What does the Beginning of Winter mean?

The Beginning of Winter is one of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar, and the time point is between November 7 and 8 of the Gregorian calendar. It is not only the time when harvest sacrifices and harvest banquets are held ceremoniously, but also the season when the cold wind rises. There are customary activities such as "October New year", "the first year of Qin", "Cold clothes Festival", "Harvest Festival" and so on. Let's take a look at what the Beginning of Winter means.

What does the Beginning of Winter mean?

During the period of the Beginning of Winter, the Beginning of Winter was the beginning of winter for the Han nationality. The beginning of establishment means that winter begins from then on. Winter means the end, with the meaning that crops should be collected after harvest. China takes the Beginning of Winter as the beginning of winter. At this time, in the north, it is the Mengdong moon when "the water freezes and the ground begins to freeze", while in the south it is the weather of Xiaoyangchun.

The Beginning of Winter's Agricultural activities

1. Autumn harvest and winter seed: the Beginning of Winter is a good time for autumn harvest and winter planting. All localities should make full use of sunny weather to do a good job in harvesting, drying and drying late rice to ensure the quality of storage. We should pay close attention to the sowing of winter wheat, pay attention to the weather forecast, and skillfully use the weather to sow early in rain, rather than sowing slightly later in order to ensure the sowing quality and strive to survive the winter with tillers, prevent jointing during the year, expand the winter planting area as much as possible, and reduce free fields. All localities should do a good job in planting in winter, repairing water conservancy in winter, and accumulating fertilizer in winter.

2. Vegetable farming: the Beginning of Winter should do a good job in building the greenhouse in time. At the same time, do a good job in greenhouse vegetable management, when the temperature is high during the day, you can uncover the film at the leeward outlet for ventilation, and pay attention to do a good job of greenhouse sealing at night. When the daily average temperature in North China and Huang-Huai region drops to about 4 ℃, when the field soil freezes at night and dissipates during the day, we should seize the opportunity to water well the winter water of wheat, vegetables and orchards, so as to supplement the lack of soil moisture, improve the field microclimate environment, prevent "drought aiding cold power", and reduce and avoid the occurrence of freezing injury. In the south of the Yangtze River and South China, timely opening of field "high-yield ditches" and clearing ditches and drainage are important measures to prevent the harm of waterlogging and freezing in winter.

3. Animal husbandry and farming: pig epidemic prevention in autumn, focusing on needle replenishment, strengthening grazing of cattle, eating enough forage, and carrying out a deworming work between the advent of winter. When grazing, try to let goats eat enough forage to gain fat, long-haired rabbits work in autumn, and those that are not mated are mated in time. Farmers who have the habit of raising geese hurriedly introduce Miao geese to raise them. The 70-day-old is just in time for the Spring Festival and can be sold at a good price.

The Beginning of Winter's Folk Customs

1. Yingdong: it used to be a farming society. After working for a year, the Beginning of Winter took advantage of this day to have a rest and reward the family for their hard work. The proverb "the Beginning of Winter makes up for winter and empty mouth" is the best metaphor. On this day in ancient times, the son of Heaven had the gift of going out to the suburbs to welcome winter, and gave the courtiers winter clothes, reserved and lonely. Later generations are roughly the same.

2. He Dong: he Dong, also known as "worship Winter", had this custom in the Han Dynasty. The Eastern Han Dynasty Cui Ding "four people month order": "the Winter Solstice's day into food and wine, greetings to the king, teachers and seniors, just like the right day." On this day in the Song Dynasty, people changed their new clothes and celebrated each other, just like the New year's Day. The solstice of the Qing Dynasty was the the Winter Solstice Dynasty, and the families of scholar-officials paid tribute to their elders and paid homage to each other. Men and women of the small people will also bow to each other in fresh clothes, which is called "worshiping winter." . Since the Republic of China, he Dong's traditional customs seem to have a trend of simplification. However, some activities are gradually fixed, stylized and more universal. For example, winter learning and teacher worship activities are all held in winter.

3. Eating custom: the Beginning of Winter has the custom of eating dumplings. When the Beginning of Winter, making dumplings, since the taste is different from Chinese cabbage, but also dipped in vinegar and rotten garlic to eat, can be regarded as a different taste. Why does the Beginning of Winter eat dumplings? Because our country is based on agriculture, we attach great importance to the 24 solar terms, "solar terms", the new growing point of vegetation. Autumn harvest and winter storage, on this day, to improve life, they chose "delicious but dumplings". Therefore, there is a saying in the Book of Rites that "eating melons is sacrificed first".