Folklore activities of the winter festival

1, welcome winter in the day of winter, the ancient emperor will have to welcome the winter ceremony. It is said that the emperor would wear black clothes while riding an iron-colored horse, and lead the court officials to sacrifice to the winter god, which was a rather grand scene.

And there is a group of ministers winter clothes, the system of sympathy for widows and orphans, later generations are largely the same. Originally, after the winter, the end of the fall harvest winter, no matter how the final harvest, a year of hard work is finally a result, which is worth remembering.

2, He winter He winter is also called worship winter. People harvest in the fall, winter is relatively idle, so the winter has become a celebration of the harvest, consolation ancestors, divining the age of ancestor worship, food tonic season.

3, winter swimming in some places to celebrate the winter way has also been innovative, in Harbin, Heilongjiang, Henan Shangqiu, Jiangxi Yichun, Wuhan, Hubei and other places on the day of winter, winter swimming enthusiasts have been winter swimming this way to meet the arrival of winter. Winter swimming, whether in the north or the south, is a favorite method of physical exercise in winter.

4, winter school winter night is the longest, and is the idle season, in this season to do "winter school" is a better time. Winter school non-formal education, there are a variety of nature: such as "literacy classes", enrollment of adult men and women, aimed at literacy; "training classes" enrollment of people with a certain degree of expertise.

Professional knowledge training, training of talents; "general learning classes" mainly to improve culture, popularize scientific and technological knowledge. Winter school site, mostly located in the temple or public housing. Teachers are mainly employed in the village or outside the village to undertake, appropriate remuneration.

5, complementary winter Chinese medicine book "Huang Di Nei Jing" said: "spring, summer growth, fall harvest, winter, is the gas of the usual; people should also. "Also said: "winter March for the sealing. "That is to say, in March, it is a good period of time to maintain vitality.

This time the human skin muscle coupling is more dense, less sweat, intake of nutrients is also easy to store up. Moreover, in the winter season, people's appetite is also relatively strong, it is a good time to supplement.