Source: China Education News
The Chinese Astronomical Almanac shows that
Will usher in the "winter solstice" festival,
From this day on,
Our country began to enter the season of "counting nine cold days",
Folk customs are "entering the nine".
The winter solstice was a very important festival in ancient times,
There is a saying that "the winter solstice is as big as the year".
On this day,
In the northern region, there are winter solstice sheep slaughtering, eating dumplings,
The custom of eating wontons,
On this day, the southern region eats winter solstice rice balls,
The habit of the winter solstice long-line surface.
The winter solstice is the shortest day in the Northern Hemisphere,
The longest night day.
After that, the day slowly became longer.
therefore
The winter solstice is the key solar term for the transformation of yin and yang,
Ancient times also symbolized the beginning of new life.
Do you know what are the customs of the winter solstice?
Eat dumplings on the winter solstice, and who is it to commemorate?
Count nine cold days, starting from the winter solstice
2020 WINTER
Around the winter solstice,
Although the northern hemisphere has the shortest daylight hours,
Receives the least amount of solar radiation,
But at this time the heat accumulated on the ground in the summer
Can also provide some supplements,
Temperatures are not yet the lowest in a year.
"Eat the winter solstice meal, a long line a day",
The day time increases day after the winter solstice.
Solar radiation obtained from the ground every day
Less heat dissipated than ground radiation,
So in the short term, temperatures continue to drop.
"Count nine cold days", starting from the winter solstice
From today onwards, "enter the ninth",
Step into the bitter cold season.
Do you sing "Nine Nine Songs"?
Nineteen twenty-nine does not shoot,
Three-nine-four-nine walk on ice,
Five-nine-six-nine look at the willow,
Seven or nine rivers open, eight or nine geese come,
Nine nine plus one nine, ploughing cattle everywhere.
Due to the different climates,
There is also a difference in "Nine Nine Songs",
How do you sing in your hometown?
Eat dumplings on the winter solstice, who is it to commemorate?
We know that the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan, do you know who the winter solstice dumplings are to commemorate?
The story has to start with the doctor Zhang Zhongjing. He was a native of Nanyang, and his works include "On Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases", which is a collection of physicians and has been regarded as a classic by successive generations of physicians. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, he served as the Taishou of Changsha, visiting diseases to administer medicine, practicing medicine in the lobby, and then resolutely resigning from his official post and returning to his hometown to treat the diseases of his neighbors.
When he returned to his hometown, it was winter, and he saw that the villagers on both sides of the Bai River were yellow and thin, hungry and cold, and many people's ears were frozen, so he asked his disciples to set up a medical shed in Nanyang Dongguan, support a large cauldron, and give up "cold ear soup" to heal frostbite on the day of the winter solstice. He boiled the lamb, peppers and some cold-repellent herbs in a pot, then fished out the lamb and medicine and chopped them up, made them into ear-like "delicate ears" with bread, cooked them, and distributed them to each person who came to ask for medicine with two "delicate ears" and a large bowl of broth.
People ate "delicate ears" and drank "cold soup", and their bodies were warm, their ears were warm, and their frostbitten ears were cured. Later generations learned the appearance of "delicate ears" and wrapped them into food, also called "dumplings" or "flat food".
Eating dumplings on the winter solstice turned out to be the grace of not forgetting the "medical saint" Zhang Zhongjing's "cold and delicate ear soup". To this day, Nanyang still has a folk song of "winter solstice improper dumpling bowl, frozen ears no one cares".
The winter solstice is a day with a "taste"
The day is full of all kinds of all kinds of alluring flavors.
Historically, as a festival, the winter solstice has been grand and colorful: the son of heaven worships the heavens, the people worship the ancestors, the hundred officials pay homage to the elders, worship the master, reunite the family, and give to relatives and friends.
In the farming society for thousands of years, the ancestors who have been busy for a year will rest and recuperate from this day, and derive rich festivals and folk music.
Eat dumplings in the north
In northern China, there is a custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice. Every year on this day, rich or poor, dumplings are an indispensable holiday meal.
Photo: People's Daily
The south eats tangyuan
Gu Youshiyun: "The family pounds rice to make tangyuan, and it is known that it is the winter solstice day of the Ming Dynasty." "Eating tangyuan on the winter solstice is a traditional custom in China, which is especially popular in Jiangnan, and the folk have the saying that "eating tangyuan is one year older".
Tangyuan can be used to worship ancestors, can also be used to give gifts to relatives and friends, and also to celebrate the meaning of the circle.
Tengzhou mutton soup
According to legend, Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, ate the lamb cooked by Fan Duo on the day of the winter solstice, and felt that the taste was particularly delicious and praised. Since then, the custom of eating mutton on the winter solstice has been formed in the folk to have a good omen in the coming year. At present, everyone in tengzhou, Shandong, drinks mutton soup in the winter solstice.
