When does winter begin in Buddhism?
Beginning of winter is the 19th of the 24 solar terms and the beginning of winter. Bucket handle points to the northwest, and the longitude of the sun reaches 225, which intersects with Gregorian calendar165438+1October 7-8 every year. Stand still, build the beginning; In winter, everything will be collected in the end. Beginning of winter means that anger begins to close and everything enters a state of recuperation. Its climate has also changed from dry autumn to rainy and cold winter.
The commonly used methods of season division mainly include "solar terms method" and "temperature method". China traditionally takes the "beginning of winter" with "twenty-four solar terms" as the beginning of winter; The winter divided by the "solar terms law" means that everything enters a state of recuperation. According to the "temperature method", winter begins when the average temperature of the day falls steadily below 10℃ for five consecutive days. Winter divided by temperature means cold weather.
The main festivals in Buddhism include Buddha's Birthday Festival (also known as Bathing Buddha Festival), Daocheng Festival (also known as Buddhism and Daocheng Festival, Laba Festival), Nirvana Festival, Guanyin Festival (the second, sixth and September 19th of the Chinese lunar calendar are festivals commemorating Guanyin Bodhisattva) and World Buddha's Birthday Festival (also known as Vesak Festival, that is, the birth, Daocheng and Nirvana of Southern Buddhism Sakyamuni).
The origin of beginning of winter:
Beginning of winter is the first solar term in winter, representing the beginning of winter and the beginning of March. Beginning of winter, together with beginning of spring, Changxia and beginning of autumn, is called "Four Seasons". Spring is planted in Xia Yun, autumn is harvested in winter, and everything germinates in spring, grows in summer, harvests in autumn and rests in winter. Beginning of winter means that anger begins to close, everything enters a state of recuperation, plants wither and insects sleep. For example, Xiao Jingwei said: "Fighting refers to doing things, for beginning of winter, for beginning of winter, and finally, everything is collected."
As for the division time of the four seasons, China traditionally takes "Li Si" (beginning of spring, Changchun, beginning of autumn and beginning of winter) among the "24 solar terms" as the beginning of the four seasons, and "Bi Fen" (vernal equinox and autumnal equinox) and "Two Fingers" (summer solstice and winter solstice) as the midpoint of the four seasons, which has obvious astronomical significance.
The change of the four seasons is a continuous process, and it is also a process of yin and yang transformation. From one change to another, quantitative change produces qualitative change. In this gradual process, beginning of spring, Changxia, beginning of autumn and beginning of winter, also known as "Sili", are the opening of the season and the turning point in the 24 solar terms.