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, people should also celebrate the beginning of winter.
◆ beginning of winter eats jiaozi.
Beginning of winter solar terms mean autumn harvest and winter storage. China used to be a farming society. People who have worked for a year should take advantage of beginning of winter to have a rest and reward their families for their hard work over the past year. There is a proverb that "beginning of winter fills the winter and the mouth" is the best metaphor.
In southern China, people like to eat some chicken, duck and fish in early winter. On this day in early winter in Taiwan Province Province, street restaurants such as "Mutton Stove" and "Ginger Duck" complement winter weddings. Many families will also stew sesame oil chicken and siwu chicken to supplement energy.
People in northern China, especially those in Beijing and Tianjin, like to eat jiaozi. Why does beginning of winter eat jiaozi? Because intercourse comes from the saying of "sexual intercourse time". New Year's Eve is to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and beginning of winter is the turn of autumn and winter. When jiaozi is in love, he can't help eating. Nowadays, people have gradually restored this ancient custom. At the beginning of winter, all kinds of jiaozi are very popular.
◆ Make up the winter
With the arrival of the solar terms in beginning of winter, flowers and trees wither, insects lurk, and all activities tend to stop, saving energy for the coming spring hibernation. Although there is no such thing as hibernation, there is a folk custom of making up for winter in beginning of winter. In this best period of tonic, people make food supplements to supplement their physical strength and resist the cold in winter. Eat less cold in winter, especially don't wear too much makeup. Ordinary people can eat some high-calorie foods, especially in the north, and eat some beef and mutton, but at the same time, they should also eat more fresh vegetables. Eat some foods rich in vitamins and easy to digest.
◆ Winter swimming
Interestingly, the way to celebrate beginning of winter is also innovative. During their stay in Harbin and beginning of winter, the athletes of Heilongjiang Winter Swimming Association crossed the Songhua River to welcome the arrival of winter in this way.
The beginning of winter tonic
When people are still enjoying the warm sunshine in autumn, the time has come soon 1 1, and winter has begun. As the first solar term in winter, beginning of winter has the custom of beginning of winter to make up for winter every year around 1 1.8. On this day, people in the north and south make delicious food and game in different ways, saying that only in this way can they resist the cold invasion in the cold winter. So what should we pay attention to in real life in winter? How to recuperate is our main topic today.
● "Make up for one winter in September and be disease-free in the coming year"
According to our traditional folk custom, "beginning of winter" stands for the beginning of winter. "In winter, the heavens and the earth are combined, and the water and ice are frozen." Nature is full of yin and yang, and everything hides yang, waiting for spring. "Cold" is the main feature of winter climate change. In winter, besides paying attention to cold and warmth, diet health care is also very important.
The cold climate in winter affects the endocrine system of human body, which increases the secretion of thyroxine and adrenaline, thus promoting and accelerating the decomposition of protein, fat and carbohydrate, increasing the body's cold-proof ability, thus causing excessive loss of heat. Therefore, winter nutrition should focus on increasing heat energy. You can eat more lean meat, eggs, fish, milk, beans and foods rich in carbohydrates and fats.
Winter is the off-season for vegetables. Therefore, after a winter, people often have vitamin deficiency, such as vitamin C deficiency, which leads to oral ulcers, root swelling and pain, bleeding, constipation and other symptoms. Then people can eat some potatoes properly, such as sweet potatoes and potatoes. They are all rich in vitamin C, vitamin B and vitamin A, and red sweet potatoes also contain more carotene. Eating more potatoes can not only supplement vitamins, but also clear the fire. In addition to Chinese cabbage, cabbage, radish heart, white radish, carrot, bean sprouts, mung bean sprouts, rape and so on. It should also be selected in the main course listed in winter. These vegetables are rich in vitamins, so it is necessary to change varieties frequently and mix them reasonably to supplement the human body's demand for vitamins.
As the saying goes, "Three-nine supplements a winter, and the coming year will not hurt", and winter is also a good time for tonic, but we should remind everyone that when making tonic, it is best to introduce tonic first. Generally speaking, you can choose to stew beef and red dates, peanuts and brown sugar first, or cook some ginger and red dates beef soup to adjust the function of the spleen and stomach. Drinking hot porridge in winter is also a good choice for health. For example, eating "Laba porridge" helps to increase calories and nutritional functions. Wheat porridge has the function of nourishing heart and removing annoyance, sesame porridge can nourish essence and yin, radish porridge can help digestion and phlegm, walnut porridge can nourish yin and solidify essence, Poria porridge can strengthen spleen and stomach, jujube porridge can nourish qi and yin, and so on.
● beginning of winter cannot blindly "make up" the winter.
Dietary care should follow the old adage of "nourishing yin in autumn and winter", "not disturbing yang" and "tonifying deficiency and warming cold", and adjust diet with the changes of four seasons. Eat less cold food, but it is not suitable for hot and dry. 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. It should be noted here that China has a vast territory, different geographical environment and different lifestyles, which belong to winter, and the climate conditions in the northwest are quite different from those in the southeast coast.
In winter, the weather in northwest China is cold, so it is necessary to supplement products with high temperature and heat, such as cattle, sheep and dog meat. Although Jiangnan has entered the winter, the temperature is much milder than that in the northwest, and the tonic should be sweet, such as chicken, duck and fish; Located in the plateau mountainous area, with little rainfall and dry climate, fruits, vegetables and rock sugar should be used for sweet and nourishing. In addition, it also varies from person to person, because there are differences between men, women and children, and the body (constitution) has the debate of deficiency and excess, cold and heat. In line with the law of human growth, the principles of TCM health preservation, juvenile re-raising, middle-aged re-adjustment, old-age re-insurance and old-age re-extension. Therefore, "winter tonic" should be targeted according to the actual situation, such as clear tonic, warm tonic, small tonic and big tonic, and must not be blindly "tonic"