A few days ago everyone was saying that 2021 was only the last month left
Fast forward to the halfway point of the last month
The last solar terms of 2021
winter solstice
As promised
"Winter Solstice"
Takashi
The sunshine counts nine winter solstice days, and the frost and wind are high
It was another balance day, with the sub-line returning from south to north
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Winter solstice | Know how much
"Nichinan to"
The winter solstice is known as the "sun south solstice", which is a solar term that reflects the direct movement of sunlight. On the day of the winter solstice, the sun travels south to the extreme, the sunlight directly hits the Tropic of Cancer, and since the day of the winter solstice, the direct point of the sun returns to the north, and the winter solstice is the turning point of "the day travels south to the north", after which the sun's altitude rises, and the day in the northern hemisphere grows day by day.
"Auspicious Day"
The winter solstice marks the rebirth of the sun and the entry of the sun into a new cycle. The winter solstice is an auspicious day, as the Book of Han says: "The winter solstice is full of yang, and the king is long, so he is congratulated." "After the winter solstice, the days are getting longer and longer, and the sun rises, which is the beginning of a round-trip cycle of direct sun points, which should be celebrated."
"Count nine to cool off the cold and wait for spring to come"
After the winter solstice, the climate in all parts of China will enter the coldest stage, which is often referred to as "entering the ninth" and "counting the ninth cold day". The so-called "counting nine" is counting from the winter solstice (it is also said that from the winter solstice), counting one "nine" every nine days, and so on; counting nine all the way to "nine nine" eighty-one days, "nine peach blossoms", at this time the cold has run out. Nine days is a unit, called "nine", after nine "nine", exactly eighty-one days, that is, "out of nine" or "finish nine". From "one nine" to "nine nine", the winter cold becomes the spring warmth.
"Three Waits"
Some ancient Chinese literary works divide the winter solstice into three seasons: "one waits for earthworm knots; two wait for elk horn solution; and three wait for water spring movement." This means that the earthworms in the soil are still curled up on their bodies, and the elk feels that the yin qi gradually recedes and dissolves. Since the direct point of the sun returns to the north after the winter solstice, the sun's round-trip movement enters a new cycle, the sun's altitude rises from then on, and the day grows day by day, so the spring water in the mountain can flow and warm at this time.
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Winter solstice | Customs Rewards
"The winter solstice is as big as the year"
The winter solstice is not only an important festival in the twenty-four solar terms, but also a traditional festival of Chinese folk, known as "the winter solstice is as big as the year". Winter solstice, the winter solstice is the beginning of the return of the sun, since the winter solstice the sun height rises, the day grows day by day, the winter solstice indicates that the sun is new, the sun's round-trip movement into a new cycle, so the ancients regarded the winter solstice as the "auspicious day", in the eight festivals of the year, the importance of the winter solstice is no less than the Spring Festival.
"Paint Nine"
The so-called painting nine is actually a diagram that calculates the warm date of spring after the winter solstice. The Ming Dynasty's "Imperial Capital Scenery Strategy" says: "On the day of the winter solstice, paint a branch of sumei, and there is one petal for eighty." The sun dyes one petal, the petals are exhausted and the nine nine out, then the spring is deep, and the nine nine cold map is known." There are three kinds of patterns in the "Nine-Nine Cold Removal Chart", namely text, circle and plum blossom.
"Rice wine"
The traditional Gusu people will drink winter wine on the night of the winter solstice, and the winter wine is brewed with glutinous rice or yellow rice and added osmanthus flowers.
"Eat Tangyuan"
Eating tangyuan is a traditional custom of the winter solstice, especially in Jiangnan. "Tangyuan" is an essential food for the winter solstice, "round" means "reunion" and "consummation", and eating tangyuan on the winter solstice is also called "winter solstice round". Folk saying that "eating tangyuan is one year older".
"Eat dumplings"
In many parts of northern China, there is a custom of eating dumplings every winter solstice. The northern region of China wants to eat dumplings on this day because dumplings have the meaning of "cooling", and there is still a folk proverb that "the winter solstice is not improper dumpling bowl, and no one cares about the ears".
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Winter solstice | Poetry Conference
"Little to"
[Tang] Du Fu
The days and hours of personnel are urged, and the winter solstice and the yang are born and spring comes again.
Embroidery five patterns add weak threads, blowing leaf six flies floating ash.
The shore is waiting for the wax to be shu willow, and the mountain is cold and wants to release the plum.
Clouds and things are not different from each other, teach children and cover the cup in the palm of their hands.
The winter solstice has arrived, and spring is not far away, although in a foreign land, but the clouds are not different, so the poet teaches his children to pour wine and raise a glass to drink, reflecting the poet's rare comfortable mood.
"Winter Solstice Day Meets Beijing Envoy Sending Brother"
[Tang] Du Mu
Yuanxin first met the double carp, and he was meeting Yiyang sheng in his hometown.
Takumachi is relieved of his sorrow for his homeland, and only he can remember his brother.
The hotel is cold at night, and the twilight river is cold.
The bamboo door wind is still sad, suspected to be the sound of snow on the pine window.
The poet uses his own feelings to speculate about the situation of his relatives: is it cold, is his brother okay? Do you add clothes and quilts in time? The tail link shows the heavy state of mind of the elder brother, and although the feelings of missing are not clear, they are all in the unspoken.
[Song] Land tour
The years are difficult to forbid, and the end of the world looks back with sadness.
Ten years of people to the three old, one night yang from the nine lands.
Get on the horse and go out of the sad version, and return home to stay and force the cup.
Exploring the spring is long and the river plum is early, and the crisp flowers on the plate are also blooming.
The winter solstice came too quickly, making the poet feel that the years and months had passed, and his heart was troubled.
Since then the days have been long and the nights have been short
The sun returns from the southern hemisphere
Warmth is also on the day not far away
May the eyebrows stretch in the future
The future can be expected