First of all, the customs in beginning of winter.

In China, beginning of winter has many interesting customs. For example, in the north, people are used to eating jiaozi in early winter, because jiaozi looks like ears. People think that if they eat them, their ears will not be frozen in winter. In addition, there are customs in early winter, such as brewing yellow wine and eating raw onions. You can briefly introduce the origin and significance of these customs.

He Dong, also known as "winter worship", had this custom in the Han Dynasty. Cui Ding's "Four-person Moon Order" in the Eastern Han Dynasty: "On the day of the winter solstice, wine and food are served, respecting the teacher of the old gentleman and welcoming it as a sunny day." On this day in the Song Dynasty, people put on new clothes to celebrate the exchange. In the Qing Dynasty, "the solstice is the solstice of winter", "the scholar-officials pay homage to their elders and worship each other", and each of them wears fresh clothes to express "worship", which is called "worship in winter".

Second, beginning of winter health knowledge

"beginning of winter" solar terms are of great significance in agriculture. In ancient times, farmers worked for a year, so they took a break while taking advantage of beginning of winter and rewarded the family for their hard work. In early winter, pigs and sheep are slaughtered or supplemented with other nutrients to improve the body's heat resistance and protect the yang.

Tonifying should follow the principles of nourishing yin in autumn and winter, not disturbing yang, tonifying deficiency and warming cold, warming yang and warming cold, and should not be blindly supplemented. Food supplement should be less spicy, sour, bitter and salty, benefiting kidney and liver. According to the principle of "nourishing yang in spring and summer and nourishing yin in autumn and winter", winter tonic is appropriate.

Third, the story of beginning of winter.

In some places in the northeast of China, beginning of winter is called "Snow" because they have never heard of the historical origin of this festival. Legend has it that a long time ago, a farmer fainted while cutting firewood up the mountain. The villagers saved him and put him in a warm room to wake him up.

While cooking dinner, it suddenly snowed outside. Everyone thought his body was still cold, so they added a lot of firewood to keep warm. But at this time, they found that his body was not only cold but also uncomfortable. So everyone gave him a fan to cool down, but they accidentally touched the fan on his face and found that his face turned red and there were many white bubbles.