and the jade sounds come to disperse the purple dust.

There is no trace of my heart at this time. Where can I see the Three Qin Dynasty? On the night of the winter solstice in Handan (Tang Dynasty), Bai Juyi met the winter solstice in Handan Posthouse. He hugged his knees and stood in front of the lamp.

I think that when I sit at home late at night, I should talk about people traveling far away.