Red bean sticky rice
According to legend, the Gonggong clan had untalented sons and committed many evil deeds, died on the day of the winter solstice, and became an epidemic ghost after death, continuing to harm the people. However, this plague ghost is most afraid of red beans, so people cook and eat red bean rice on the day of the winter solstice to drive away the plague ghosts and prevent disasters and diseases.
Taiwanese sticky cake
In Taiwan, China, the tradition of worshipping ancestors with nine layers of cakes on the winter solstice is also preserved. After the festival, a feast will be held to entertain the clan relatives who come to worship the ancestors. Everyone drank freely and connected with each other's long-lost feelings. The Winter Solstice Festival has been passed down from generation to generation in Taiwan to show that it does not forget its "roots".
Suzhou Winemaking
The traditional Gusu family will drink winter wine on the night of the winter solstice, which is a kind of rice wine, brewed with osmanthus flowers, with a pleasant aroma. While drinking winter wine, it is also accompanied by various brine dishes such as brine beef and brine lamb. In the cold winter, winter wine can not only drive away the cold, but also pin the beautiful wishes of the Gusu people for life.
Photo: People's Daily
Mochi
Mochi is a specialty of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and is also a traditional snack of Fujian people. Its raw materials are fine glutinous rice, lard, sesame seeds, peanut kernels, rock sugar and so on. The mochi is sweet and delicious, resistant to hunger after eating, with a sweet, smooth taste, and soft and slightly ice. The finished product is bright white in color, smooth and transparent.
Winter solstice poetry, how much to know
"Little to"
Du fu
The days and hours of personnel are urged day by day,
The winter solstice is coming again.
Embroidered five-grained weak thread,
Blowing six tubes of floating ash.
Shore Rong waits for The General Shu Liu,
The mountain is cold and wants to release the plum.
Clouds and things are not different from each other,
Teach the child and cover the cup in the palm of your hand.
"Winter Solstice"
Year to day long for guests,
Suddenly, the poor and the mud killed people.
Jiang Shang described me as an old man,
Celestial customs are self-related.
After the snow of the cane quinoa,
Mingyu came to scatter Zi Chen.
The heart is broken at this time without an inch,
Where to see the three Qins.
"Handan Winter Solstice Night Homesickness"
Bai Juyi
Handan Yili every winter solstice,
Hold the knee lamp in front of the shadow.
I want to sit at home late at night,
It should also be said that the people who are far away.
"Winter Solstice Night Sending The Brothers of the Beijing Master and Huai Cui Du Shui"
Wei Yingwu
There is no difference in the county, and the worry is in vegetarian food.
In vain, he went to Beijing and was detained in the cold.
Zi Yue is angry, and the southern end of the anode pole.
I already have a sense of the season, and I am more sour.
The private swallow Xi Yun stopped, and also fasted at night.
The curtain is deep in the sky, and the lone lamp shines on the sheets.
We should recite the same thing, and we should rather forget the old age.
Chuan Tu was in a trance, and the nose was dry.
"Winter Solstice Nostalgia"
Mei Yaochen
I want to be kind and feel sorry for my face.
Since the death of the ancient Jiuquan, he has been born with the new Yang.
Destiny for different plants and trees, he will envy the cuteness.
Man is a man who lives forever, and who decays and prospers again and again.
Winter solstice, a good time to maintain health
The winter solstice is a great time for health, mainly because "qi begins with the winter solstice". On the winter solstice, the body's yang qi is easy to absorb nutrients. Diet should be diverse, grain, fruit, meat, vegetables and other reasonable collocation, appropriate selection of high-calcium food; mutton, chicken, etc. can be warm to nourish yang. Also remind: winter solstice supplements, avoid abuse of tonics, easy to cause diseases.
Winter solstice cold, heart disease and hypertension patients are prone to aggravation, stroke increased, need to pay attention to physical changes at any time;
Pay attention to cold protection and warmth, clothes and pants should be warm and good, but also soft and loose, in order to facilitate blood flow;
Do not overwork, maintain a good attitude, anxiety, anger and hurt the body; you can properly carry out cold exercises to improve the body's adaptability to cold and cold tolerance;
Women need more warm care, usually should eat less cold food, go out to strengthen the neck, abdomen warmth, insist on soaking feet at night, pay attention to liver nourishment, liver protection.
Winter solstice, the precursor of spring also
Although the cold winter is gradually approaching
But in the howling cold wind
It can be faintly heard
The footsteps of spring are faintly coming
Let's be on this beautiful winter day
Summarize the year's gains
Welcome to the New Year
Editor: Zhao Xuhua