165438+1October 8 is the beginning of winter in the 24 solar terms. In ancient China, people used to regard beginning of winter as the beginning of winter.
The origin of beginning of winter
"beginning of winter" is165438+1October 7th or 8th every year, which is19th of the 24 solar terms. In ancient China, people used to regard beginning of winter as the beginning of winter. "Twenty-four solar terms" said: "Foundation is also the beginning", and said: "Winter is also the end, and everything is also the harvest." It means that the crops in autumn are harvested and put into storage, and the animals are hiding and hibernating. It seems that the beginning of winter does not just mean the coming of winter. In a word, beginning of winter means that when winter begins, everything will be collected to keep out the cold.
Beginning of winter and beginning of autumn are the same. The ancients also used divination to see the warmth and coldness of winter in this season, such as "beginning of winter is sunny and one winter is cold (cold); It is cloudy (rainy) in early winter and warm (warm) in one winter. There are no exceptions. In ancient times, on the day of beginning of winter, the emperor personally led the doctors of three public officials to the northern suburbs to welcome the winter.
In ancient China, beginning of winter was divided into three stages: the beginning of still water and ice; The second waiting place began to freeze; The pheasant drowned three times. "This kind of solar water can already form ice; The land also began to freeze; In the third stage, pheasant refers to a big bird like pheasant, and pheasant is a big clam. After beginning of winter, big birds like pheasants are rare, but you can see big clams with similar lines and colors at the seaside. Therefore, the ancients thought that pheasants would become big clams in early winter.
In early winter, the sun has reached the longitude of 225, and the amount of solar radiation obtained by the northern hemisphere is getting less and less. At this time, there is still some heat storage on the surface in summer, so it is generally not too cold. When there is no wind on a sunny day, there is always warm and comfortable "Xiaoyangchun" weather, which is not only very pleasant, but also very beneficial to the growth of winter crops. But at this time, the cold air in the north also has a strong force, often invading the south frequently, and sometimes it will form a cold wave weather with strong winds, cooling rain and snow.
China's solar terms are the carrier of farming customs, and history has passed, leaving behind culture. Festival customs are actually agricultural customs and culture (food customs are also one of them). Although it has no practical significance in modern life, it adds interest to life. Beginning of winter, together with beginning of spring, Changxia and beginning of autumn, is called "Four Seasons", which is an important festival in ancient society. On this day, the emperor will lead civil and military officials to the northern suburbs of Beijing to set up an altar for sacrifice. Now, when people enter the early winter, they should also celebrate. Beginning of winter's food supplements vary from place to place. Most northerners want to eat jiaozi in early winter, but in southern China, people like to eat chicken, duck, fish and so on in early winter.
The beginning of winter health
Although beginning of winter is the first solar term in winter, it is not really winter. The real winter is based on the daily average temperature being lower than 10℃ for five consecutive days. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the arrival of this solar term is that the sun hides, the cathode is full, the vegetation withers and the insects hide, and all activities tend to stop, so as to hibernate and save energy for the next spring. So what should we pay attention to after beginning of winter?
Health preservation in winter should conform to the law of seclusion in nature, with gathering yin and protecting yang as the foundation. In mental conditioning, it is necessary to control emotional activities, maintain the peace of mental emotions, contain without revealing, avoid without disturbing, and hide the yang in the body. In cold winter, don't disturb the yang spirit and destroy the physiological function of yin-yang transformation. Therefore, going to bed early and getting up late, and doing it at sunrise, to ensure adequate sleep, is conducive to hiding yang and yin and essence. But if the clothes are too thin and the room temperature is too low, it is easy to catch a cold and consume yang. On the other hand, if the clothes are too thick and the room temperature is too high, it will cause diarrhea, the yang will not be hidden, and cold pathogens will easily invade.
Chinese medicine believes that "cold is yin evil and often hurts yang". Man's yang is like the sun in the sky, which gives light and warmth to nature. Without them, everything can't survive. Similarly, if there is no yang in the human body, it will lose the vitality of metabolism. So, remember to "raise Tibet" in beginning of winter's daily aftercare. Dietary aftercare should follow the principle of eating less cold, but it should not be hot. Eat some foods with high calories, such as nourishing yin and suppressing yang. At the same time, we should eat more fresh vegetables to avoid vitamin deficiency, such as beef and mutton, black-bone chicken, crucian carp, etc., drink more soybean milk and milk, and eat more radishes, vegetables, tofu and fungus.