Folk activities of solar terms in early winter

On this day in beginning of winter, the ancient emperors held a ceremony to welcome winter. It is reported that the emperor will wear black clothes and ride an iron-colored horse to lead court officials to worship the winter god. The scene is quite huge.

Moreover, there is a system of sending winter clothes to ministers and taking care of widows and orphans, and this is basically the case in future generations. After all, after beginning of winter, the autumn harvest ended and winter came. No matter what the final harvest is, the hard work of one year has finally come to an end, which is something worth remembering.

2. His name is Dong Jing. People have a harvest season in autumn and a relatively low season in winter, so beginning of winter has become a season to celebrate the harvest, comfort ancestors, worship ancestors in the coming year and make food supplements.

3. Winter Swimming In some places, the way to celebrate beginning of winter is also innovative. In Harbin, Heilongjiang, Shangqiu, Henan, Yichun, Jiangxi, Wuhan, Hubei and other places, winter swimmers welcome the arrival of winter in this way. Winter swimming is people's favorite exercise in winter, whether in the north or the south.

Winter school is the longest winter night, which is the slack season. This season is a good time to run a "winter school". Informal education in winter schools has various properties: for example, "literacy classes" recruit adult men and women with the aim of literacy; The "training class" recruits people with certain expertise.

Carry out professional knowledge training and cultivate talents; "Ordinary classes" are mainly to improve culture and popularize scientific and technological knowledge. The school site of winter school is mostly located in temples or public houses. Teachers mainly employ people from their own village or other villages to undertake it, and give them appropriate remuneration.

5. Huangdi Neijing, an ancient book of Chinese medicine, said: "Spring, summer and autumn harvest, winter storage is common; People should also respond. " He said: "People who live in winter and March are sealed." In other words, March in winter is a good time to recharge your batteries.

At this time, people's skin and muscles are dense, sweating is less, and the ingested nutrients are easy to store. Moreover, in winter, people's appetite is also relatively strong, which is a good time for tonic.