What are the festivals and customs of winter?

There are six winter seasons in chronological order: winter, light snow, heavy snow, winter solstice, light cold and heavy cold. The customs of each festival are

1, winter

Lidong, in ancient society is one of the "four times eight seasons", people generally hold ritual activities. Winter is the October festival, in the Chinese folk customs such as ancestor worship, feasts, divination, etc., to seasonal delicacies to the ancestral spirit of sacrifice, in order to fulfill the obligations and responsibilities of the children and grandchildren of man, praying for the gods to give the next year's abundance of years, the farmers themselves are also rewarded with drinking and rest.

2, Snow

Folk have "winter wax wind pickle, storage to winter" custom. After the snow, the temperature drops sharply, the weather becomes dry, is a good time to process bacon. After the snowy season, some farmers began to do sausage, bacon, the excess meat with the traditional method of reserves, until the Spring Festival just to enjoy the food.

3, snow

"Small snow, big snow river", the north has "thousands of miles of ice, ten thousand miles of snow drift" natural landscape, the south also has "snowflakes flying, silver sky The south also has "snowflakes fluttering, silver sky" charming picture. In the snowy season, the ice in the river is frozen, and people can skate and play to their heart's content.

4, winter solstice

Many places in the south of China celebrate the winter solstice with festivals. Many areas along the southern coast have the traditional custom of sacrificing ancestors on the winter solstice. Households will be ancestral statues, tablets, etc. for the upper hall at home, placed on the table, set up incense burners, offerings and so on.

5, small cold

Life, in addition to pay attention to daily warmth, into the small cold, the flavor of the year is getting stronger, people began to busy writing Spring Festival couplets, cut the window, rushing to buy New Year's paintings, lanterns, firecrackers, fireworks, etc., one after another, for the Spring Festival preparations.

6, Dahan

On this day, people with grains and cereals plus peanuts, chestnuts, jujubes, lotus seeds, etc. boiled into a pot of sweet and delicious Laha congee, is an indispensable staple food for the New Year.

Expanded

"Twenty-four seasons" is the product of the ancient farming civilization, farming production and nature's rhythms are closely related, it is the ancient ancestors in accordance with the agricultural time, through the observation of the operation of the celestial bodies, cognitive year (year) in the time (season), climate, climate and other changes in the formation of the pattern of change. It is a system of knowledge formed by the ancient ancestors through observing the operation of the heavenly body and recognizing the changes of time (season), climate, and weather in a year; each solar term indicates the different changes of time, climate, and weather, which are the "Three Seasons".

Twenty-four seasons, expressed the unique concept of time between man and the natural universe, contains the Chinese nation's long cultural connotation and historical precipitation. It not only plays a guiding role in agricultural production, but also influences ancient people's clothing, food, housing and transportation, and even cultural concepts.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Twenty-four Seasons