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What was the winter solstice called in ancient times?
The winter solstice was called subyear in ancient times.
Yasu, meaning just below the head of the year (New Year's Day), the winter solstice among the four seasons and eight festivals was called Yasu in ancient times. The winter solstice is regarded as a big festival in winter, and in ancient times, people who drifted abroad had to go home to celebrate the winter festival at this time of the year, so-called "the end of the year has a place to go back to", and the saying of "the winter solstice is as big as the New Year, and it is not returning to the ancestors" has been widely circulated in Chinese folklore.
The winter solstice is known as the "year of the year", "small year", etc., one is to indicate that the year is approaching, and the other is to indicate the importance of the winter solstice; the winter solstice, the New Year is just around the corner, so the ancients believe that the winter solstice is no less important than the New Year.
Expanded Information:
Every year on the winter solstice, dumplings are essential for both rich and poor in the northern part of China. Dumplings eaten on the winter solstice and the Spring Festival have different meanings. Dumplings eaten on the Spring Festival at the intersection of the new year and the old year, dumplings mean more years "cross the child", eating dumplings in the Spring Festival is considered to be a great luck. Dumplings eaten on the winter solstice are meant to be eaten on the winter solstice. According to legend, when Zhang Zhongjing, the sage of medicine, returned to his hometown to see the frozen people, he used mutton and some cold-expelling herbs as well as dough, wrapped in the shape of an ear to make a kind of medication called "cold-expelling Jiao ear soup", which was given to the people to eat, and then people imitated them on every winter solstice.
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